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International Coffee Day: Imagine cities powered by coffee waste

Bio-bean is an award-winning clean technology company that recycles waste coffee grounds into advanced biofuels that could replace fossil fuels in cities. >
Five past Design Indaba speakers on how they perceive product design

Watch Design Indaba Alumni give their take on what it means to make quality functional products. >
Award-winning artist and designer Es Devlin designed the UK Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai

The stage design pioneer to stars like Kanye West & Adele is about to design her first building. >
Indian graphic design studios reviving their heritage

We look at a few artists who represent their Indian Heritage through their designs. >
Harnessing the power of urine

Researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient way to generate power from organic waste. >
Cultivating mini farms aboard cargo ships

This student-designed collapsible farm could help utilise the massive amounts of wasted space created by shipping containers. >
Gordon Reid

Art Director • Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer, Art Director and the Founder of Middle Boop. >
Two must-see projects by Design Indaba 2019 speaker Gordon Reid

The graphic designer is among several speakers announced for our upcoming festival of creativity. >
Four literacy projects changing the world as we know it

See how these projects use literacy as a tool for positive change. >
Morag Myerscough on transforming spaces with colour and embracing the unknown

The London-based designer takes us through her work that’s added colour to hospitals, public spaces and more. >
9 creatives to look out for this Women's Month

To celebrate Women's Month, we're highlighting the work of some of our former participants in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >
Underwater couture for an uncertain future by biomimicry designer Jun Kamei

The Royal College of Art grad’s 3D-printed garments are for a world submerged in water. >
The untold history behind William Kentridge’s most ambitious project to date

“The colonial logic toward the black participants could be summed up by: ‘Lest their actions merit recognition, their deeds must not be recorded’.” >
How designers are using digital fabrication to improve wheelchairs

Disrupt Disability uses open source design and digital fabrication to make wheels that are affordable and fully customisable. >
The Connected Supper Club on dinner tables as spaces for positive change

“London is a big city and I don’t find it surprising that people are attracted to small events centred around dinner tables." >
Studio Swine on making sustainable design desirable

London-based duo is behind accessories made of human hair, furniture made from ocean waste, among other designs. >
Uninvited Guests is an elderly man’s battle with smart technology

Superflux’s short film Uninvited Guests looks at the frictions that can arise as technology evolves. >
This British Nigerian artist's films celebrate the full spectrum of blackness

Seye Isikalu’s work thoughtfully captures black bodies on screen. >
Will AI be our new co-dependent relationship?

Nicole Pérez’s annoying robots ponder the future of automated intimacy. >
An ostomy bag for health, beauty and function

We look back at some impactful design from a UK graduate who sought to combat stigma in health care. >
FrailTea analyses kettle grip data to monitor the health of the elderly

Callum Smith’s project FrailTea uses grip data from a kettle to monitor the health of elderly people and the state of their of frailty. >
Life Kitchen offers free cooking lessons for people living with cancer

Life Kitchen is extending classes and has teamed up with designers to create a special range of plates, totes, and t-shirts. >
Could building with wood be the answer to high-density cities and the housing crisis?

Timber Rising predicts a future in which wood will supersede concrete and steel. >
Industrial design student introduces a refillable, more sustainable mascara

The refillable mascara that can be applied using a 3D printed fingertip, saving an estimated 25 mascara bottles from landfill per person over ten years. >

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