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Sorbet Acoustic panels

Design News > Interaction Design

Textile-waste to reduce noise pollution

18 Nov 24
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The How We Feel project

Design News > Music & Sound Design

How We Feel is a non-profit initiative, dedicated to helping people de-stress and reconnect

18 Nov 24
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Adam Apple

Design News > Food Design

Innovative and sustainable leather alternative from apple waste

15 Nov 24
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Superdupertube

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Snøhetta’s hemp light up

14 Nov 24
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Edible Waste

Next Generation > Food Design

Chef-turned-chemist explores how fungi can turn food waste into flavorful ingredients

14 Nov 24
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DATALAND

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Refik Anadol, a designer who pioneered the use of machine learning to transform data sets into abstract visual forms

6 Nov 24
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Ruins to Museum

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

New museum in Accra Ghana uses art and architecture to promote urban regeneration.

6 Nov 24
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Apeel

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Studio Arp transforms discarded orange peels into a leather-like material

1 Nov 24
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Waste Paper

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Cellulose fibres from recycled paper and cardboard are transformed into sustainable wall cladding.

1 Nov 24
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Dirty Chair

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Studio Aléa’s "Back to Dirt" project reimagines sustainable design through the use of myco-fabrication

31 Oct 24

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Featured Series

Our featured series are collections of design stories and videos around particular themes, creative journeys and events.

Design Indaba Festival 2019

Known as the highlight of the creative calendar, Design Indaba's flagship event has evolved into so much more than a conference.
The creative women of Design Indaba Conference 2017 that are doing the most

We’ve rounded up the stellar design presentations of this year that happen to have been put together by women.
Through an African lens

African photographers are using striking imagery to tell the story of their Africa, both experienced and imagined.
AFRICA. NOW. West Africa

For the next instalment of Design Indaba’s Africa.Now. series our journalists investigate design and creativity in Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria and the Ivory Coast.
Our Chats With series lets you interview South Africa's top creatives

Take control of an interview with some of South Africa's top innovators.
Do The Green Thing: Creativity vs Climate Change

Do The Green Thing is an inspiration feed of creative ideas to turn green living from something you ought to do to something that people want to do.

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Watch talks from our design conference

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Dana Arnett on the difference between good and bad design

Talks > Creative Economy

16 Feb 12 / Design Indaba Conference 2011
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Bibliothèque on design and the creative process

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

27 Jul 12 / Design Indaba Conference 2011
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Turn Table: The Anatomy of a Pitch

Talks > Information Design

30 Sep 16 / Design Indaba Conference 2016
00:43:27

Informal is the new normal with activist architect Alfredo Brillembourg

Talks > Urban & Landscape Design

11 Nov 16 /
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Lauren Mackler on stories and storytelling

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

10 Oct 11 / Design Indaba Conference 2009
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Sandhya Lalloo on redefining fashion design

Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design

10 Oct 11 / Design Indaba Conference 2009

From the Archives

Story of my life

Q&A > Art & Photography

Njabulo Maseko is on a mission to open doors for the youth to express the power of their inner creativity >

16 May 22
Walking, talking chair

Design News > Product Design

A Lithuanian exhibition is inviting heart-to-hearts between historical furniture items and modern-day design objects >

16 May 22
Rebuilding Kharkiv

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

British architect Norman Foster proposes rebuilding the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from the ground up >

16 May 22
Bioplastic fantastic

Design News > Product Design

Designer Luke Pearson closes the production loop with the collaborative product bFRIENDS >

16 May 22