2015 Archive

Founder of Design Indaba receives the prestigious Sir Misha Black Medal for services to design education

Design News • 8 Jul 15

Founder of Design Indaba Ravi Naidoo receives the 2015 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education in South Africa. >
Gaelen Pinnock and the dystopian city

Inside View • 8 Jul 15

Architect-turned-artist Gaelen Pinnock investigates the spatial divisions and urban dystopias in Cape Town. >
Young Africans show off their continent using #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou

Design News • 8 Jul 15

The hashtag #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou has gone viral on Twitter as Africans share inspiring images of their continent. >
A novel way to listen to music by Gemma Roper

Design News • 8 Jul 15

Product designer Gemma Roper has designed a satisfyingly simple device that allows you to select music according to tempo or beats per minute. >
Just a Band of Kenyan electro-heads

Next Generation • 8 Jul 15

Jepthumba talks to Kenyan electronic music makers Just a Band, whose popularity has been growing since their 2008 debut album "Scratch to Reveal". >
Chris the Pencil brings us a different kind of weather report

Lookbook • 7 Jul 15

A Cape Town graphic designer is documenting Cape Town’s vacillating weather patterns and his accompanying moods in a bold design-a-day project. >
Glasses enable doctors to see malignant cancer cells in the dark

Design Frontiers • 7 Jul 15

A Nigerian scientist working in the United States has won the prestigious St. Louis Award for his ground-breaking cancer-visualisation glasses. >
Light Echoes installation arrives at the Barbican Curve Gallery

Design News • 7 Jul 15

Aaron Koblin and Ben Tricklebank’s artwork “Light Echoes” envelopes the Barbican Curve Gallery in an immersive light experience. >
Stefano Giovannoni: The heyday of designers working with manufacturers is over

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:11 • 7 Jul 15

The Italian industrial designer advises young designers to think like entrepreneurs and work at creating their own signature brand identities. >
Toast and a hug from RCA graduate

Product Spotlight • 7 Jul 15

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. >
A bikini that helps protect wearers from harmful UV

Product Spotlight • 7 Jul 15

Spinali Design’s new bikini helps women monitor their sun exposure responsibly. >
A glass bubble transforms in motion

Product Spotlight • 6 Jul 15

"Holon" is an intriguing glass sculpture created by Dutch designers Jetske Visser and Michiel Martens. >
Six key collections from South African Menswear Week

Lookbook • 6 Jul 15

From soft pastel hues to bold silhouettes, menswear designers in Africa have adopted a new confidence. >
Ripe Near Me takes the local organic food market online

Design News • 6 Jul 15

Get fresh fruit and veg from the neighbours via an app that encourages homegrown food sharing. >
Jack Lennie designs a motorbike you can download

Next Generation • 6 Jul 15

Tinker is a downloadable, no weld, motorcycle kit designed by Edinburgh Napier University graduate Jack Lennie >
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: The dream of better

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:56 • 6 Jul 15

By applying design thinking to emerging technologies Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg imagines a better future for us all. >
Ninjabreadboy confronts the dark drinking culture of the Winelands

Design News • 3 Jul 15

"Late Harvest" confronts the problem of alcohol dependency within the farming communities juxtaposed against the beautiful Cape Winelands. >
Julia Veldman’s short captures the madness of Russian Absurdism

FilmFestFriday • 3 Jul 15

"Andrej”, a short film illustrated and animated by Julia Veldman, is inspired by the literature of Russian absurdists. >
ByALEX: purity by design

Q&A • 3 Jul 15

Purist functionality and a pared-down aesthetic are key ingredients in Alex Swain’s decisively simple product designs. >
Young township photographer Sipho Mpongo is heading to New York

African Report • 2 Jul 15

This is the story of a boy from Langa who went to a school dance with a “stolen” camera and found himself and his camera on a plane to New York. >
Lady Skollie’s latest exhibition is a manifestation of her desires

Design News • 2 Jul 15

“Ask for What You Want” is a provocative exploration of the nature of human sexual desire by Cape Town-based artist Lady Skollie. >
Carla Kreuser: An illustrator goes back to the drawing board

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:54 • 2 Jul 15

Going back to school was one of the best decisions I’ve made, says Carla Kreuser. >
Michael Johnson: The future is social branding

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:03 • 2 Jul 15

The founder of brand identity firm Johnson Banks unpacks the growth of social branding in a competitive corporate world. >
Pink Intruder builds a cardboard pavilion in Valencia’s town square

Design News • 2 Jul 15

The Ekklesia pavilion was assembled in the centre of a crossroads in the Spanish city of Valencia to coincide with the annual Falla festival. >

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