Cuba

The worm turns

Edel Rodriguez illustrates his own life for the first time. >
Edel Rodriguez illustrates children’s book on rock icon Jimi Hendrix

Edgy artwork captures the iconoclastic musician’s rise to fame in the psychedelic Sixties >
What landscape architects and urban designers can learn about public space from Cuba

Landscape architect Sam Valentine takes a look at how the totalitarian state hosts some of the most democratic public spaces. >
Edel Rodriguez on how the South African protest art influenced his work

Rodriguez has a noted history of creating irreverent, illustrated depictions of the controversial US President Donald Trump. >
Iwo Borkowicz on finding housing solutions that serve both tourists and locals

The young architect who was a Global Graduate at Design Indaba 2018 talks about his upcoming project in Tanzania. >
Edel Rodriguez on protesting the Trump era through art

The Cuban-born illustrator brings his Trump-era protest art to Design Indaba Conference 2018. >
Edel Rodriguez

Artist

Visual artist. >
Providing accommodation for tourists does not have to come at the expense of locals

Using one of Cuba's oldest and rapidly gentrifying neighbourhoods as a lens, architect Iwo Borkowicz explores tourism and social housing. >
5 examples of great creativity in Cuba

We take a look at some unique design ventures all the way from the Caribbean. >
The CimaVax vaccine is Cuba's most recent gift to cancer treatment

The Centre of Molecular Immunology in Cuba is making great strides in cancer research with a new vaccine. >
La Marca – Cuba's first legal tattoo parlour

La Marca's innovative tattooists attempt to capture Cuba on the skin of their customers. >
Cuban students have developed an architectural model for hurricane risk management

Four Cuban architecture students have collaborated with community members to create a design to reduce the effects of hurricanes on the Caribbean island. >
Cuba's energy revolution is powered by sugar

The communist island of Cuba uses biofuel from sugarcane in order to meet its energy demands. >
The new generation of Cuban poster art

Cuba has a strong tradition of poster design characterised by a bold, colourful and eclectic style, which this new generation of artists are embracing. >
Technological disobedience: Cuba's amateur inventors create without resources

Limited resources and very little access to legal trade forced Cubans to create machines using household objects. >
René Peña's black and white photographs demand attention

This Cuban photographer's haunting images send powerful messages about the individual's relationship to society. >

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