Music & Sound Design | Design Indaba

High-tech hopes for hearing loss

Product Spotlight > Music & Sound Design / Product Design

A breakthrough home-use technology for early detection of tinnitus >

16 May 17
Bringing back the cassette tape

Product Spotlight > Music & Sound Design / Product Design

New tech meets the nostalgia for the humble cassette tape. >

15 May 17
Freshlyground’s music video calls out South Africa’s lack of leadership

Design News > Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

The band’s latest is a pointed address at South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. >

10 May 17
KwaDukuza: A music video that addresses taxi violence in South Africa

Design News > Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

The town of KwaDukuza in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa grabbed headlines last year for a number of fatal taxi shootings. The video for this hit song address this. >

3 May 17
Giorgia Lupi and Kaki King on the value of beauty in design

Design News > Information Design / Music & Sound Design

Beauty or functionality? We ask the designers who helped us feel data and see music. >

3 May 17
An ode to making mixtapes

Design News > Music & Sound Design

PHFAT x Mac Motel have teamed up with Cape Town director Rob Smith to launch a nostalgic new track. >

26 Apr 17
Kyla Philander on using empathy as a design tool

Talks > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

This South African storyteller, musician and videographer looks to creativity as a positive outlet for violence, hurt and low self-esteem. >

26 Apr 17
The latest video from Björk is a virtual reality extravaganza

Design Frontiers > Music & Sound Design

The artist is leading the charge in terms of merging music and VR. >

10 Apr 17
Check out the musicians paving the way for the sounds of Africa

Design News > African Design / Music & Sound Design

From Black Coffee to DJ Steloo, you won’t want to forget the names of these beatmakers. >

31 Mar 17
Sound of the Eye: Unique, Algorithmic Compositions by Aragorn23

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Aragorn23 is an experimental musician, who creates algorithmic and movement-based compositions. >

30 Mar 17
Grandmothers, Afrofuturism and Nairobi-beats

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Music & Sound Design

Kenyan photographer Osborne Macharia directs his first film, the music video to Blinky Bill's new song "Atie". >

27 Mar 17
A shirt that pulsates with the intensity of music

Design News > Design Activism / Music & Sound Design

This wearable device allows the hearing impaired to experience music. >

27 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
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 Sounds of Nightscape: Part 3

Design Frontiers > Music & Sound Design

The final act of our inaugural musical celebration has arrived. >

2 Mar 17
The Sounds of Nightscape: Part 2

Design Frontiers > Music & Sound Design

Missed out on the first night? There are still two more days of Nightscape left. >

1 Mar 17
Unwind: Design Indaba speaker sends everyone to sleep

Festival News > Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

Founder of the music-as-medicine platform The Sync Project releases an app that will use music to help people relax before they go to sleep. >

1 Mar 17
The Sounds of Nightscape

Festival News > Music & Sound Design

From the hums of psychedelic rock to an exclusive set by Black Coffee, Wednesday’s inaugural Nightscape has something for everyone. >

1 Mar 17
Masters in the art of freestyling it

Festival News > Music & Sound Design

We chat to Freestyle Love Supreme ahead of their Design Indaba daily wrap ups and once-off performance this Thursday at Nightscape. Get your tickets now! >

28 Feb 17
Celestial jukeboxes: Music should (and can) support universal health and well being

Design News > Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design

How does music affect our minds? And how can we use it as a form of medicine? The founder of "music as medicine" platform The Sync Project explains. >

24 Feb 17
Black Coffee

Black Coffee’s penchant is for true Afropolitan house: home-brewed but future-focused. Expect almost sculptural balance and beauty. >

23 Feb 17
“The Wake Up Call” by Nazlee Arbee

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

Directed by Anunaka, the music video/short film is a visually compelling call to action. >

15 Feb 17
Oshun: Tunes for V-Day from Ghana

Design News > African Design / Music & Sound Design

Hip-hop collective Yoyo Tinz share their latest playlist for Valentine's Day fresh from Accra, Ghana. The mix is named after the Yoruba spirit of love, Oshun. >

14 Feb 17
The women calling for an end to female genital mutilation through film

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

From catchy and cute to raw and haunting, check out how filmmakers are speaking out. >

9 Feb 17

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