a better world through creativity
Home
About Design Indaba
Design Indaba News
Projects
Press Room
Emerging Creatives
News & Features
Design News
Africa Now
Creative Work
Interviews
Next Generation
Design Frontiers
African Design
Design Activism
Videos
Conference Talks
Video Archive (2006 – present)
Designer Directory
Our database of African and international creatives and companies making waves in the design world.
Search
Pack your GPS away and use marbles instead
Next Generation
>
Design Activism
/
Design Thinking
/
Interaction Design
/
Product Design
Design graduate Sara Vrbinc has developed brAInfu.cc, a wayfinding system to rival the GPS.
>
20 Jul 15
Kingii is a water-wearable that can save you from drowning
Design News
>
Design Thinking
/
Product Design
Kingii, a new type of water-safety device for your wrist, doesn't need an app to save your life – it will inflate when you're at risk of drowning.
>
17 Jul 15
A lamp powered by salt water
Design News
>
Product Design
This salt-water lamp is an alternative source of lighting for communities in the Philippines with no access to electricity.
>
17 Jul 15
Robbie Brozin: Nando’s is serving up local
Video Interviews
>
Architecture & Interiors
/
Product Design
The world's biggest collection of African art outside Africa is owned by fast-food chain Nando’s, who are now investing in South African design.
>
16 Jul 15
Two Italian craftsmen create glass inspired by bubble wrap
Product Spotlight
>
Design Thinking
/
Product Design
Maya Lapp and Denis Perera subvert the irresistible desire to play with bubble wrap by casting it in glass.
>
15 Jul 15
Trailer: Robbie Brozin on art, creativity and chicken
Trailers
>
Creative Economy
/
Product Design
Nando’s co-founder Robbie Brozin emphasizes the global fast-food chain’s relationship with local South African art and design.
>
14 Jul 15
How innovation saved a sheep-farming town in Devon
Product Spotlight
>
Design Thinking
/
Product Design
A product designer has saved a sheep-farming community by inventing a brand new material that utilises wool.
>
14 Jul 15
Blitab enables blind people to browse the web with a responsive Braille display
Design Frontiers
>
Design Thinking
/
Product Design
Blitab is the world’s first tactile tablet device for blind and visually impaired people, enabling them to browse the web on an innovative Braille screen.
>
14 Jul 15
Buyers find Christmas gifts at annual SARCDA Retail Trade Exhibition
Design News
>
Product Design
Every year the SARCDA Christmas Edition attracts thousands of trade buyers to fill their shelves with South African gifts, toys, décor and design.
>
13 Jul 15
/
Advertorial
Petter Thörne: A magical experience of materials
Video Interviews
>
Industrial Design
/
Product Design
Copenhagen-based designer explores his fascination with materiality in his contemporary product and furniture designs.
>
13 Jul 15
Margrethe Odgaard: Design that engages with society
Video Interviews
>
Design Activism
/
Product Design
Textile designer Margrethe Odgaard says success can be measured in how much a design project touches your heart.
>
10 Jul 15
The new shoe from Adidas is rubbish
Design News
>
Design Activism
/
Product Design
Adidas have joined the global ocean cleanup drive with their new running shoe made almost entirely from ocean waste.
>
9 Jul 15
Eleanor Lakelin’s raw wooden sculptures
Design News
>
Craft
/
Product Design
The London-based carpenter unearths nature’s wild beauty in her wooden bowls.
>
9 Jul 15
Trailer: Stefano Giovannoni on how design is an expression of historical events
Trailers
>
Industrial Design
/
Product Design
The maestro of industrial design draws a parallel between product design and major cultural and economic movements.
>
9 Jul 15
Stefano Giovannoni on how design is an expression of historical events
Talks
>
Industrial Design
/
Product Design
The maestro of industrial design draws a parallel between product design and major cultural and economic movements.
>
9 Jul 15
A novel way to listen to music by Gemma Roper
Design News
>
Music & Sound Design
/
Product Design
Product designer Gemma Roper has designed a satisfyingly simple device that allows you to select music according to tempo or beats per minute.
>
8 Jul 15
Stefano Giovannoni: The heyday of designers working with manufacturers is over
Video Interviews
>
Creative Economy
/
Industrial Design
/
Product Design
The Italian industrial designer advises young designers to think like entrepreneurs and work at creating their own signature brand identities.
>
7 Jul 15
Toast and a hug from RCA graduate
Product Spotlight
>
Product Design
London-based designer Ted Wiles designed a toaster that only works when you give it a hug in an attempt to make its users happy.
>
7 Jul 15
A bikini that helps protect wearers from harmful UV
Product Spotlight
>
Fashion & Jewellery Design
/
Interaction Design
/
Product Design
Spinali Design’s new bikini helps women monitor their sun exposure responsibly.
>
7 Jul 15
A glass bubble transforms in motion
Product Spotlight
>
Product Design
"Holon" is an intriguing glass sculpture created by Dutch designers Jetske Visser and Michiel Martens.
>
6 Jul 15
Jack Lennie designs a motorbike you can download
Next Generation
>
Design Thinking
/
Industrial Design
/
Product Design
Tinker is a downloadable, no weld, motorcycle kit designed by Edinburgh Napier University graduate Jack Lennie
>
6 Jul 15
ByALEX: purity by design
Q&A
>
Craft
/
Product Design
Purist functionality and a pared-down aesthetic are key ingredients in Alex Swain’s decisively simple product designs.
>
3 Jul 15
The power of Icelandic crystals are captured in the 101.86° light
Product Spotlight
>
Interaction Design
/
Product Design
Thomas Vailly and Laura Lynn Jansen examine the colourful nature of crystals to create layers of colourful illumination.
>
1 Jul 15
5.5 designstudio’s eco-conscious nightlight
Design News
>
Product Design
The French studio teams up with Energizer to create the battery-powered AA lamp.
>
29 Jun 15
Pages
« first
‹ previous
…
54
55
56
57
58
…
next ›
last »
Sign up to our newsletter
Sign up to Design Indaba Weekly for the latest design news and inspiration. Sign up to Design Indaba News for updates on Design Indaba events and projects.
Email Address
Design Indaba (select one or both)
Weekly editorial newsletter
Festival and event updates
Top Features
Regulars
Take Five
6 clever design solutions for pressing healthcare issues
28 Nov 19
Focus On
Five examples of great design from Singapore
17 Sep 18
Lookbook
A look into the work of Luke Rudman
3 Feb 22
FilmFestFriday
This short film is a meditation on the joys girlhood
12 Feb 16
Twitter
Follow @designindaba
Tweets by @designindaba
