Jamie Matroos | Design Indaba

Fred Gelli on designing an Olympic identity that connects anyone and everyone

Co-founder of Tátil Design Fred Gelli talks about the award-winning firm’s ten design principles and what inspired the Olympic and Paralympic logo. >
A wearable for sleep, focus and meditation

The ELF emmit headband uses extra-low frequency electromagnetic pulses to get your brain to do what you want. >
This floating home is 98 per cent recyclable

The WaterNest 100 is a sustainable, futuristic floating home. >
Youth, Drugs and Nightlife: Megan Doherty captures a jaded subculture

Based in Derry, Northern Ireland, photographer Megan Doherty uses her friends as inspiration. >
Turkish artist toys with gravity in surreal depictions of Istanbul

Flatland is a series of digital landscapes that toy with perception, memory and our understanding of gravity. >
A modern emergency shelter inspired by a timeless art

This lightweight, mobile, structural fabric creates a “weaved” shelter for refugees and other displaced people. >
Changing fonts with our faces

What if our fonts could reflect exactly what we feel? >
Crowdsourced mapping to highlight crisis zones

MapSwipe is a smartphone application used to crowdsource information about previously undiscovered crisis zones. >
This high-tech Lunchbox helps feed hungry children in the world's poorest regions

With the Lunchbox, donating to a good cause is as easy as tapping a device. >
Frederico Gelli: Branding and the shared-value perspective

For co-founder of Tátil Design Fred Gelli, branding can be both sustainable and of value to the consumer. >
Prize-winning African author questions accessibility in South Africa

Writer, filmmaker and photographer Lidudumalingani Mqombothi says his work is about the little people. >
The TransBrasil project explores gender identity through photography

Brazil is reportedly the world’s most violent place for transgender people. Jetmir Idrizi’s photo series documents the country's persecuted community. >
The Mine Kafon Drone could rid the world of land mines in 10 years

Landmines kill or maim 10 civilians every day. Product designer Massoud Hassani’s latest drone innovation wants to solve the problem in our lifetime. >
New device reduces the risk of HIV

This vaginal ring could dramatically reduce the risk of HIV in women. >
uLites: A large self-sustaining emergency shelter

The uLites shelter can house large numbers of people and vehicles in times of crisis. >
LuxAI and the future of social robots

Social robots that can be programmed by everyone could change the educational or health system. >
Photographer Andile Bhala says these 6 tips will help any aspiring artist

Soweto photographer Andile Bhala says these are the 6 things every aspiring artist should know. >
WellBe: An anti-stress bracelet for personalised well-being

The WellBe bracelet monitors your heart rate and uses a patent-pending algorithm to determine your stress and calmness level. >
Researchers are a step closer to an invisibility cloak for objects

“Cloak” device makes objects seem invisible by making curved surfaces seem flat. >
Are human skulls beautiful? David Orr uses mirrors to find their symmetry

Los Angeles-based photographer David Orr’s subject matter might be a bit macabre but his pictures explore cultural ideals of perfection and symmetry. >
The Hubble Cantata: A live VR experience of the cosmos

The Hubble Cantata taps into Virtual Reality, live performance and high-tech sound engineering to introduce New Yorkers to the cosmos. >
It’s not an organism but it’s certainly alive, says the creator of the cyborg stingray

In an effort to learn more about the heart and its functions, researchers created a living cyborg using the cells of rat’s heart. >
Nima senses microscopic amounts of gluten

Nima detects gluten in foods that are labelled as "gluten-free" but may have picked up microscopic amounts of the protein during the cooking process. >
Would we modify our skyline for the sake of mental wellbeing?

Phong Nguyen’s speculative project looks at how far we’d go to treat mental illness. >

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