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
Napkin AI
Design News
•
25 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
Creatively charged AI tool redefines how the world communicates visually
>
Fire for Life
Design News
•
18 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
Fire for Life cookstove
>
Sun Tower
Design News
•
18 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
Open Architecture’s award winning Sun Tower
>
Bridging Mobility
Design News
•
18 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
Ney and Parnters in collaboration with MS-A transform a railway viaduct into a charming promenade.
>
Pollinator Pavilions
Design News
•
11 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
An installation by Kristina Pulejkova celebrates 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank
>
Nature and Nurture
Design News
•
11 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
An new facility in Albania, designed by Davide Macullo Architects is ushering in a new era of animal care
>
Bioluminescent Couture
Design News
•
11 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
Dutch Designer Iris van Herpen collaborates with biodesigner Chris Bellamy to craft a ‘living look’ for Paris Couture Week 2025.
>
Routio
Design News
•
4 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
A practical tool for ADHD support
>
Assistance With Elegance
Design News
•
4 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
Reimagining the Lift Chair with Dignity and Design
>
Posture Up
Design News
•
4 Jul 25
• Sponsored Content
Spinamic reimagines scoliosis treatment through wearable device.
>
Lady Raval Social Housing
Design News
•
27 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
A social housing project in Barcelona’s Raval district
>
Living Cocoon
Design News
•
27 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
A regenerative solution for how we return to the earth.
>
Dirt Shoes
Design News
•
27 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
Yerba Madre and Basura collaborate for a biodegradable footwear design.
>
African Dream
Design News
•
20 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
Sanctuary of Dreams is a nomadic temple of collective futures.
>
The Shape of Inequality
Design News
•
20 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
Information Designer Federica Fragapane translates data into visual poetry.
>
Kapsul by Meadow
Design News
•
20 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
Plastic pollution in personal care containers
>
Healing Monument
Design News
•
13 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
Ethiopia’s ET 302 Memorial Park designed by Alebel Desta Consulting
>
Nesting
Design News
•
13 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
Ninho—a nesting pavilion
>
The House for Five Women
Design News
•
13 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
A pioneering model for care housing
>
From Thin Air
Design News
•
6 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
Aircela turns thin air into fuel.
>
Intelligent Garden
Design News
•
6 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
London’s Chelsea Flower Show hosts the Intelligent Garden – an installation merging AI with the local ecosystem.
>
Ecosphere Coasters
Design News
•
6 Jun 25
• Sponsored Content
EcoSphere Organics is transforming foodwaste
>
Stop, Listen, Look
Design News
•
30 May 25
• Sponsored Content
Wade and Leta unveil Stop, Listen, Look, a vibrant kinetic installation in Chengdu China.
>
AquaPraça
Design News
•
30 May 25
• Sponsored Content
A Floating Pavilion for Climate Discourse
>
Pages
« first
‹ previous
1
2
3
4
5
…
next ›
last »
From the Archives
Golden touch
Q&A
•
9 Sep 22
Mishaal Gangaram is a conceptual photographer, visual storyteller and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022
>
Dokter’s orders
Design News
•
9 Sep 22
Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.
>
The anatomy of art
Design News
•
9 Sep 22
New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items
>
‘A’ Okay
Design News
•
9 Sep 22
Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.
>
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
OnCue
Design Frontiers
·
14 Nov 25
A HomeMore Project
Design News
·
14 Nov 25
Ocean Bonds
Design News
·
9 Oct 25
Twitter
Follow @designindaba
Tweets by @designindaba