a better world through creativity
Home
About Design Indaba
Design Indaba News
Projects
Press Room
Emerging Creatives
News & Features
Design News
Africa Now
Creative Work
Interviews
Next Generation
Design Frontiers
African Design
Design Activism
Videos
Conference Talks
Video Archive (2006 – present)
Designer Directory
Our database of African and international creatives and companies making waves in the design world.
Search
Design News
Limbo Accra, how design is saving a city caught in limbo
Design News
•
4 Sep 19
• Sponsored Content
Art platform, Limbo Accra, explores the urban structures of the city of Accra
>
Ben Biayenda's illustrations challenge mainstream representations of women
Design News
•
3 Sep 19
• Sponsored Content
Highly decorative and rich in colour, the Parisian illustrator's work reflects a diverse community.
>
Three fashionable items designed for the differently abled
Design News
•
23 Aug 19
• Sponsored Content
Grace Jun and her team at the Open Style Lab are creating functional and stylish clothing that considers everyone.
>
Sifiso Shange honours women with his ‘Afri Modern’ designs
Design News
•
21 Aug 19
• Sponsored Content
As the founder and director of Afri Modern, Sifiso Shange is making waves with his culturally influenced designs.
>
5 quirky buildings that show architecture with a twist
Design News
•
16 Aug 19
• Sponsored Content
From a smog eating building in Poland to a cultural centre in Senegal that cools itself and more.
>
The Trap is an exploration of the female form merged with nature
Design News
•
9 Aug 19
• Sponsored Content
Ali Aschman explores her conflicting feelings on the ways in which women have been associated with nature through the ages.
>
Street artist Nardstar is painting women of colour in public spaces
Design News
•
2 Aug 19
• Sponsored Content
Nardstar's murals can be found in New York, Paris and her hometown, Cape Town
>
Designer Siyanda Mbele on fusing functionality, aesthetics and culture
Design News
•
1 Aug 19
• Sponsored Content
By creating practical, locally made art and furniture, Mbele hopes to inspire younger South African designers to learn and teach.
>
Rebuilding Somalia’s ruined cities
Design News
•
30 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
The civil war in Somalia has not only destroyed the lives of countless people – it also left behind many ruined cities.
>
Primrose Chimhanda on nature as inspiration for her textile designs
Design News
•
29 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
“Each design is inspired by a form of nature which represents an expression of the most powerful lessons I’ve learnt.”
>
Biology is the new technology with Silvio Tinello’s grown objects
Design News
•
29 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
“Designers are beginning to realise that they can grow a better future."
>
Michelle Mlati's afrofuturist approach to spatial planning
Design News
•
26 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
“It is about spatially rewriting the city to not only mitigate apartheid spatial legacies...but one that transforms with evolving black culture.”
>
Combining fungi and willow to create functional furniture
Product Spotlight
•
25 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova’s collaboration investigates the potential of mushrooms as a raw material.
>
The Arctic Commons: creating a new network for future stability in the Arctic
Design News
• Duration: 00:11:21
•
24 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
“This project looks to create composite maps which illuminate specific areas in the Arctic that offer opportunities for design intervention.”
>
Journal Safar: A window into Beirut
Design News
•
24 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
How Journal Safar, an art and design magazine, connects Beirut’s art scene to the rest of the world.
>
Designer Sanne Visser explores the potential of human hair as a raw material
Design News
•
19 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
Her project The New Age of Trichology turns discarded hair into beautiful products.
>
Jimmy Wales speaks on diversity and the value of knowledge in multiple languages
Design News
•
19 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
"What matters is that you have knowledge in your mother tongue."
>
N'GOLÁ Biennial Presents Talks in collaboration with Design Indaba
Design News
•
17 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
The N'GOLA Biennale, in collaboration with Design Indaba, presents a series of talks that shine a light on some of Africa's phenomenal creatives.
>
Forever Emojinal
Design News
•
17 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
Thulisizwe Mamba gives identity to the new way of talking with emojis on social media.
>
Nigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor explores the responsibility of the African artist
Design News
•
17 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
"I am an artist first, before anything else."
>
Jaden Smith’s vegan pop-up truck is free for the homeless
Design News
•
17 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
His care for people and the environment sees Smith often tackling pressing global issues.
>
The 600: a story of courage and sacrifice
Design News
•
16 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
The film The 600 documents the bravery and self-sacrifice of 600 Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) soldiers during the Rwandan genocide.
>
Tandekile Mkize on unafraid self-expression using film, photography and fashion
Design News
•
15 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
Tandekile Mkize gives us an inside look into his bold and unapologetic work, which he exhibited at Design Indaba Festival 2019
>
Argentinian artist uses 100, 000 banned books to build a monument
Design News
•
14 Jul 19
• Sponsored Content
Conceptual artist Marta Minujín has created a full-scale replica of the Parthenon – one of the world’s most famous structures.
>
Pages
« first
‹ previous
…
36
37
38
39
40
…
next ›
last »
From the Archives
Beam me up, skattie
Design News
•
13 Mar 22
The Magolide Collective has launched an AR fashion range
>
Live art
Design News
•
13 Mar 22
The convention-flouting ICA Live Art Festival is back!
>
Reimagining Damascus
Design News
•
13 Mar 22
Dioramas of Damascus, made from repurposed materials, tell the story of a fractured Syrian city
>
Fired up
Q&A
•
13 Mar 22
We chat to Julia Duduzile Mohanoe on swopping accountancy for art
>
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
1995
Sign up to our newsletter
Sign up to Design Indaba Weekly for the latest design news and inspiration. Sign up to Design Indaba News for updates on Design Indaba events and projects.
Email Address
Design Indaba (select one or both)
Weekly editorial newsletter
Festival and event updates
Submit work
Africa is Now
Hopes and Impediments
Design News
·
9 May 25
Lagos to Stockholm
Design News
·
7 Mar 25
Kéré designs tribute to visionary leader
Design News
·
20 Feb 25
Design Activism
Visible Voices
Design News
·
16 May 25
BIG x FREEDOM
Design News
·
28 Feb 25
A New Dawn
Design News
·
20 Feb 25
Twitter
Follow @designindaba
Tweets by @designindaba