Jamie Matroos | Design Indaba

Van Eijk & Van Der Lubbe are changing space with influential design

Dutch design duo Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk talk us through some of their most influential projects. >
What will the cities of the future look like?

Hint: They’re green. >
Photographer captures the vulnerability in nature as it intersects with science

Ornithological Photographs explores our need to know, name and quantify diversity. >
Singapore’s self-driving scooter

A driverless scooter could be the next step in autonomous transportation. >
Alternative living with 21st-century hunter-gatherers

Living Wild documents modern hunter-gatherers in a movement called the Stone Age Living Project. >
Beijing’s Smog Free Tower turns polluted air into jewellery

Smog-ridden Beijing is investing in new age solutions to tackle their air pollution problem. >
Designing for the bigger picture with Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe

It’s all a matter of perception. >
Do insects like the way we taste?

To Flavour Our Tears places humans on the other end of the food chain. >
Photographer Jean-Claude Moschetti documents the magic of West Africa

Parallel Worlds is French photographer Jean-Claude Moschetti's artistic portal into another dimension. >
Magic-making lemonade

Sometimes the most simple of acts can inspire wonder. >
We Shall See: A photographic journey from life to death

Photographer Ian Willms repairs the fractured relationship with his father in We Shall See. >
Was it Made in China or Designed in China?

The Chinese manufacturing industry is well known for its knockoffs. But what does that mean for the Chinese designer? >
Turning the tables with the Internet of Things

We use technology to experiment, test and customise our experiences. But what if it was the other way around? >
Chat with Dope Saint Jude

South African rapper Dope Saint Jude has through her music challenged gender identity in the masculine realm of hip hop. >
A delicious way to die

This surreal cookbook details the most heavenly ways to enter the afterlife. >
RoboBees and the future of pollination

Are scientists about to replace bees? >
Standing Rock: A documentary of resistance in the US

A fracked oil pipeline sparks the Standing Rock Sioux Nation to lead the biggest indigenous protest in 100 years. >
Jonas Staal’s alternative parliament in Rojava

Ushering in the new democracy with politics and art. >
Politics in black and white: The rise of Donald Trump in pictures

Photojournalist Mark Peterson’s Instagram is a live feed of the American political circus. >
MIT breaks new ground with “soft” aeroplane wing

The lightweight structure is a modular, flexible advancement in the field of soft robotics. >
Rate My Media: A Yelp-like rating system for media bias

Rate My Media is the world’s first crowdsourced rating site focused specifically on equity and inclusion in media. >
Patrick Willocq recreates the dreams of the displaced

The Art of Survival gives Burundian and Syrian refugee children a voice. >
The Mzansi Moodboard: Womyn are changing the game

The creator of The Mzansi Moodboard celebrates women of colour in its new yellow issue. >
VR world creates empathy through action

Immersive yourself in our dying planet to foster tangible change. >

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