Katie de Klee | Design Indaba

The Venus Bushfires: Afro-folk inspired by the goddess of the sea

Nigerian-born singer-songwriter Helen Isibor-Epega, who performs under the name The Venus Bushfires, wrote the world's first ever Pidgin English opera. >
MBOISA: This board is a homage to the old school skaters

Longboard skater and shaper Kent Lingeveldt tries to keep his boards simple and functional. >
Libromats: The strange combination of laundry and storytelling

Libromat transforms the chore of laundry into time spent reading picture books with your children. >
A table to write your thoughts and memories on

The Analogue Table by Kirsten Camara is designed to let you record all the thoughts and ideas that pass through your mind. >
MBOISA: Children's classrooms are transformed by the colourful work of See-Saw-Do

See-Saw-Do is a South African social enterprise that focuses on transforming learning spaces for children. >
The award-winning Ocean Cleanup team launch their first open water test

The Ocean Cleanup, an innovative passive system designed to clear plastic waste from the oceans, will be launching their first open water test in early 2016. >
A washable, soap resistant smartphone

Japanese company Kyocera have just released a smartphone that users can wash and use in the bath. >
Objects made from old plastic bags

Industrial designer Carter Zufelt has developed a system that recycles plastic bags into marbled household objects that celebrate their origins. >
Out of The Box playground in Addis Ababa

Out of The Box is an innovative project that aims to build the first adventure playground in the inner city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. >
Interactive installation Pollinators increases public awareness of declining bugs and birds

Pollinators, by design studio Aether & Hemera, is an interactive installation that raises public awareness of the decline of pollinator birds in the UK. >
No more burnt toast with this see-through toaster

Designer James Stumpf has come up with a see-through toaster so users can see how brown their toast is getting. >
Skateboards build communities in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Skate is an initiative that uses skateboarding to help youth make connections in Addis Ababa. >
The Portals Project by Shared Studios brings together strangers from across the world

In their Portals Project, Shared Studios has turned shipping containers into wormholes through which people on opposite sides of the world can connect. >
New fund will invest 40 million euros in designs that improve life

INDEX Awards and Dansk OTC are establishing a venture capital fund of 40 million euros to invest in life improving designs. >
"Streets of Addis": Celebrating the many realities of Ethiopia's capital

This photographic series by Ethiopian graphic designer Girma Berta celebrates Addis Ababa's people and street culture. >
Marcus Marritt sketches from the silver screen

Leicester-based artist Marcus Marritt creates bold illustrations of sultry characters that are often inspired by movie scenes. >
Float: A stool designed for comfort

Float is a sustainable stool that is designed to promote healthy sitting, designed by students in Dresden. >
An online artwork dedicated to artist Faith47's peaceful urban swans

Award-winning South African filmmaker Rowan Pybus releases "No Standing Anytime", an online artwork inspired by artist Faith47's New York City Swans. >
Julia Hasting: The unusual book designer

Julia Hasting, creative director of Phaidon Press, has designed books that come vacuum packed like ham and doodled all over like a student notebook. >
South African animation on BBC this Christmas day

An animated version of the children's picture book "Stick Man" will be screened on BBC One on Christmas day. >
Master of the Craft: The music maker

In the fifth in a photographic series focused on the hands of artisans, we visit a man who turns simple planks of wood and metal pipes into objects that sing. >
Assemble wins the Turner prize for their community-minded regeneration project in a run-down part of Liverpool

Who could ever have imagined that a derelict street in Liverpool could win the Turner Prize? Assemble, the group responsible for it, certainly didn’t. >
The MadiDrop is a cheap and easy water purification tablet

The MadiDrop, made of ceramic infused with copper or silver, is a cheap and simple water purification tablet for use in the global south. >
Clean cooking fuel for Uganda

Ugandan Betty Ikalany founded AEST in order to help women in her community have access to clean cooking fuel. >

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