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Using art activism to fight gender-based violence

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Artists and creatives came together for the 'Rise' exhibition to raise awareness about gender-based violence in South Africa. >

2 Dec 19
Sunny Dolat

Fashion curator, cultural producer and creative director. >

29 Nov 19
Zana Masombuka on Ndebele Superhero as a process of reimagination

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography / Creative Economy

“Africans need to interpret their history themselves and seek to reinvent Africa according to their own terms.” >

26 Nov 19
Patrick Thomas

Graphic artist >

26 Nov 19
Kenyan fashion designer Anyango Mpinga on how she uses fashion to inspire change

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Mpinga tells us how soap operas, dragonflies and sound waves all came together to create the Anyango Mpinga label. >

19 Nov 19
SPACE10 set to launch research and design lab in Delhi

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

“We want to be where the future is...Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation, so we want to anchor our research and design process closer to the people." >

14 Nov 19
West Africa through the lens of photographer Sierra Nallo

Design News > Art & Photography

“I want people to really see the human connection and that's the most important aspect of my photography.” >

7 Nov 19
An outsider's critique of the American Dream

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Zimbabwean-born photographer Barry Salzman talks to us about his latest project as well as his award-winning series on the Rwandan genocide. >

6 Nov 19
Southapedia aims to transform Durban with street art

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

We catch up with former Design Indaba Emerging Creative, Wesley van Eeden, following the launch of his new festival called Southapedia Mural Festival. >

4 Nov 19
STEAM not STEM: Why scientists need arts training

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

Associate Professor Richard Lachman explains the importance of including the arts into STEM >

3 Nov 19
Face This is fostering collaboration between kids and the world's street artists

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

This initiative turns Indonesian kids' drawings into school funding through international collaboration. >

1 Nov 19
Two artists use video and sculpture to explore perceptions of history and memory

Design News > Art & Photography

Kyu Sang Lee and Martin Wilson talk to us about their project, Still-life with Three Suspended Bodies. >

30 Oct 19
Shani Crowe turns hair into art

Design News > Art & Photography

These mesmerising braids celebrate the beauty of black femininity. >

25 Oct 19
Meet the artist behind America's only museum dedicated to African beads

Design News > Art & Photography

Olayami Dabls says he wanted to enable residents to better understand the immense power of their African heritage. >

25 Oct 19
This memorial honours the lives of victims of gun violence

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Design Activism

An average of 700 lives are lost each week due to gun violence in the United States. >

22 Oct 19
Joana Choumali on identity, tradition and dealing with trauma

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft

“I always try to engage with the concepts of the African identity, in relation to history, especially the ways the black body is being represented.” >

16 Oct 19
Here is what to expect at the #antenna2019 exhibition

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Food Design / Product Design

Come see innovative projects including ones looking at redesigning hearing aids, photography and converting waste into ink. >

12 Oct 19
Lauren Bowker is making the world a little more colourful

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

The designer and innovator believes in pushing the limits of science, textiles and the natural world. >

10 Oct 19
Tia Blassingame is using her craft to investigate racism in America

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design / Interaction Design

Using old-fashioned printing methods, Blassingame’s work focuses on historical and contemporary racism. >

5 Oct 19
How Nelly Ben Hayoun is challenging the music and film industry

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation

Her new documentary, informed by the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, explores what are the origins of knowledge. >

1 Oct 19
Talking African art repatriation with curator and anthropologist Meskerem Assegued

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

“The work needs to be returned without any kind of conditions." >

13 Sep 19
Under the Same Sun

Design News > Art & Photography

Award-winning photographer Marinka Masséus uses her craft to raise awareness about albinism. >

13 Sep 19
Alia Youssef’s The Sisters Project disrupts tired perceptions of Muslim women

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

The photographer explores the diverse narratives of the Canadian Muslim community. >

11 Sep 19
Lebohang Kganye unpacks her family's journey of migration

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

“The project evolves around how my family landed in Johannesburg – how they ended up in the city from the farmlands. But it’s really a relatable story." >

10 Sep 19

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