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StelooLive: An experimental, electronic soundscape in Accra

Design News > Music & Sound Design

In this live mix of fashion, art and sound, Accra-based trail-blazer Dj Steloo creates an experimental soundscape using glass, spoons and cans as instruments.

14 Mar 17
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A step closer to stretchable, soft electronics

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Stanford University researchers use a soup additive to create the next generation of flexible electronics.

14 Mar 17
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Permanent Alien focuses on stories from the Asian American diaspora

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

“What if we made a comic featuring people who looked like us for people who look like us?”

14 Mar 17
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Falling: Representing depression through art

Design News > Art & Photography

This artist depicts her longstanding experience of mental disorder in disturbing style.

13 Mar 17
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New subversive hip hop from Kenyan artist Muthoni Drummer Queen

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Kenyan rapper and singer, Muthoni Drummer Queen’s latest song is hip-hop activism at its finest.

13 Mar 17
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The Scene of Childhood

Design News > Art & Photography

Photographer Lionel Jusseret captures the magical ways that autistic children communicate.

13 Mar 17
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The carbon cost of your cocaine

Opinion > Design Thinking

In the sixth edition of Do The Green Thing, the eco-warriors reveal the carbon footprint associated with every line of cocaine.

13 Mar 17
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This tampon packaging brings an important part of menstruation out of hiding

Design News > Product Design

Thinx Tampons has gone where no tampon maker has dared go before.

13 Mar 17
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Young, fashionable and made in Dakar

Video Interviews > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Three young fashion designers on being creative and running fashion houses in Dakar.

10 Mar 17
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The Five Fields Play Structure by Matter Design

Design News > Design Thinking

This playground stimulates the imagination and encourages creativity.

10 Mar 17
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Panâh: An ethical fashion production house in Kenya

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

This African production house produces high quality clothes for international brands.

10 Mar 17
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Using soybeans to create vegan leather

Design News > Design Thinking

We can now add soybeans to the list of cruelty-free leather alternatives.

9 Mar 17
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Remembering Chinese Photographer Ren Hang

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

The 29-year old provocateur leaves behind an awe-inspiring body of work.

9 Mar 17
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Photographer captures the nuances of a South African township

Design News > Art & Photography

In an ongoing project, photographer Andile Bhala looks to capture the beauty of Soweto.

9 Mar 17
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Can you spot the women in these chaotic, illustrated ads?

Design News > Design Activism

This ad campaign highlights the lack of women in the Egyptian workforce.

8 Mar 17
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The rhythm of weaving in Senegal

Video Interviews > Craft

French weaver and designer Johanna Bramble talks us through tradition and texture in her Senegalese studio.

8 Mar 17
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Kasha: Rwanda’s digital solution to a pervasive problem

Design News > Information Design

Access to information and basic services can help women progress in the developing areas.

8 Mar 17
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Emulating female power through fashion

Next Generation > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Thebe Magugu pays homage to the important people in his life with original couture.

8 Mar 17
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Plastic Utopia by photographer Henri Blommers

Design News > Design Activism

This Netherlands-based photographer captures human waste within nature.

7 Mar 17
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How do we perceive others and ourselves?

Design News > Film & Animation

Gaze is a new South African web series deconstructing the art of seeing others.

7 Mar 17
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Recharging Mount Olivella with thousands of trees

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

This ambitious art intervention breathes new life into a devastated area.

7 Mar 17
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SONOP primary school gets a solar powered upgrade

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Design Indaba partnered with SolarWorld Africa (Pty) Ltd and On Track to give this school a sustainable update.

6 Mar 17
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Swahili launches on Duolingo

Design News > Interaction Design

At Design Indaba 2017, Luis Von Ahn launches the first African language course on Duolingo.

3 Mar 17
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Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there

Design News > Design Thinking

Poo. We’re talking about poo.

3 Mar 17

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