Design Academy Eindhoven | Design Indaba

Mirjam de Bruijn's work explores the border between function and aesthetics

Talks > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

She speaks about Twenty, a range of waterless dissolvable capsules that take away the need to use 80 - 95% water to make these products. >

15 May 19
On cityscapes and soundsuits with future-proofing graduate Ines De Peuter

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Ines De Peuter investigates the relationship between the self and its context by creating garments that adapt to the concrete jungle. >

1 Apr 19
Harvesting water from unexpected places

Next Generation > Design Activism / Product Design

The way we build our cities can help us harvest water sustainably, says Design Indaba alumna Shaakira Jassat. >

18 Feb 19
The Final Five: antenna 2018 is right on our doorstep

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

These creatives make up the list of 20-plus graduates who will present projects that change the world of tomorrow. >

16 Oct 18
Turning sadness into power with the Tear Gun

Next Generation > Design Thinking

Taiwanese designer transforms emotional frustration into an expression of design. >

12 Oct 18
These graduates want to change the world in ways we never thought possible

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Antenna 2018 is here! Meet the first five speakers for the global design platform. >

28 Sep 18
What a cup of tea teaches us about the value of water

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Shaakira Jassat's ThirTEA for One project highlights the hidden footprint in the lifecycle of the products we consume. >

26 Jun 18
Dutch designer Lonny van Ryswyck is drawing attention to the need to conserve sand

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

The Design Indaba 2018 speaker will introduce her A Grain of Sand project, which you can also be a part of. >

15 Feb 18
Memory Shop gives a new twist to fine dining

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

The exhibition and dining experience is collaboration between fashion designers, graphic designers, interior designers and ceramicists. >

1 Feb 18
Two young designers tackle what it will mean to age in 2050

Next Generation > Information Design

Mar Ginot Blanco and Aaron Garlick aim to design for future challenges based on present and past movements in design. >

10 Jan 18
The super lightweight Mars Chair by Thomas Missé

Next Generation > Product Design

ECAL student designs first piece of furniture optimised for Mars colonisation. >

15 Dec 17
An impactful project inspired by the designer's own experience recovering in hospital

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

Alissa Rees is reinventing the IV pole often used in hospitals for a more dynamic, dignified experience. >

1 Dec 17
Take a look at SAM, the machine that makes and sells its own cola

Next Generation > Design Thinking

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Marie Caye presents a contrarian view to the ever-present notion that creativity should be human-centric. >

1 Dec 17
Used boxes designed to make toys for displaced children

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Toys, fun and play are basic needs for children. One designer is making sure it reaches disaster-stricken areas. >

24 Nov 17
The Heat Rescue stove provides practical survival tools for those in need

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Following a natural disaster, this kit can help a group of people keep themselves warm and fed until emergency response arrives. >

6 Sep 17
Dutch designer Vera de Pont on making fashion sustainable and DIY

Talks > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

She believes fashion could be downloadable and open source where designers become facilitators that guide the customer instead of being in control. >

24 Apr 17
Meet the next generation: Design Indaba's Global Graduates 2017

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

From practical to poetic, we'd like to introduce you our brilliant Global Graduates who’ll be presenting their work at the Design Indaba Conference 2017. >

9 Feb 17
Isabel Mager

Isabel Mager is an investigative and critical designer based in the Netherlands. Her work investigates culture and structures of power. >

9 Feb 17
Li Edelkoort Design & Lifestyle Trend Forecast Seminar 2017

World-renowned forecaster of future fashion and design trends Li Edelkoort is back at Design Indaba Festival 2017 in Cape Town and Johannesburg to present her annual trend seminar. >

12 Jan 17
Minerae: Another way to touch light

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

This conceptual designer thinks of ways to make new connections between us and our environment. >

23 Dec 16
Student designs hardware for our emotions

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Opening up with the help of Tools for Therapy. >

6 Dec 16
Salvaging construction waste with StoneCycling

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

This Dutch startup collects demolition debris and recycles it for new buildings. >

6 Dec 16
Redefining solar power from architectural eyesore to civic monument

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Frederik Deschuytter questions: Why would we install solar power tech in remote places when the sun also shines in the city? >

1 Dec 16
The Human Ivory Collection by Lucie Majerus

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Designer turns teeth into jewellery as a statement on the illegal ivory trade. >

24 Nov 16

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