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This stylish and smart clothing range stretches as your children grow
Redesigning children's garments to lower costs and minimise environmental impact.
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The Ki Ecobe shoe doesn’t use a single drop of glue
The revolutionary, modular footwear can be self-assembled in less than five minutes.
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Nixie Girl rethinks menstrual cups for a new generation
Redesigning menstrual products to appeal to a younger market.
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Sarah Waiswa explores the persecution of those with albinism
Called Stranger In a Familiar Land, her photo series addresses the treatment of those with the condition in Africa.
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Campbell Addy is disrupting the homogeneity of stock photography
The photographer’s partnership with Getty Images is diversifying their imagery.
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Edel Rodriguez on protesting the Trump era through art
The Cuban-born illustrator brings his Trump-era protest art to Design Indaba Conference 2018.
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Lebo Mashile premiered her theatre piece on Saartjie Baartman at Design Indaba 2018
She was joined on stage by Anne Masina to perform Saartjie vs. Venus, a play that boldly interrogated aspects of black feminine identity.
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Thomas Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA wins Cultural Architecture Award
ArchDaily has named this design a winner of the 2018 Building Of The Year Awards.
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Ethnographer extraordinaire Martha Cotton will speak at Design Indaba 2018
The Chicago-based design researcher is one of this year’s star speakers.
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Dutch designer Lonny van Ryswyck is drawing attention to the need to conserve sand
The Design Indaba 2018 speaker will introduce her A Grain of Sand project, which you can also be a part of.
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Award-winning Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena on rebuilding a city after a natural disaster
Aravena’s work sits at the intersection of public interest and social impact, addressing issues of housing, public space, infrastructure, and transportation.
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Tom Dixon works across lighting, furniture as well as accessories
The British designer behind the iconic S-chair will be returning to the Design Indaba stage next week!
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Petite Noir on Bra Hugh's influence and the limitless nature of African creativity
“He said something – not a lot of artists say much, they’re just entertainers. Bra Hugh used his music as a weapon."
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The value of place and heritage with Yassine Morabite
We caught up with the quirkily styled Moroccan artist to talk about his ever evolving career.
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American architect Josh Greene on why he chose to work in Rwanda
"It’s not just simply design, it’s a whole process that has really been enlightening for me.”
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Brenda Livoi on leading Kenya’s largest innovation hub
The Gearbox mechanical lead chats to us about creating more space for women in the African tech sector.
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Paloma Strelitz brings humanity to the practise of urban design
The co-founder of the Turner Prize-winning Assemble collective on creating spaces that enable upliftment.
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Lagos’ Wooden Tower is an alternative to the city's reliance on concrete buildings
The award-winning tower was designed and conceptualised by Cameroonian Architecture Firm, Hermann Kamte & Associates.
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Yemi Kacoutie on immersing herself in the world of building design
"Architects don’t just design buildings, they also influence the impact these buildings have on the humans who occupy them."
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Forging closer ties between African creative minds
The Sweden@ workshop brought together young creatives from South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Colombia and Zambia.
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The #ArchForArch adds more public art at Constitution Hill
On the 21st anniversary of our Constitution, an Arch for Arch is installed at Constitution Hill.
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#ArchForArch 6: Bringing the Arch for Arch to life
In our final episode, we learn what it took to pull off this momentous challenge.
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#ArchForArch 5: Bishop Margaret Vertue on Desmond Tutu and the true role of the church in South Africa
The anglican priest shares with us her thoughts on the Arch’s legacy in the 5th episode of our series on the Arch for Arch project.
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#ArchForArch 4: Albie Sachs on the remarkable legacy of Desmond Tutu
In the fourth episode of our video series, the former judge examines his relationship with the Arch.
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