2016 Archive

A multilingual keyboard promotes the preservation of 12 Nigerian dialects

Design News • 9 Feb 16

Nigerian linguist designs a digital keyboard to address the possible extinction of Nigeria’s multiple dialects. >
A rural South African farmhouse clad in 1000 shimmering CDs

Design News • 8 Feb 16

South African-based artist r1 used 1000 recycled CDs to clad an abandoned farmhouse in Randfontein, a mining city in western Gauteng. >
Inspiring an anti-pollution revolution one brick at a time

Design News • 8 Feb 16

MIT students develop a low-cost, eco-friendly brick made out of industrial waste to reduce pollution in India. >
Design Indaba's Global Graduates – these are the ones to watch

Design News • 8 Feb 16

We'd like to introduce you to the talented Global Graduates who’ll be presenting their work at the Design Indaba Conference 2016. >
Miniature reading gets Brazilians excited about books

Design News • 8 Feb 16

The Leitura de Bolso campaign sends mini-reading instalments to smartphones to get Brazilians excited about reading. >
Uganda’s clay and rice husk water filtration system

Design Frontiers • 8 Feb 16

Access to safe drinking water in rural Uganda is a major health concern, but two graduates may have found a way to help. >
Photographer looks at history through a feminist lens

Design News • 8 Feb 16

Bristol-based photographer Chloe Massey’s representations of women focus on their heroic contributions to history. >
A new home for the fine wines of Babylonstoren

Design News • 8 Feb 16

Babylonstoren have added a modern, purpose-built tasting centre to their Cape winelands estate for visitors to enjoy their wine tasting experience. >
Dutch students 3D print steel frame for Arc Bicycle

Next Generation • 8 Feb 16

A team of students at the Delft University of Technology have printed the first stainless steel bike using a welding-based 3D-printing technique. >
Martin Kharumwa: Making images for an African audience

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:45 • 8 Feb 16

Ugandan photographer Martin Kharumwa constructs images that appeal to different cultural contexts. >
The first survey of the photographic landscape in contemporary Africa

Design News • 5 Feb 16

Based on five years of exhibitions hosted by the LagosPhoto Festival, “Africa Under the Prism” beautifully documents contemporary photography in Africa. >
Design IndaBar, presented by Chivas, like you've never seen it before!

Festival News • 5 Feb 16

Design IndaBar, presented by Chivas, is the creative catalyst for great ideas and connections, formed to the sights and sounds of performance art and music. >
Tropical utopian city proposed for Malaysian coastline

Design News • 5 Feb 16

Sasaki imagines a thriving mangrove marina, rooftop park network and global hub for Forest City. >
Short film highlights the Cape's wasted spring waters as SA runs dry

Design News • 5 Feb 16

Filmmaker Sven Harding's short film considers South Africa's water crisis in a visually poetic, ethereal manner. >
A burka made from sugar challenges modern perceptions

Design Frontiers • 5 Feb 16

Worn by Muslim women all over the world, the burka has been a controversial topic for centuries. >
Pan-African collective debuts with visuals shot in the Mozambican savannah

FilmFestFriday • 5 Feb 16

Batuk, a Pan-African collective pioneering a new tribal and electronic sound has debuted with a music video shot in the sparse Mozambican savannah. >
Gecko-like grip soon to be within reach of humans

Design Frontiers • 5 Feb 16

Engineers at Stanford University have developed adhesive materials that mimic a gecko’s gripping power. >
Affordable exoskeleton could help paraplegic kids walk, sit or stand

Design Frontiers • 5 Feb 16

The Phoenix, the world’s lightest exoskeleton for the disabled, will be adapted to help disabled children. >
Stickybones: Animation made easy with this intuitive puppet

Product Spotlight • 4 Feb 16

The Stickybones puppet is a revolutionary animation-art figure perfectly calibrated to bring your ideas to life. >
The Dencity Competition co-founders on rethinking slums

Inside View • 4 Feb 16

The social architects behind non-profit organisation, Shelter Global share their experiences on confronting the world’s shelter crisis. >
Lava Lab believes we are all in for a surprise from the tech-savvy Millennials

Q&A • 4 Feb 16

Lava Lab is made up of interdisciplinary designers who are working to develop technological interactions. >
A burial suit to better decompose your body

Product Spotlight • 4 Feb 16

The Infinity Burial Project greens-up your funeral with a suit that devours your corpse. >
E-waste jewellery that looks like marble

Design News • 4 Feb 16

An upcycled jewellery collection fashioned from discarded cables and wires. >
"Shop" for clothes by commenting on Instagram

Design News • 4 Feb 16

Clothes sharing initiative ShareWear shows that something borrowed is like something new. >

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