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The all-woman band taking over a space traditionally reserved for men

Design News > Music & Sound Design

New York’s Flor de Toloache talk preserving culture, women empowerment and taking on the male-dominated world of Mariachi. >

26 Apr 19
AZEEMA is here to display beauty and dispel myths

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

“It is a celebration of heritage, culture and diversity, yet equally a champion for empowerment and progressive change." >

26 Apr 19
Afrominima is a Nigerian lifestyle brand inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics

Design News > African Design / Product Design

The Olubunmi Adeyemi-helmed brand brings the minimalist movement to Africa. >

24 Apr 19
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portraits show black skin as textured and diverse

Design News > Art & Photography

“We have enough about what my skin looks like but what does it feel like?’ >

23 Apr 19
Feyi Olubodun on what international brands get wrong about the African consumer

Design News > Craft / Information Design

"I argue very strongly that sophistication and westernisation don’t mean the same thing. You can be sophisticated and not be westernised." >

23 Apr 19
Designer Anne Kiwia upcycles discarded cloths to create high fashion headbands

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

“We have enough clothes. The world is full of it. We need to start protecting our environment and stop being needless consumers.” >

22 Apr 19
Tech to empower marginalised communities

Design News > Design Activism

Human rights activist and storyteller Thenmozhi Soundararajan on the power of knowledge creation in the hands of the oppressed. >

18 Apr 19
Could the heat generated by blockchain be useful for other living beings?

Design News > Design Thinking

With a project called Farm, MIT student Gary Zhang shows that heat generated in the blockchain has many uses. >

15 Apr 19
(P)residant: Those who don't let go of power

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

"I call them 'les presidents residants' because they never want to leave power once in the seat." – Fabrice Monteiro, photographer, Dakar. >

11 Apr 19
The eco-friendly benefits of a busted smartphone

Design News > Creative Economy / Product Design

“This project takes the seemingly catastrophic moment in which the smartphone breaks as an opportunity to redefine the value of the expired object.” >

11 Apr 19
Bringing Afrocentric design to Milan Design Week

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

Meet the South African designers who will be exhibiting their work for the first time at Milan Design Week. >

10 Apr 19
Here’s how movement can form type

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

“The story of movement has just begun and we're really looking forward to where your designs take it.” >

9 Apr 19
Youngsta: Rapping the stories of the Cape Colony

Design News > African Design / Music & Sound Design

We sat down with one of South African rap's busiest and most artists. >

3 Apr 19
Constant, a photo series on pain, love and healing

Design News > Art & Photography

“The constant title came about when I had a serious reality check that I was the constant denominator in all my failed relationships." Basetsana Maluleka >

2 Apr 19
Alexis Peskine explores the black experience through unconventional mediums

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

He speaks on his Afro-French heritage, immigration and the global black experience. >

2 Apr 19
The African crown reimagined

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Inspired by the work of J.D. Okhai Ojeikere, Medina Dugger and GIF artist François Beaurain celebrate the complexity of hair in Nigeria. >

1 Apr 19
Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society

Design News > Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew." >

1 Apr 19
This Bible-verse inspired building has a unique swan-like design

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The distinctive roof is a pearly white concrete structure with sweeping, futuristic curves. >

28 Mar 19
One photographer's surrealist impression of mental illness

Design News > Art & Photography

Katie Joy Crawford was diagnosed young. This is how she sees her anxiety and depression. >

27 Mar 19
Abstract Peaces: Redefining mental illness

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Conceptual photographer Tsoku Maela challenges the stigma around mental illness by drawing on his personal experience. >

26 Mar 19
Four designers are looking to redesign the gynaecology experience

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Yona is trying to redesign the uncomfortable vaginal speculum using human-centred experience design. >

25 Mar 19
On being a young creative dealing with mental health

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

We spoke to past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives to unpack the way creativity and mental health co-exist in their lives. >

25 Mar 19
Zipline is the small medical drone in Rwanda solving a worldwide logistics problem

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

"Health is where we found the connection between something we knew we could do and a problem that needed solving," Zipline's Keenan Wyrobek. >

25 Mar 19
Cairo architect Nada Elhadedy on architecture driven by circumstance

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

“So instead of using the building as a barrier… we used it to promote openings and interaction.” >

20 Mar 19

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