2016 Archive

This Namibian student’s cellphone was created to make calls without airtime

Design News • 1 Aug 16

Namibian high school learner Simon Petrus has invented a device that makes calls without the use of airtime. >
Rapid Assessment of Malaria (RAM) detects malaria in 5 seconds

Design News • 1 Aug 16

John Lewandowski, a PhD student in mechanical engineering at MIT has designed a device that can detect malaria from a single drop of blood in 5 seconds. >
Turkish artist toys with gravity in surreal depictions of Istanbul

Design News • 1 Aug 16

Flatland is a series of digital landscapes that toy with perception, memory and our understanding of gravity. >
MOBA replaces temporary housing with easy-to-assemble permanent homes

Design News • 1 Aug 16

Argentinian social company relooks at the concept of emergency shelters in developing countries. >
A modern emergency shelter inspired by a timeless art

Design News • 29 Jul 16

This lightweight, mobile, structural fabric creates a “weaved” shelter for refugees and other displaced people. >
Combatting drought with orange peels

Design Frontiers • 29 Jul 16

Kiara Nirghin won the Google Science Fair Community Impact Award for her innovative creation of a super absorbent biodegradable polymer made from orange peels. >
Changing fonts with our faces

Design Frontiers • 29 Jul 16

What if our fonts could reflect exactly what we feel? >
Art meets clean energy: Customisable solar panels blend in with any roof

Design News • 29 Jul 16

SolarSkin, a Sistine Solar product offers colour-matched photovoltaic panels in an artful way and retains its revolutionary technologies in renewable energy. >
Crowdsourced mapping to highlight crisis zones

Design News • 28 Jul 16

MapSwipe is a smartphone application used to crowdsource information about previously undiscovered crisis zones. >
Osmosis power: Mini generator creates energy from salt water

Design Frontiers • 28 Jul 16

Nanoscientist Aleksandra Radenovic, explores the wonder of osmosis (also known as blue energy) power generation. >
Coolar: The electricity independent medical refrigerator

Design News • 28 Jul 16

Coolar is a carbon-neutral solar-powered refrigerator specifically geared towards preserving vaccines and critical medical supplies. >
This high-tech Lunchbox helps feed hungry children in the world's poorest regions

Design News • 28 Jul 16

With the Lunchbox, donating to a good cause is as easy as tapping a device. >
Floating Farm set to launch in Rotterdam

Design News • 28 Jul 16

Waterfront dairy farm presents a sustainable approach to food production in cities. >
Frederico Gelli: Branding and the shared-value perspective

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:00:00 • 27 Jul 16

For co-founder of Tátil Design Fred Gelli, branding can be both sustainable and of value to the consumer. >
Prize-winning African author questions accessibility in South Africa

Design News • 27 Jul 16

Writer, filmmaker and photographer Lidudumalingani Mqombothi says his work is about the little people. >
Coffee waste transformed into a new superfood

Design News • 27 Jul 16

CoffeeFlour creates jobs and builds communities by repurposing discarded coffee waste. >
Wake up, This is Joburg: A series that uncovers the peculiarities of the city

Design News • 27 Jul 16

"Wake up, This is Joburg" is a series of 10 books that tells the stories of the peculiar urban inhabitants of Johannesburg. >
SHE: Sanitary pads made from discarded banana tree material

Design News • 27 Jul 16

Sustainable Heath Enterprises (SHE) manufactures affordable sanitary pads made from banana tree fibres to keep Rwanda’s girls and women in school and work. >
Christophe Guberan on textiles that transform

Talks • Duration: 00:07:53 • 26 Jul 16

Swiss product designer Christophe Guberan presents as one of Design Indaba's Global Graduates on active textiles. >
Bringing bones to life: Artist prototypes a hand grown out of stem cells

Design Frontiers • 26 Jul 16

Artist Amy Karle’s Regenerative Reliquary is an open-source biotech project showcasing a human hand grown out of stem cells. >
The TransBrasil project explores gender identity through photography

Design News • 26 Jul 16

Brazil is reportedly the world’s most violent place for transgender people. Jetmir Idrizi’s photo series documents the country's persecuted community. >
Senegalese village is thriving because of this one building

Design News • 26 Jul 16

Thread Artists’ Residency and Cultural Centre fosters creativity and enterprise in a remote village in Senegal. >
The Mine Kafon Drone could rid the world of land mines in 10 years

Design Frontiers • 26 Jul 16

Landmines kill or maim 10 civilians every day. Product designer Massoud Hassani’s latest drone innovation wants to solve the problem in our lifetime. >
The Visionary Kitchen creates dinners from food waste

Design News • 25 Jul 16

The Visionary Kitchen, a volunteer organisation, hosts weekly free dinners for up to 10 guests from foods that have reached their sell-by-date. >

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