2017 Archive

Chris Sheldrick’s what3words is redefining the global address system

Talks • Duration: 00:19:31 • 19 Jul 17

Making the world a less frustrating, more efficient and safer place. >
Marko Ahtisaari explains two revolutionary projects

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:53 • 18 Jul 17

The tech guru wants to replace medicine with music and use the Bitcoin system to overhaul the way artists are paid by streaming services. >
Unwind: Music as an alternative to traditional medicine

Talks • Duration: 00:22:12 • 17 Jul 17

Marko Ahtisaari presents Unwind, a global experiment in drug-free ways to treat physical and mental health. >
Punk designer Kate Moross on breaking the rules and rebelling against polarities

Talks • Duration: 00:39:01 • 14 Jul 17

On the Design Indaba Conference stage, the multi-tasking creative discusses her unconventional approach to design. >
Jabu Nadia Newman talks about the importance of womxn in film

Talks • Duration: 00:18:08 • 13 Jul 17

“My design method is film, specifically telling stories through images.” >
Growing mushrooms in camel dung to raise planetary chickens

Talks • Duration: 00:27:55 • 12 Jul 17

Belgian chicken artist Koen Vanmechelen and Zimbabwean activist Chido Govera talk about the Planetary Community Chicken Project at Design Indaba 2017. >
Yinka Ilori on telling stories through furniture design

Talks • Duration: 00:20:30 • 10 Jul 17

“If the chair you are sitting on could tell your story, would it be a dangerous or good thing?” >
Jabu Newman and The Foxy Five on representation and visibility

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:01:48 • 7 Jul 17

The team behind the explosive web series talk about the importance of female-led filmmaking. >
Winy Maas on innovating into the future of architecture

Talks • Duration: 00:40:08 • 5 Jul 17

The Dutch architect chats about how he is unlocking the potential of buildings in overcrowded cities. >
ULTRACONTEMPORARY Exhibition explores political art and its function in society

Design News • Duration: 00:00:00 • 3 Jul 17

This collection of “emergency” art pieces is based on the fast pace at which our world changes. >
Kenyan photographer behind renegade grannies series chats Afrofuturism

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:06 • 26 Jun 17

For Osborne Macharia, Afrofuturism is about recreating a different Africa based on fantasy, fiction and history. >
Reimagining public spaces in Monwabisi Park

Design News • Duration: 00:03:51 • 19 Jun 17

The Reclaiming the Night project is about getting residents involved in creating their own solutions >
On making theatre specifically for kids below the age of 2

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:33 • 16 Jun 17

Children at such an early age can still decide to stop paying attention, which is the harshest criticism of all >
Wacom Creatives: A look into the experimental digital art of Miss Led

Design News • Duration: 04:22 • 9 Jun 17

“If you want something really badly, then you don’t feel like you’re making sacrifices.” >
Airbnb is tapping into its network to help resettle refugees

Talks • Duration: 00:33:20 • 1 Jun 17

Co-Founder & CPO Joe Gebbia announces that over 16,000 Airbnb hosts have already signed up to host refugees for free. >
Check out Dress Code’s Coke Habit

Design News • 25 May 17

This animated short film provides a unique take on the complexities of childhood addiction. >
Can an Elton John song help you understand refugees better?

Design News • 25 May 17

Maybe not Elton John's song itself, but this new music video for "Rocket Man" certainly can. >
Watch filmmaker Hayley Morris’ surreal stop-motion music video for Explosions in the Sky

Design News • 23 May 17

The band’s first official music video imagines the ‘wilderness of the mind’. >
Wake up and smell the colours

Next Generation • Duration: 01:33 • 23 May 17

A device that transcends two of our primary senses. >
Love Story: A tale of refugees featuring Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore

Design News • 19 May 17

Forced migration is a recurring theme at this year's Venice Biennale. An installation in the South Africa pavilion interrogates empathy. >
This music video lets rip on the music industry’s so-called ‘Gatekeepers’

Design News • 19 May 17

Jessie Reyez takes on industry sexism and misogyny with this short film. >
Rich Mnisi merges film with fashion

Design News • 18 May 17

Check out this cinematic lookbook for Rich Mnisi's latest trans-seaonal collection Xingelengele. >
Abandoned spaces in Hong Kong

Design News • 17 May 17

South African artist Faith47 shares the third installment of Aqua Regalia – a video set in the grimy, semi-abandoned spaces of Hong Kong. >
The nightmarish scenes of Regenerative Being

Design News • Duration: 07:21 • 16 May 17

A look at the handmade, macabre and nuanced animation of Stas Santimov. >

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