a better world through creativity
Home
About Design Indaba
Design Indaba News
Projects
Press Room
Emerging Creatives
News & Features
Design News
Africa Now
Creative Work
Interviews
Next Generation
Design Frontiers
African Design
Design Activism
Videos
Conference Talks
Video Archive (2006 – present)
Designer Directory
Our database of African and international creatives and companies making waves in the design world.
Search
2018 Archive
Filter by
- Any -
Articles
Galleries
Videos
Feature
- Any -
Creative Work
-Design Frontiers
-Product Spotlight
-Lookbook
-Next Generation
-Design News
-Track of the Week
-FilmFestFriday
-Design Indaba Campaigns
Interviews
-Video Interviews
-Q&A
-Profiling
-Dialogues
Point of View
-Hot Topic
-African Report
-Inside View
-Opinion
-Reviews
RoundUp
-Take Five
-Focus On
Conference Talks
-Talks
-Trailers
Design Indaba News
-Festival News
-Do Tank News
-Digital News
Sort by
Post date
Order
Asc
Desc
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
1995
The Araba Belle androgynous capes are inspired by Ghana’s coast
Design News
•
15 Apr 18
Accra-based fashion brand DoNeal was inspired by the people and landscape of Ghana's Cape Coast.
>
Sustainable planter helps trees and plants survive in arid environments
Design News
•
16 Apr 18
A product developed by Dutch startup Land Life Company increases seedling survival rates up to 95 per cent.
>
Japanese art of paper cutting inspires the next generation of bandages
Design News
•
16 Apr 18
These MIT engineers believe a simple method of pattern-cutting holds great benefits in store for wound healing plasters and wearable tech.
>
Ekene Ijeoma deconstructs the US national anthem as a comment on mass imprisonment
Design News
•
16 Apr 18
In Deconstructed Anthems, he built a software that removes notes from the US national anthem at the same rate Americans have been imprisoned.
>
Vukuzenzele is a digital puzzle game helping to redesign informal settlements
Design News
•
17 Apr 18
The game uses the concept of re-blocking to reimagine the layout of an informal settlement in order to create better access to basic services.
>
This Solar Grill makes cooking easier in areas with no electricity
Design News
•
18 Apr 18
The cooker stores solar energy for cooking at any time of the day.
>
How this young photographer is creating a career while helping to correct mis-representation
Design News
•
18 Apr 18
Images help us to not only interpret the world around us but also challenge deep-rooted and sometimes harmful conventions.
>
How Angelika Nyboe Andersen moved from fashion to building some of Zambia's greenest buildings
Design News
•
19 Apr 18
“Fashion has sort of given me a good foundation for construction. It has surprisingly all come together.”
>
Could building with wood be the answer to high-density cities and the housing crisis?
Design News
•
19 Apr 18
Timber Rising predicts a future in which wood will supersede concrete and steel.
>
How this Cape Town publication is disrupting the way we write about food
Design News
•
19 Apr 18
“To us, the story of a street food vendor running a successful hole-in-the-wall shop is just as valid as a story about a celebrated chef."
>
Innovative bike hack provides zero electricity machinery in Guatemala
Design News
•
19 Apr 18
Maya Pedal transforms old bicycles into an array of devices powered by pedalling.
>
6 designers who use waste as inspiration for new products
Design News
•
20 Apr 18
From upcycling found objects into furniture, to jewellery made of e-waste and more.
>
Sunu Gonera on working in Hollywood and why afrofuturism is not a new trend
Design News
•
20 Apr 18
“I think people are just trying to define what’s already happening on the ground.”
>
Lyra Aoko uses the colour red as part of a photographic exploration of womanhood
Design News
•
20 Apr 18
The Nairobi-based artist talks inspiration, collaboration and changing narratives.
>
Amigo Doume is teaching troubled teenagers in Abidjan artisanal skills
Design News
•
21 Apr 18
Amigo Doume in Abidjan, Ivory Coast gives troubled teenagers – often ignored by support systems that focus on younger kids – the tools to earn a living.
>
5 innovations in the fight against malaria
Design News
•
24 Apr 18
We take look at some of the devices being developed to fight malaria.
>
Imagine if you never had to complain about missing socks ever again?
Design News
•
25 Apr 18
These Danish entrepreneurs are redesigning socks to make them more sustainable.
>
It’s all hands on deck in the fight against malaria
Design News
•
25 Apr 18
“If there is one lesson we have learned … it’s that we have to keep innovating to control malaria, because conditions evolve.”
>
This children's home enables residents to be part of the construction process
Design News
•
26 Apr 18
Langbos makes use of a simplified building process that ensures that anyone can build, eliminating heavy, expensive equipment and hard labour.
>
Edel Rodriguez on how the South African protest art influenced his work
Design News
•
26 Apr 18
Rodriguez has a noted history of creating irreverent, illustrated depictions of the controversial US President Donald Trump.
>
Taiwanese students design foldable bone-fracture boards for disaster relief
Design News
•
26 Apr 18
Unlike traditional bone rehabilitation boards, BoneAid can be applied to multiple body parts with different folding methods.
>
George Gibbens is using design to tackle South Africa's social problems
Design News
•
26 Apr 18
The industrial designer has designed a VR device to help the visually impaired, a portable machine to fight shack fires and more.
>
The Freedom Day reading list
Design News
•
27 Apr 18
These projects highlight the complicated matter of South Africa's "freedom" through the eyes of creatives.
>
Aboubakar Fofana on the hypocrisy of the fashion industry
Design News
•
27 Apr 18
The textile designer, artist and natural dyer calls out the trend forecasters and designers to take more responsibility.
>
Pages
« first
‹ previous
…
5
6
7
8
9
…
next ›
last »
Sign up to our newsletter
Sign up to Design Indaba Weekly for the latest design news and inspiration. Sign up to Design Indaba News for updates on Design Indaba events and projects.
Email Address
Design Indaba (select one or both)
Weekly editorial newsletter
Festival and event updates
Top Features
Regulars
Take Five
6 clever design solutions for pressing healthcare issues
28 Nov 19
Focus On
Five examples of great design from Singapore
17 Sep 18
Lookbook
A look into the work of Luke Rudman
3 Feb 22
FilmFestFriday
This short film is a meditation on the joys girlhood
12 Feb 16
Twitter
Follow @designindaba
Tweets by @designindaba