Jamie Matroos | Design Indaba

Zambia's Barefeet enriches the lives of street kids with theatre

Art, theatre, and music at Barefeet give Zambia's street kids a chance to explore their creativity in a safe environment. >
World Hunger Month advert illustrated by 250 children

1000 drawings, created by 250 impoverished children, inspired KFC Add Hope’s new advert. >
Google gets 1 billion Indians connected

Train stations in India are set to provide one billion users with internet access. >
Toby Allen's illustrations show us what mental illnesses look like

UK Illustrator Toby Allen uses her talents to give the unseen monsters of mental illness a face. >
Free Electric: A bicycle that generates free, clean energy

Manoj Bhargava's Free Electric hybrid bike could impact billions of people who’ve lived their lives off the grid. >
Build, modify, and customise your smartphone

The RePhone is the next generation of customisable technology that lets users build, hack, and modify a smartphone. >
Guy Martin captures the turmoil of the Egyptian revolt

World-renowned photographer Guy Martin documented the beauty, violence and pride that accompanied the 2011 Egyptian uprising. >
Innovative alarm systems for SA’s most dangerous slums

This new alarm system relies on the dedication of the community in one of South Africa’s toughest informal settlements. >
Mushroom power could enhance smartphones, electric cars and more

The ability of the Portobello mushroom to make things better has extended beyond food and into technology. >
Hand Over: Radwa Rostom's answer to Egypt's slum problem

The Hand Over initiative aims to rid Cairo of its slums using eco-friendly, human-centred design. >
The wind turbine gets a smart tech makeover

Beauty, tech, and renewable energy generation combine to give the wind turbine a much-needed makeover. >
Origami-inspired dress fits at every stage of pregnancy

Designers have come up with a wearable flexible enough to expand with its pregnant user. >
Tempescope: A box of rain, clouds or sun in your living room

The Tempescope physically creates weather conditions, letting users share the sky from anywhere in the world. >
Vienna gives same-sex love the green light

Same-sex couples in the place of the ordinary traffic light figure are becoming a permanent fixture in European cities. >
The Travellers: Ireland’s nomads struggle to find a place in the modern world

A German documentary photographer documented the daily life of a Traveller family, Irelands forgotten minority group. >
Virtual reality experience sends viewers into Zdzislaw Beksinski’s paintings

This Polish studio is pioneering virtual reality art with Zdzislaw Beksinski’s surreal paintings. >
Fold, share, and connect with this high-tech bicycle

Designed in Argentina, the Gi FlyBike gives the daily bicycle commute a tech overhaul. >
Dr Imoh Okon’s drug resistance test kit revolutionises cancer treatment

Dr Imoh Okon’s tech innovation could be the difference between life and death for cancer sufferers. >
This compact device treats chronic heart disease without surgery

A company in the United States has designed the first ever catheter-based heart pump to treat chronic heart disease. >
Lifting the veil on children born of rape

Photographer Patricia Willocq challenges the perception of men as weapons of war while empowering survivors of rape. >
Autonomous tree-planting robot to tackle forest restoration

Two university students embarked on a labour of love to create an independent tree-planting robot. >
Exclusive: Haroon Gunn-Salie on provoking reactions with History After Apartheid

Artist Haroon Gunn-Salie addresses racial transformation and social economic justice with disembodied colonial figures. >
Poland's renowned animator Bartek Kulas breaks into feature film

Bartek Kulas’ hauntingly beautiful creations make their way to feature film. >
Could drones be the answer to shortages in rural Africa?

Foster + Partners plan to overcome rural Africa's infrastructure weaknesses using a drone delivery system. >

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