Jamie Matroos | Design Indaba

UCT’s Shackville: Protesting the housing crisis with public art

Students erected a shack on the grounds of the Cape’s prestigious university as a symbol of the lived experience of many of its students. >
A high-tech, microwavable notebook

Rocket Innovations gave the traditional notebook a much needed tech upgrade. >
Underwater sculptures speak to our collective responsibility

Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor tackles social issues using hyper-realistic underwater sculptures. >
Papa Shabani: The healing power of photography

Ugandan photographer Papa Shabani’s project looks at the royal essence of Nubian women. >
Echosight: Changing the way we retell global stories

Echosight uses multiple exposure to compare and contrast visual stories from around the world. >
Bompas & Parr to launch breathable aphrodisiac

Mixology, meteorology, and romance collide in Bompas & Parr’s Atmospheric Aphrodisiacs. >
Artist creates sculptural furniture from discarded tyres

This Senegalese artist finds scrap tyres to turn into functional pieces of furniture. >
World's first automated farm will recycle 98 per cent of its water usage

While the seeds at this farm will still be planted by people, SPREAD's automated systems will take care of the rest. >
Miniature reading gets Brazilians excited about books

The Leitura de Bolso campaign sends mini-reading instalments to smartphones to get Brazilians excited about reading. >
Photographer looks at history through a feminist lens

Bristol-based photographer Chloe Massey’s representations of women focus on their heroic contributions to history. >
Short film highlights the Cape's wasted spring waters as SA runs dry

Filmmaker Sven Harding's short film considers South Africa's water crisis in a visually poetic, ethereal manner. >
Affordable exoskeleton could help paraplegic kids walk, sit or stand

The Phoenix, the world’s lightest exoskeleton for the disabled, will be adapted to help disabled children. >
Stickybones: Animation made easy with this intuitive puppet

The Stickybones puppet is a revolutionary animation-art figure perfectly calibrated to bring your ideas to life. >
"Shop" for clothes by commenting on Instagram

Clothes sharing initiative ShareWear shows that something borrowed is like something new. >
Kids taught to design their own superpowers in prosthetics workshop

NGO KIDmob’s Superhero Cyborgs 2.0 workshop teaches kids about 3D printing and design. >
Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones are known for their surreal approach to photography

Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones turn photography on its head with their unique artistic process. >
40 young designers to look out for

The Emerging Creatives programme is made up of 40 designers who represent the next wave of creative talent from South Africa. >
Flower House: Bringing the dead to life

Abandoned for 15 years, this Detroit home became an internationally acclaimed art project called Flower House. >
Human tissue, smart textiles could follow these 4D-printed flowers

Researchers take 3D printing to the next level with printed objects that mimic the way plants move in nature. >
World’s largest floating solar farm to be built in Japan

Starved for space, Japan’s best solar options lie on the water. >
Elena Arzak is a leading figure in New Basque Cuisine

World-renowned chef Elena Arzak is a pioneer in the food world and a visionary in the world of Basque gastronomy. >
South African photographer addresses the stigma of mental illness in Africa

As a sufferer of depression, photographer Thembela "Nymless" Ngayi is out to change perceptions of mental illness. >
New men's contraceptive is as easy as the flip of a switch

Swiss inventor Clement Bimek created a device that could shake up the birth control industry. >
Ghanaian photographer imagines a future where the drone is a commodity for greed and corruption

Francis Kokoroko’s photo essay takes a fictional and futuristic look at the socio-political climate in Ghana. >

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