February 2016 Archive

Nigerian linguist designs a digital keyboard to address the possible extinction of Nigeria’s multiple dialects. >

Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen is the first South African chef to win a Michelin star for his South African-inspired menu JAN, his restaurant in Nice, France. >

Ikiré Jones’ new menswear collection, After Migration frames African immigrants in Italy. >

Boxchool uses modular design to create innovative educational facilities for children in rural regions >

There’s still time for you to enter your best designs into the prestigious A' Design Awards & Competition 2016. >

Five Dutch design thinkers and innovators will be speaking on the Design Indaba Conference stage this year. >

Amongst other things, New York-based artist Sarah Rosado creates celebrity portraits out of crushed cereal flakes. >

Based in Iowa City, the newly founded Centre for Afrofuturist Studies is a two-year artists-in-residency programme that examines blackness, art and technology. >

Italian design brand Fontana Arte has been creating lighting fixtures for over 80 years, with some of their earliest designs still amongst their most popular. >

A group of researchers at the University of Queensland are using a native Australian grass as the key component in designing thinner and stronger condoms. >

Entries are still open for all categories of the prestigious A’ Design Awards. >