Creative Work | Design Indaba

The Iota Project: blending bespoke furniture creation with social upliftment

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Industrial Design

These beautiful handmade objects are creating jobs for unemployed women. >

17 Mar 17
A look into the volume of the internet

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design

How much do you know about the design of the worldwide web? >

16 Mar 17
Data Oruwari: Master of the micropen

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

“Creativity is my religion, so I’m always finding new ways to bring things to life.” >

16 Mar 17
South African photographer shortlisted in 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

Design News > Art & Photography

Cole Ndelu’s arresting entry was inspired by the #FeesMustFall movement. >

16 Mar 17
Using technology to reimagine the documentation of human suffering

Design News > Art & Photography

Photographer Richard Mosse’s latest work opens at the Barbican. >

16 Mar 17
RiverBlue

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation

This film documents the unspoken cost of the global fashion industry. >

15 Mar 17
Eco-friendly digs for the modern nomad

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

The University of Porto (UPTEC), Portuguese startup Ecocubo created a prefab perfect for travellers. >

15 Mar 17
Nana Oforiatta – Ayim and the encyclopaedia of African art and culture

Design News > African Design

African art, advancements, innovations and magic all in one place. >

15 Mar 17
Reframing assumptions about ‘African art’

Next Generation > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

A young illustrator who celebrates international influences rather than confined fidelity. >

15 Mar 17
StelooLive: An experimental, electronic soundscape in Accra

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Music & Sound Design

In this live mix of fashion, art and sound, Accra-based trail-blazer Dj Steloo creates an experimental soundscape using glass, spoons and cans as instruments. >

14 Mar 17
A step closer to stretchable, soft electronics

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Stanford University researchers use a soup additive to create the next generation of flexible electronics. >

14 Mar 17
Permanent Alien focuses on stories from the Asian American diaspora

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

“What if we made a comic featuring people who looked like us for people who look like us?” >

14 Mar 17
Falling: Representing depression through art

Design News > Art & Photography

This artist depicts her longstanding experience of mental disorder in disturbing style. >

13 Mar 17
New subversive hip hop from Kenyan artist Muthoni Drummer Queen

Design News > Design Activism / Music & Sound Design

Kenyan rapper and singer, Muthoni Drummer Queen’s latest song is hip-hop activism at its finest. >

13 Mar 17
The Scene of Childhood

Design News > Art & Photography

Photographer Lionel Jusseret captures the magical ways that autistic children communicate. >

13 Mar 17
This tampon packaging brings an important part of menstruation out of hiding

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Thinx Tampons has gone where no tampon maker has dared go before. >

13 Mar 17
The Five Fields Play Structure by Matter Design

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

This playground stimulates the imagination and encourages creativity. >

10 Mar 17
Panâh: An ethical fashion production house in Kenya

Design News > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

This African production house produces high quality clothes for international brands. >

10 Mar 17
Using soybeans to create vegan leather

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

We can now add soybeans to the list of cruelty-free leather alternatives. >

9 Mar 17
Remembering Chinese Photographer Ren Hang

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

The 29-year old provocateur leaves behind an awe-inspiring body of work. >

9 Mar 17
Photographer captures the nuances of a South African township

Design News > Art & Photography

In an ongoing project, photographer Andile Bhala looks to capture the beauty of Soweto. >

9 Mar 17
Can you spot the women in these chaotic, illustrated ads?

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

This ad campaign highlights the lack of women in the Egyptian workforce. >

8 Mar 17
Kasha: Rwanda’s digital solution to a pervasive problem

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Access to information and basic services can help women progress in the developing areas. >

8 Mar 17
Emulating female power through fashion

Next Generation > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Thebe Magugu pays homage to the important people in his life with original couture. >

8 Mar 17

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