Industrial Design | Design Indaba

Making sneakers sustainable with the ‘Shoetopia’ project

Design Frontiers > Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

Two Polish students are challenging traditional methods of shoe production with their 3D-printed sneaker. >

26 Apr 17
Check out this year's A’ Design Award winners

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Product Design

The global platform announces its best designers and designs for 2016 to 2017. >

25 Apr 17
3D printing with Martian dust

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

A technique to aid in the development of the first Mars colony. >

24 Apr 17
The robots are coming!

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

AMP Robotics is revolutionising the waste processing industry by using robots for recycling – this age-old problem now has a new solution! >

10 Apr 17
These biodegradable products represent a fresh perspective on the traditional practices of sustainability

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

How can a chair and a shoebox contribute to a more ecologically sustainable future? >

5 Apr 17
Meet Mr Trash Wheel, a clever water pollution solution

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

A self-sustaining trash collector that cleanses urban waters using renewable energy. >

24 Mar 17
Plan Bee

Next Generation > Design Activism / Industrial Design

This could be the pollination process of tomorrow. >

22 Mar 17
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 patient and caregiver centred chair by Rhys Jones

Product Spotlight > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Industrial design graduate Rhys Jones and his neonatal chair. >

2 Mar 17
IKEA

IKEA is a proud supplier of Design Indaba Festival 2017 and are working in collaboration on a new Africa design collection due to launch in 2019. >

21 Feb 17
The UAE says the first Martian city could look like this…

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design

The UAE's space project made their intentions clear this week, giving us a glimpse into their aspirations to colonise Mars. >

20 Feb 17
Let’s Beegin

Next Generation > African Design / Industrial Design

This young designer aims to improve the lives of bees with innovative ideas for upstart beekeepers. >

16 Feb 17
Last Call for entries for the 2017 A’ Design Awards

Design News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Product Design

Designer? Architect? There’s still time for you to get your entries in. >

14 Feb 17
Nomad: A digital guide for the visually impaired

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Student designs a headset concept to tackle some of the challenges faced by the visually impaired in their daily lives. >

13 Feb 17
Meet the next generation: Design Indaba's Global Graduates 2017

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

From practical to poetic, we'd like to introduce you our brilliant Global Graduates who’ll be presenting their work at the Design Indaba Conference 2017. >

9 Feb 17
Rhys Jones

Rhys Jones strives to make excellent products that are sustainable and socially responsible. >

9 Feb 17
Isis Shiffer

Isis Shiffer is an industrial designer and founder of Spitfire Industry, a design consultancy in Brooklyn that focusses on sustainability and transportation. >

9 Feb 17
Folding, bending, manipulating matter

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

Industrial designer Stefan Diez investigates radical new ways of making, informed by both technology and craft. He is speaking at Design Indaba 2017. >

8 Feb 17
Stefan Diez

German designer Stefan Diez creates beautiful, simple furniture with a combination of craftsmanship and innovative industrial design. >

6 Feb 17
Siphesihle Lwazi Mshibe

This student has innovative ideas about home and office design. >

6 Feb 17
Monique Vee

Monique Vee is the founder of a contemporary interior and spatial design studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa. >

6 Feb 17
What if we can recreate and control lava?

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

gt2P, a Chilean studio investigates the material properties of volcanic lava. >

6 Feb 17
Ivan Brown

Ivan Brown is an agriculture-minded industrial designer with a penchant for the bee. >

6 Feb 17
Ashlee Lloyd

A textile and lighting designer based in Cape Town, South Africa. >

6 Feb 17

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