2015 Archive

MoMa curator Paola Antonelli unveils her “thinkering” concept

Inside View • 17 Dec 15

Paola Antonelli on how design should be more about critical thinking than problem solving. >
How should we be responding to the migrant "crisis"?

Inside View • 16 Dec 15

The movement of displaced and refuged humans across the world will surely define this decade. We ask prominent design thinkers their thoughts on how to help. >
The design, art and fashion communities respond to the migrant crisis

Inside View • 10 Dec 15

The movement of displaced humans across the world will surely define this decade. We ask prominent design thinkers their thoughts on how to help. >
Using robotics to spark a new era of problem-solving youths in Nigeria

African Report • 9 Dec 15

Project 10 000 Kids teaches robotics and engineering skills to Nigerian school kids. >
Henk Ovink drives his own brand of water management in the face of climate change

Inside View • 3 Dec 15

Dutch water management expert Henk Ovink proposes a way of addressing the global water crises. >
This non-profit uses creative arts to empower the youth of Uganda

African Report • 2 Dec 15

PHAU is a non-profit organisation geared towards the youth of Uganda using multiple creative platforms to reach out. >
How can design thinkers help the Migrant Crisis?

Inside View • 1 Dec 15

The movement of displaced and refuged humans across the world will surely define this decade. We ask prominent design thinkers their thoughts on how to help. >
Do you have the right to operate your business?

Inside View • 27 Nov 15

Adams & Adams gives SMME owners a advice on zoning and other potential issues. >
DesignThinkers uses empathy and observation to lead its design

Inside View • 26 Nov 15

DesignThinkers’ Robert Bloom tells us about the makeover of the busy Izhwezi Clinic and how the chief tool was empathy. >
Local Studio is leading urban transformation in Johannesburg’s inner city

Inside View • 19 Nov 15

Founded by Thomas Chapman, Local Studio is dedicated to urban transformation through design schemes that involve state, community and private business. >
James Mitchell explores the potential of architectural skills to affect social change in African communities

Inside View • 12 Nov 15

James Mitchell discusses his humanitarian organisation and how it is building up communities with entrepreneurial and construction skills. >
Here is Snoggie, Uganda’s extraordinary political cartoonist

African Report • 11 Nov 15

As Uganda enters election season, cartoonist Snoggie's political art becomes increasingly interesting. >
Master chef-cum-artist Jasper Udink ten Cate on The Art of Creative Plating

Inside View • 5 Nov 15

The creative gastronomist talks about creating conceptual food experiences that connect with people. >
How open-source software helped end ebola in Sierra Leone

African Report • 3 Nov 15

Salton Massally, CTO of iDT Labs, writes about how open-source software helped fight Ebola in Sierra Leone and what this can mean for West Africa. >
Dave Hakkens on his new project, Story Hopper

Inside View • 30 Oct 15

Young industrial designer and ideas man, Dave Hakkens proposes a new creative outlet for solving problems. >
Designing Futures: LagosPhoto Festival 2015

African Report • 30 Oct 15

This year's LagosPhoto Festival, Designing Futures, looks at dialogues on African design that focus on how we understand our past, present and futures. >
Six questions for Frida Escobedo - the architect who doesn't ascribe to architectural trends

Inside View • 22 Oct 15

We talk to the Mexican architect about the blurry definition of architecture, building for social impact, and not subscribing to labels. >
Projects of Imagination creates a theatre of gastronomy for Melbourne’s foodie scene

Inside View • 15 Oct 15

Nick Cox and Dion Hall unpack the details of designing spaces for the restaurant industry. >
Young Zambian fashion designers: a creative time bomb

African Report • 14 Oct 15

Zambia has an exciting young fashion scene, even though there are no fashion design schools in the country. Zambian art writer Andrew Mulenga reflects. >
Could 3D printing be the propellant that Africa has needed all along?

African Report • 8 Oct 15

Preventing wildlife poaching, prosthetic limbs and robotics in schools: 3D printing has multiple uses. Could it propel the “lagging” continent into the future? >
Paying attention to the Black in Design

Inside View • 7 Oct 15

Students at the Harvard Graduate School of Design are putting on a conference to recognise the contribution of African Americans to the design field. >
Richard van der Laken is an advocate for the power of design for change

Inside View • 30 Sep 15

The cofounder of the conference What Design Can Do, Richard van der Laken, tells us about the power of design and designers to make change. >
Jenna Bass says we’re seeing a sea-change in South African films

Inside View • 23 Sep 15

Jenna Bass, hailed for ushering in a "new wave of South African filmmaking", tells us about her first film, her new film, and the future of film as she sees it. >
A hut-decorating competition that could give urban homes a run for their money

African Report • 23 Sep 15

My Beautiful Home in the rural Matobo district of Zimbabwe is breathing new life into the local tradition of hut painting. >

Pages