February 2016 Archive

Enzi leather shoes are designed to raise the profile of made-in-Ethiopia

Product Spotlight • 16 Feb 16

Enzi shoes are responsibly made in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and aim to raise the profile of East African products. >
Furniture made from plant fibres and recycled plastic

Product Spotlight • 16 Feb 16

Colombian startup company, Diseclar takes waste from local industries to produce elegant furniture. >
UCT’s Shackville: Protesting the housing crisis with public art

Design News • 16 Feb 16

Students erected a shack on the grounds of the Cape’s prestigious university as a symbol of the lived experience of many of its students. >
Scientists develop a search-and-rescue robot based on a cockroach

Product Spotlight • 16 Feb 16

Like a cockroach, this robot can squeeze through small spaces and be used by first-response rescue teams to find people in disaster-stricken areas. >
Joel Nsadha: From Kampala to New York

Design News • 17 Feb 16

“People inspire me. Everybody has an interesting story to tell.” >
Fikirte Addis: Designing contemporary Ethiopian garments with a traditional soul

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:23 • 17 Feb 16

Fikirte Addis, the founder of Yefikir designs, is drawing on Ethiopia's rich cultural heritage to create modern, everyday clothing. >
The Wonderland Project – I wonder what it could be?

Design News • 17 Feb 16

Nedbank is repurposing decommissioned ATMs into works of wonder and are calling the Design Indaba Conference and Simulcast delegates to share their ideas. >
A tool to remotely monitor and support the rehabilitation of mastectomy patients

Next Generation • 17 Feb 16

Pia Nyakairu has developed a wand-like product and app, which allows physiotherapists to monitor the progress of mastectomy patients over a digital platform. >
Rich Mnisi on his latest collection and what informs his design process

Q&A • 17 Feb 16

We talk to fresh-faced South African fashion designer, Rich Mnisi about his bold new menswear pieces. >
Christophe Guberan’s living textiles self-adapt, move, and transform

Design News • 17 Feb 16

Global graduate Christophe Guberan creates products that challenge the limits of matter. >
Thomas Chapman has built a screen to memorialise the forcibly removed residents of Sophiatown

African Report • 17 Feb 16

Thomas Chapman, in collaboration with Nedbank and Design Indaba, unveiled a remembrance screen for the displaced residents of Sophiatown. >
Michael Wolff: The story of four rooms

Design News • Duration: 00:03:46 • 17 Feb 16

Design consultant Michael Wolff encourages young designers to trust in their ability to create something new. >
Day one of Design Indaba Conference 2016

Design News • 17 Feb 16

Day one of Design Indaba Conference 2016 brought audiences stories of courage, collaboration, confetti and cocks. >
Ugandan motor company unveils Africa's first solar bus

Design Frontiers • 18 Feb 16

Uganda-based Kiira Motors revealed the first solar-powered bus in Africa – the Kayoola prototype bus. >
Basia Dżaman’s carbon fibre 3D printer of the future

Design News • 18 Feb 16

Polish student Basia Dżaman modified a robotic arm using specially designed, 3D printed tools. >
Francois Knoetze's mythical trash creatures reveal our terrible treatment of waste

Next Generation • Duration: 00:06:30 • 18 Feb 16

The five mythical Cape Mongo characters are each made of discarded waste from the city of Cape Town. >
The designer works as the creative catalyst, says Fred Gelli

Design News • 18 Feb 16

Focused on sustainable design, Fred Gelli believes we’ll need to redesign the way we live. >
Redesigning a product that helps you do good

Design News • 18 Feb 16

Award-winning designer Benjamin Hubert teamed up with Acts of Random Kindness to design a new ARK. >
Twins Cartoon release a comic in English

Design News • 18 Feb 16

Twins Cartoon release their comic magazine Garage in English for the first time at Design Indaba Conference. >
Day two of Design Indaba Conference 2016

Design News • 18 Feb 16

The second day of Conference 2016 took us from architecture in Japan to a kitchen in Spain ended with a heavy hit of Swedish rock. >
Beercycling transforms urine into beer

Design News • 19 Feb 16

Northern Europe’s largest festival turns festivalgoers’ urine into fertiliser for barley crops >
Tiger Maremela uses digital collage to examine black masculinities in the “Rainbow Nation”

Design News • 19 Feb 16

Joburg-based Tiger Maremela uses popular South African consumer products in their digital art to examine capitalism, modernisation and black masculinities. >
Design Without Borders: Introducing user-centred design to Uganda

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:41 • 19 Feb 16

Design Without Borders facilitates projects in Uganda using user-centred design. >
This designer is experimenting with emotions

Next Generation • 19 Feb 16

Israeli-born multidisciplinary artist Naama Schendar is exploring individuality and indentity through experiments with trauma and empathy. >

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