Neo Maditla | Design Indaba

Have you ever wondered how emojis are chosen?

Emoji activist Jennifer 8 Lee tells us how and what you can do to make the selection on your phone more diverse. >
Designer Ini Archibong on merging myth and reality to create The Secret Garden

The ECAL graduate spoke about overcoming a difficult time, his design process and the importance of fulfilling a higher purpose. >
Renata Souza on designing an insulin kit specifically for children with diabetes

"Children with type 1 diabetes are insulin-dependent. The administration of it is crucial to their survival." >
How a small Kenyan start-up is disrupting the way the internet works

In his Design Indaba 2018 talk, Mark Kamau talks about how Brck plans to give Google and Facebook a run for their money. >
Durban fashion designer Balini Naidoo on creating a range of clothes for the visually impaired

The Emerging Creative 2018 wants to help visually-impaired people to become more self-reliant and independent when making clothing choices. >
On resisting gentrification, social housing and the removal of statues in Central Park

Justin Garrett Moore also talks about the delicate job of balancing the varied needs of New York residents. >
Ilze Wolff on creating an activist and public culture around architecture

In this architectural practice collaboration with artists is just as important as working with other architects and engineers. >
Sunu Gonera on finding his voice, afrofuturism and making heroes out of ordinary people

In this opening talk of Design Indaba 2018 that brought the audience to its feet, the filmmaker talks about his career high and lows. >
This design festival is stitching together India's design community

"It was one of its kind in the Indian design history. I’m not aware of any other festivals organised on such a massive scale." >
Malian textile designer Aboubakar Fofana on the hypocrisy of the fashion industry

On Fashion Revolution Week the textile designer, artist and natural dyer calls out the trend forecasters and designers to take more responsibility. >
Grigri Pixel is uniting creatives on two continents through urban interventions

The projects, which brings together African and European artists, was recently selected in the culture category for the FAD design prize. >
Life Kitchen offers free cooking lessons for people living with cancer

Life Kitchen is extending classes and has teamed up with designers to create a special range of plates, totes, and t-shirts. >
Iwo Borkowicz on finding housing solutions that serve both tourists and locals

The young architect who was a Global Graduate at Design Indaba 2018 talks about his upcoming project in Tanzania. >
Jomo Tariku on changing perceptions around what constitutes modern furniture

“The modern furniture industry treats African furniture as something of a novelty,” says the Ethiopian-American furniture designer. >
Ekene Ijeoma deconstructs the US national anthem as a comment on mass imprisonment

In Deconstructed Anthems, he built a software that removes notes from the US national anthem at the same rate Americans have been imprisoned. >
Industrial design student introduces a refillable, more sustainable mascara

The refillable mascara that can be applied using a 3D printed fingertip, saving an estimated 25 mascara bottles from landfill per person over ten years. >
Myles Loftin on the importance of representing black masculinity differently

The #antenna2017 speaker takes us through the inspiration behind his multimedia project: Hooded. >
Feyi Olubodun on what international brands get wrong about the African consumer

"I argue very strongly that sophistication and westernisation don’t mean the same thing. You can be sophisticated and not be westernised." >
Meet the world's first drone costume designer

Before industrial designer, Léa Pereyre, started working at Verity Studios the job description of "drone costume designer" did not exist. >
On the future of food, fashion and eating our environmental problems away

The world is changing rapidly, this means our fashion and food choices need to keep up. >
Spanish mural artist, Okuda, uses art to bridge cultural borders

His murals have transformed degraded and abandoned buildings into unique colourful spaces around the world >
Blinky Bill on why he does not want to be restricted to a particular music genre

“I want to make genreless sound – but if you absolutely have to place it, it is a mix of hip-hop, afrobeat and jazz.” >
Mozambican photographer Mario Macilau on documenting the lives of society's most vulnerable

"My work is also a personal documentary. I prefer long-term projects that require commitment and trust." >
This is Rwanda is an aerial journey through the eyes of two young photographers

"There is beautiful nature in Rwanda, but it's very important to know and see the rest." >

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