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How's my driving?

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Cameroonian innovator designs an app to combat road accident deaths. >

11 Jan 17
Tech-infused jacket allows speedy donations for the homeless

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

The meeting point between being a good samaritan and 21st-century convenience is here. >

11 Jan 17
The haunting self-portraits of Josephine Kuuire

Design News > Art & Photography

The Ghanaian photographer learning to love herself through creativity. >

10 Jan 17
Concave roof design collects rainwater to cool the interior

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

This crafty double roof design collects rainwater and cools the interior of the home in arid regions >

10 Jan 17
Amna Elshandaweely launches her new collection at Design Indaba

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

“Through design and through art we are the people that can change the world.” >

10 Jan 17
Down to Xjabelle: Breaking the stigma of Down syndrome through fashion

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

This designer creates authentic Central American fashion for individuals with Down syndrome. >

10 Jan 17
Can architecture help us heal from loss?

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The ‘Mask House’ was built specifically for those coping with grief. >

10 Jan 17
Mushroom leather: The future is fungal

Design News > Product Design

This mushroom material can grow a whole cowhide’s worth of leather in two months. >

9 Jan 17
Could the flying B-Droid help bees with pollination?

Design News > Design Thinking

Scientist develops another robotic pollinator >

9 Jan 17
South African photographer takes us into one of Cape Town’s oldest traditions

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival is an annual celebration of renewal in Cape Town, South Africa. >

9 Jan 17
Meet the surfers of the Gaza Strip

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation

A community looking to the waves of the Mediterranean for relief. >

9 Jan 17
The Micro Wind Turbine: A portable, collapsible energy source

Product Spotlight > Design Activism / Product Design

This compact turbine is perfect for a nomadic lifestyle. >

9 Jan 17
Not a plastic bag

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

India’s EnviGreen pushes 100 per cent biodegradable, edible alternatives to plastic. >

6 Jan 17
Wheelchair-friendly baby stroller for differently-abled parents

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

A high school student has created a baby carrier wheelchair for a differently-abled parent to stroll with their newborn >

6 Jan 17
Free the nipple: LED teats contest censorship on Facebook

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Anonymous Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus create a carpet of glowing nipples outside Madrid's Facebook office to protest against censorship. >

5 Jan 17
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Design News > Design Thinking / Food Design

This facility safeguards the building blocks of agriculture. >

5 Jan 17
Mamaope: A jacket that detects pneumonia

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

A Ugandan graduate designed a high-tech wearable to fight the scourge of pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa. >

5 Jan 17
Algorithmically designed jewellery by Nervous System

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Made from brass and rubber, the Corollaria collection is inspired by science and technology. >

5 Jan 17
Modern day Dracula and the plight of immigrants

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation

Artists adapt the classic tale of Dracula to explore the immigrant rights in the United States. >

28 Dec 16
The adventures of unconventional women

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a collection of alternative bedtime stories for girls. >

26 Dec 16
How an artist is helping rebuild Haiti

Design News > Design Activism

The Konbit Shelter is a sustainable building project in Haiti >

23 Dec 16
Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

Fighting lower respiratory infection with innovative design. >

23 Dec 16
Things we learnt in 2016

Design News > Design Thinking

We share a few of the interesting, incredible and sometimes unbelievable things we learnt on Design Indaba this year. >

23 Dec 16
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

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