Creative Work | Design Indaba

In its 17th iteration, the Venice Architecture Biennale Includes 112 Participants from Around the Globe

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Building a better world – the Biennale Architettura answers, ‘how will we live together?’ >

31 May 21
#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Product Design

The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest. >

31 May 21
Every day is Africa Day

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity >

26 May 21
The Handmade's Tale

Design News > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Honouring the beauty of the handmade. >

26 May 21
Nendo’s Oki Sato’s N02 Chair Embodies the Future-Forward Ethos of Fritz Hansen

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

A “Japandi” triumph, the Fritz Hansen N02 is made of recycled household waste. >

24 May 21
#DI Speaker Hanif Kara’s Latest London Project, The Tide

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The Tide, a feat of engineering, architecture, and art, transforms an industrial area. >

24 May 21
CAKE Electric Motorcycles joins Forces with Sustainability Partners to Produce an Anti-Poaching Bike

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Innovation and collaboration come together to combat poaching. >

24 May 21
EFFEKT Designs a Community where Trees and Houses Live in Harmony

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

A progressive Nature Village in Denmark proposes a new approach to housing. >

24 May 21
MBOISA-Nominee Igshaan Adams’ New Body of Work Maps the Histories of his Community

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Bridging past, present and future, Igshaan Adams weaves narratives into his Veld Wen show. >

17 May 21
With 19 Chairs, Art and Charity Collide in a Celebration of Seating by a Range of #DI Speakers

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

19 Chairs challenges design stars to create one-of-a-kind custom chairs for COVID-19 charity auction. >

17 May 21
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Andile Dyalvane Mounts 2nd Ceramics Solo Show in New York

Design News > African Design / Craft

Ceramicist Andile Dyalvane’s iThongo communes with the ancestors via symbolic seating. >

17 May 21
Art Beyond Boundaries

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

These Young Artists are Drawing on Myriad Tools to Make Magic. . >

13 May 21
Graphic Content Ahead!

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Designing for Life. >

13 May 21
A Symbiotic Work in Partnership with Biology, #DI Speaker Olafur Eliasson’s Life lets Nature Take its Course

Design News > Art & Photography

Showing at Fondation Beyeler, Olafur Eliasson’s new installation dissolves the boundaries between nature and art. >

13 May 21
Communicating with the Ancestors: Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative and MBOISA Nominee Thebe Magugu Draws on African Spirituality for his Alchemy AW21 Collection

Design Frontiers > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Acclaimed fashion designer Thebe Magugu’s AW21 garments, campaign and short film explore African spirituality and global textile traditions. >

7 May 21
With Afrowaste, Nigerian Designer Dimeji Ilori turns Discarded Clothes into One-Of-A-Kind Treasures

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Afrowaste is a fashion mash-up that blends old and new, Western and African. >

7 May 21
The Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library by Sir David Adjaye will form a Nexus of African Discourse and Excellence in Johannesburg

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye’s new design reveals a space dedicated to the African Renaissance. >

7 May 21
Waterlight Converts Water into Energy with its Innovative Seawater-Powered Lamp

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

An innovation designed to serve communities with no access to electricity, WaterLight makes use of an available natural resource. >

3 May 21
A Home 3D-Printed Out of Earth? Mario Cucinella Architects Teams Up with WASP to Create TECLA

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Ancient earth and 21st century technology come together as housing for the future. >

3 May 21
Can Face Masks Be Fashionable? Should They Be? Kat Van Duinen Contemplates These Pandemic-Born Questions

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Cape Town-based fashion designer Kat van Duinen tailors a sartorial response to the pandemic. >

3 May 21
Cabin Fever: Moriko and Living in Nature Inspire with Myriad Ways to Interpret Low-Key Country Living

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Moriko Cabins are prompted by the need to connect with nature. >

3 May 21
Inspiring Spaces

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

The sweet spot where form meets function. >

30 Apr 21
Yinka Ilori’s New 20-Piece Homeware Collection Merges African and English Customs

Design News > African Design / Craft / Product Design

Design Indaba Speaker Yinka Ilori’s bright and colourful new homeware incorporates his signature motifs. >

26 Apr 21
Sweden’s Onmateria Imagines a Future for the Hotel Industry hat’s Lighter on the Planet

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Green Box – an innovative biodegradable system of hotel amenities. >

26 Apr 21

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