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The all-woman band taking over a space traditionally reserved for men

Design News > Music & Sound Design

New York’s Flor de Toloache talk preserving culture, women empowerment and taking on the male-dominated world of Mariachi. >

26 Apr 19
AZEEMA is here to display beauty and dispel myths

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

“It is a celebration of heritage, culture and diversity, yet equally a champion for empowerment and progressive change." >

26 Apr 19
This Angolan innovation hub is helping to transform the nation’s creative sector

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

We chat to some of the Fábrica de Sabão team about innovation, community upliftment and serving Africa first. >

25 Apr 19
Joy Buolamwini uses art and research to show the social implications of AI

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Information Design / Interaction Design

The Ghanaian-American computer scientist and digital activist spoke to us during her Cape Town visit. >

25 Apr 19
The potential future of food is growing all around us

Next Generation > Food Design

Lichen, a cryptogram or type of plant, can be made in several tasty ways. So why aren’t we eating it? >

24 Apr 19
Afrominima is a Nigerian lifestyle brand inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics

Design News > African Design / Product Design

The Olubunmi Adeyemi-helmed brand brings the minimalist movement to Africa. >

24 Apr 19
Sierra Leonean artist explores identity and human expression

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

Ngadi Smart, a photographer from Sierra Leone, captures the diverse ways people express their identity. >

23 Apr 19
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portraits show black skin as textured and diverse

Design News > Art & Photography

“We have enough about what my skin looks like but what does it feel like?’ >

23 Apr 19
Feyi Olubodun on what international brands get wrong about the African consumer

Design News > Craft / Information Design

"I argue very strongly that sophistication and westernisation don’t mean the same thing. You can be sophisticated and not be westernised." >

23 Apr 19
Designer Anne Kiwia upcycles discarded cloths to create high fashion headbands

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

“We have enough clothes. The world is full of it. We need to start protecting our environment and stop being needless consumers.” >

22 Apr 19
On blockchain and art

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Creative Economy

The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft. >

19 Apr 19
Harmonia Rosales is creating new narratives around the classic art paintings

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure." >

18 Apr 19
Tech to empower marginalised communities

Design News > Design Activism

Human rights activist and storyteller Thenmozhi Soundararajan on the power of knowledge creation in the hands of the oppressed. >

18 Apr 19
Subverting the gendered implications of wearable tech

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

TELEXST aims to turn the gendered nature of wearable tech on its head. >

16 Apr 19
Would you put every life decision in the hands of an algorithm?

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Information Design

Max Hawkins has an interesting way of escaping the Internet's social bubbles. >

16 Apr 19
Could the heat generated by blockchain be useful for other living beings?

Design News > Design Thinking

With a project called Farm, MIT student Gary Zhang shows that heat generated in the blockchain has many uses. >

15 Apr 19
Baleka is two steps forward for African robotics

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Developed by a team of researchers at the University of Cape Town, it’s a first for the continent. >

12 Apr 19
SA artist uses cow dung to explore questions on perception and aesthetics

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Mawande Ka Zenzile explains how his reliance on intuition has made his work a lot more honest over the years. >

12 Apr 19
(P)residant: Those who don't let go of power

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

"I call them 'les presidents residants' because they never want to leave power once in the seat." – Fabrice Monteiro, photographer, Dakar. >

11 Apr 19
The eco-friendly benefits of a busted smartphone

Design News > Creative Economy / Product Design

“This project takes the seemingly catastrophic moment in which the smartphone breaks as an opportunity to redefine the value of the expired object.” >

11 Apr 19
Bringing Afrocentric design to Milan Design Week

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

Meet the South African designers who will be exhibiting their work for the first time at Milan Design Week. >

10 Apr 19
Designing a way to build bonds between strangers

Next Generation > Design Activism / Interaction Design

Social designer Manon van Hoeckel creates spaces, art pieces and experiences that confront divides between people. >

9 Apr 19
Here’s how movement can form type

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

“The story of movement has just begun and we're really looking forward to where your designs take it.” >

9 Apr 19
Urban designer Alice Cabaret on innovation in challenging places like Maboneng

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

"[Maboneng] has also helped to open a very needed debate, in academic and social circles, about urban transformation in complex contexts like Johannesburg." >

5 Apr 19

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