Creative Economy | Design Indaba

Fernando Laposse wins at the Future Food Design Awards

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Product Design

The awards, which were held during Dutch Design Week, had a total of 73 projects from 24 different countries. >

28 Oct 17
Design Commons

A deconstructed conference created by Design Indaba CEO Ravi Naidoo and Design Weeks' Kari Korkman. >

6 Oct 17
Antenna is a new global scan of the world's best design graduates

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Here is a taste of what to expect at the inaugural Antenna conference taking place in October in Eindhoven. >

22 Sep 17
This Belgian-Zimbabwean concept uses mushrooms as a bridge when crossbreeding chicken and camelids

Video Interviews > Creative Economy / Design Activism

What do you get when you combine a mushroom, chicken and a camel? We talk to Koen Vanmechelen and Chido Govera about their planetary community chicken project. >

21 Sep 17
On making meaningful work, rebranding a country

Video Interviews > Craft / Creative Economy

"Design is not about designing a nice logo and putting some nice colours on it," said award-winning designer Nathan Reddy. >

20 Sep 17
Liquid is a platform that matches workers with teams according to their competencies

Design News > Creative Economy

"The old corporate ladder, has turned into a corporate lattice. There is a wish for diverse experiences and flexibility." >

13 Sep 17
Senegal’s taxi industry set to gain an eco-conscious option with the Ping! app

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Could the natural evolution of public transport include a fleet of hybrid cars for every city? >

8 Sep 17
Airbnb co-founder on designing Olympic-sized trust between strangers

Video Interviews > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Joe Gebbia, co-founder and chief product officer at Airbnb chats to us on the role of design in their success. >

8 Sep 17
The global addressing system, what3words continues to garner international attention

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism

What3words ensures that basic services can reach even the most remote places. >

4 Sep 17
The world’s first medical drone delivery system sets up shop in Tanzania

Design Frontiers > African Design / Creative Economy

Zipline will save millions of lives by making medical supplies accessible in developing areas. >

2 Sep 17
Sir David Adjaye and Tiffany Chu among the nine speakers at the inaugural Design Commons

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

The deconstructed conference puts global heavyweights in design at the same table as the audience. >

28 Aug 17
The Maitland Institute is changing perspectives on how audiences engage with art

Design News > Art & Photography / Creative Economy

This Cape Town space is departing from the clinical, one-way-communication aspect of the modern art gallery. >

25 Aug 17
Should you be putting your website to bed?

Design News > Creative Economy / Information Design

Sleep debt facts say yes. >

24 Aug 17
The Slave Calendar retells the story of South Africa’s slave trade

Design News > African Design / Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

This award-winning campaign highlights the overlooked descendants of South Africa’s slave trade. >

22 Aug 17
Exhibiting photography at roadhouses to celebrate this fading social culture

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

Night By Roadhouse brings local and international photography to a wide, non gallery-going audience in Johannesburg. >

18 Aug 17
The Connected Supper Club on dinner tables as spaces for positive change

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

“London is a big city and I don’t find it surprising that people are attracted to small events centred around dinner tables," says Simon Nash. >

15 Aug 17
Zambian fashion entrepreneur on prints, nostalgia and the importance of finding synergy

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft / Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Lucy Mulima started Aya Goods after years spent working in fashion, PR and media. >

14 Aug 17
Crystal Kung on bringing warm feelings to life through her illustrations

Design News > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

The Taipei-based illustrator “I don’t think my drawing skills comes from talent. They come from hard work”. >

8 Aug 17
Dokter and Misses on bringing their weird dream to life on stage

Video Interviews > African Design / Craft / Creative Economy

The design duo, along with their collaborators, ensured this year's Design Indaba Conference opening talk was a theatrical feat. >

1 Aug 17
New competition for student service designers will be part of this year's London Design Festival

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Three winners will get to showcase their work at the 2017 Service Design Fringe Festival in London this September. >

25 Jul 17
Wasted reimagines how we deal with urban trash

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Amsterdam-based CITIES Foundation has used plastic as currency for two years. Now they’ve added paper, textiles and glass. >

19 Jul 17
Marko Ahtisaari explains two revolutionary projects

Video Interviews > Creative Economy / Design Activism

The tech guru wants to replace medicine with music and use the Bitcoin system to overhaul the way artists are paid by streaming services. >

18 Jul 17
Unwind: Music as an alternative to traditional medicine

Talks > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Marko Ahtisaari presents Unwind, a global experiment in drug-free ways to treat physical and mental health. >

17 Jul 17
Swiss-born Rafael Kouto wants to dewesternise fashion

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

"The next big thing in fashion is open source and engagement of the consumer in the creative process." >

4 Jul 17

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