Jamie Matroos | Design Indaba

Dear White America

US-based artist Inyegumena Nosegbe’s newspaper project is a poignant look at police brutality. >
Giving back with ethical fashion

Eco-friendly and ethically made, Allmade pushes the boundaries of the ordinary t-shirt. >
The font of life

Download and donate to the millions living without water. >
Hooded: Subversion through photography

Myles Loftin confronts the stereotype of the hooded black man in a new multimedia project. >
Why wastewater?

World Water Day 2017 will look at the way we manage the precious resource during every part of the water cycle. >
Nana Oforiatta – Ayim and the encyclopaedia of African art and culture

African art, advancements, innovations and magic all in one place. >
The Scene of Childhood

Photographer Lionel Jusseret captures the magical ways that autistic children communicate. >
Photographer captures the nuances of a South African township

In an ongoing project, photographer Andile Bhala looks to capture the beauty of Soweto. >
The rhythm of weaving in Senegal

French weaver and designer Johanna Bramble talks us through tradition and texture in her Senegalese studio. >
Plastic Utopia by photographer Henri Blommers

This Netherlands-based photographer captures human waste within nature. >
Swahili launches on Duolingo

At Design Indaba 2017, Luis Von Ahn launches the first African language course on Duolingo. >
A constellation of shoe-box satellites for better farming in Africa

These shoe-box size satellites are improving the productivity of some of the most impoverished farmers in the world. >
Low-cost healthcare in an easy to assemble black box

This experimental device tests urine in a reliable, cost effective way. >
The Smog of the Sea

There is no floating garbage patch of trash in the ocean, just a whole ocean littered with trash. >
The UAE says the first Martian city could look like this…

The UAE's space project made their intentions clear this week, giving us a glimpse into their aspirations to colonise Mars. >
Photographer Paloma Rincón plays with shapes, colour, hair and even mushrooms

Paloma Rincón is known for her work with big brands. We look at some of her conceptual works. >
Syria Street as told by GIFs

The multimedia project provides a nuanced look into a community trying to regrow itself. >
Alternative reading in the time of alternative facts

We look at some of the works in RESIST!, A collection of defiance in the United States. >
Interplanetary blackness in DUST’s latest animated series

Afrofuturism: Sun Ra explores alternative realities rooted in history and culture. >
10 things a photographer should know

#1. Don't be a photographer >
An instabition in misogynoir

Photographer Jacquelyn Iyamah created the Anti-Misogynoir Project to give women of a colour a platform to push their own narratives. >
What if we can recreate and control lava?

gt2P, a Chilean studio investigates the material properties of volcanic lava. >
Photographer Siaka Soppo Traoré creates a bridge between two urban cultures

These expressive photographs capture the feeling of hip hop culture in Dakar and Douala. >
An alternative city inspired by nature

Designed for one of the biggest development projects in Malaysia, this Forest City concept is built around a rainforest-like interior. >

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