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Focused on sustainable design, Fred Gelli believes we’ll need to redesign the way we live. >

Polish student Basia Dżaman modified a robotic arm using specially designed, 3D printed tools. >

Day one of Design Indaba Conference 2016 brought audiences stories of courage, collaboration, confetti and cocks. >

Global graduate Christophe Guberan creates products that challenge the limits of matter. >

Nedbank is repurposing decommissioned ATMs into works of wonder and are calling the Design Indaba Conference and Simulcast delegates to share their ideas. >

“People inspire me. Everybody has an interesting story to tell.” >

Students erected a shack on the grounds of the Cape’s prestigious university as a symbol of the lived experience of many of its students. >

Indian fashion designer Anuj Sharma helps others construct their own clothing with little resources. >

The pavilion designed by SelgasCano for a Danish art museum has been packed up and shipped to Africa’s largest slum, to assume its second life as a school. >

Mercedes-Benz is widely acknowledged as the “inventor of the automobile”, their technical features and design were both well ahead of their time. >

Bamboo Recumbent is a bamboo raft that improves water quality and local health in the Philippines. >

Rocket Innovations gave the traditional notebook a much needed tech upgrade. >

Entries are still open for all categories of the prestigious A’ Design Awards. >

Social design used to build community awareness around garbage-collecting professionals. >

A group of researchers at the University of Queensland are using a native Australian grass as the key component in designing thinner and stronger condoms. >

Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor tackles social issues using hyper-realistic underwater sculptures. >

Italian design brand Fontana Arte has been creating lighting fixtures for over 80 years, with some of their earliest designs still amongst their most popular. >

Based in Iowa City, the newly founded Centre for Afrofuturist Studies is a two-year artists-in-residency programme that examines blackness, art and technology. >

A small brain implant could enable paralysed people to control medical-assist equipment with their minds. >

Early last year Woolworths’ collaboration with Pharral Williams and subsequent #AreYouWithUs campaign made headlines. So what have been the big results? >

Amongst other things, New York-based artist Sarah Rosado creates celebrity portraits out of crushed cereal flakes. >

Solarpuff is an eco-friendly solar lantern made for disaster situations and developing countries. >

Five Dutch design thinkers and innovators will be speaking on the Design Indaba Conference stage this year. >