August 2018 Archive

Meet Dutch designer, artist and entrepreneur, Joris Laarman

Design Frontiers • 1 Aug 18

“I don’t do things with a goal in my head. I just do them to discover things.” >
Artist imagines colossal vertical slums in Lagos

Design News • 2 Aug 18

Are slums shaping the face of Africa? Nigerian-born artist Lekan Jeyifo conceptualises the future of slums in Lagos. >
These striking images offer an alternative view of Nigerian diversity

Design News • 2 Aug 18

“One of the biggest statements I try to make with my work is that there is no single Nigerian culture.” >
Design Indaba x Radisson Blu Hotel

Festival News • 2 Aug 18

Design Indaba Conference 2018 delegates can take advantage of this special accommodation offer >
These five creative women are using fashion, food and more to challenge and inspire

Design Frontiers • 2 Aug 18

This Women’s Month, we take a look back at some of the fiercely creative women who have graced the Design Indaba stage. >
Drop Drop app helps water conservation in drought-stricken South Africa

Design News • 3 Aug 18

A new app makes every drop of water count as South Africa’s water crisis continues. >
Gourmet Grubb on making ice cream from insect milk

Design News • 3 Aug 18

Food designer Leah Bessa was part of this year's Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >
Entries for the second Future Food Design Awards are now open

Design Frontiers • 3 Aug 18

Set to be held during this year’s annual Dutch Design Week, the competition is seeking to solidify the connection between the worlds of food and design. >
9 creatives to look out for this Women's Month

Design News • 6 Aug 18

To celebrate Women's Month, we're highlighting the work of some of our former participants in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >
Check out the creatives participating in this year's GrigriPixel workshop

Design Frontiers • 7 Aug 18

The annual programme is developing a wealth of experimental practices through inter-continental collaboration. >
Advice from past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives

Design Frontiers • 8 Aug 18

Here's what illustrator Daniel Ting Chong, director Anthony Silverston, artist Paul Senyol and furniture designer Neil Grantham have to say. >
Morag Myerscough's Design Indaba installation brings vibrant colour to two Cape Town schools

Design Frontiers • 8 Aug 18

Design Indaba worked with stakeholders including SeeSawDo on two projects giving a second life to the Embrace the Unknown installation. >
Bridging the gap between architecture and entrepreneurship in Lesotho

Design Frontiers • 10 Aug 18

Daniela Gusman talks about the project as well as their international architecture competition, Rise In The City. >
Roshnee Desai is pushing for a research-led approach to design in India

Design Frontiers • 12 Aug 18

The importance of designing for the everyday person, and democratising design. >
Somali Architecture students are stitching back the country's built heritage digitally

Design Frontiers • 12 Aug 18

The collective has been invited to represent the country at this year's London Design Biennale. >
Indian artists interpret what Urdu will look like in 2050

Design Frontiers • 13 Aug 18

'Will young girls drop Rumi bombs on the 2050 version of social media to passive aggressively call out lousy lovers?" >
Architect Annabelle Selldorf announced as Design Indaba speaker for 2019

Design Frontiers • 14 Aug 18

The founder of Selldorf Architects’ design language is quietly classic and highly considered. >
Rajni Perera’s embellished photography explores identity alongside surreal dreamworlds

Design Frontiers • 14 Aug 18

“After all, immigrants are the first travellers in time and space.” >
Gale Maimane on her new short film, starring Zoe Modiga, called Me

Design News • 15 Aug 18

“We wanted to make a piece that encapsulates fashion and music in a skilful way. A tender way. A femme way.” >
What does it take to make it as a creative?

Design News • 16 Aug 18

We looked to a new book by Creative Nestlings to find some clues from women featured in the book. >
A New Zealand company is making raincoats out of recycled fibres

Design News • 20 Aug 18

The Humble Raincoat is made of recycled plastic bottles. >
Architect Dong-Ping Wong to speak at Design Indaba 2019

Design News • 21 Aug 18

With several companies under his belt, Dong-Ping Wong’s work represents a new wave of architecture. >
Design Indaba alumni V. Sunil and Mohit Jayal are injecting creativity into India's spaces

Design News • 22 Aug 18

In what may be their most ambitious project yet, Motherland have embarked on the task of reinventing a city. >
Here are our not-to-be-missed A’ Design Award winners

Design News • 22 Aug 18

The global platform has announced its best designers and designs for 2017 to 2018. >

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