2018 Archive

The Ki Ecobe shoe doesn’t use a single drop of glue

Design News • 6 Mar 18

The revolutionary, modular footwear can be self-assembled in less than five minutes. >
Nixie Girl rethinks menstrual cups for a new generation

Design News • 6 Mar 18

Redesigning menstrual products to appeal to a younger market. >
How do you tackle piracy, the refugee crisis and learning new language using design?

Design News • 6 Mar 18

These Design Indaba 2017 speakers are leading the way. >
Côte d'Ivoire-based artist, Kadarik uses pop art as social commentary

Design News • 5 Mar 18

Pop Art that analyses modern society using, the Joker, Spiderman and Wonder Woman. >
In pictures: The Tolerance Traveling Poster Show at Design Indaba 2018

Design News • 5 Mar 18

The idea behind the nomadic exhibition is to spread a simple message of humanity and reach the maximum amount of people. >
Morag Myerscough turns concrete jungles into spaces of belonging

Design News • Duration: 00:02:30 • 5 Mar 18

The artist talks us through her giant centrepiece for Design Indaba Festival 2018, Embrace The Unknown. >
Meet the women who are leading by design

Design News • 2 Mar 18

Design Indaba 2018 had the biggest contingent of women speakers and this is what they had to say. >
9 Design Indaba speakers that told us more about the future of architecture

Design News • 1 Mar 18

How can the built world be improved? Take a look at the different approaches to architecture innovation presented by our speakers this year. >
Sarah Waiswa explores the persecution of those with albinism

Design News • 1 Mar 18

Called Stranger In a Familiar Land, her photo series addresses the treatment of those with the condition in Africa. >
Campbell Addy is disrupting the homogeneity of stock photography

Design News • 28 Feb 18

The photographer’s partnership with Getty Images is diversifying their imagery. >
Hyphen Labs is using VR to create safe spaces for women of colour

Design News • 28 Feb 18

This VR project began when Ashley Baccus-Clark realised that there is no sunscreen that caters to her skin tone. >
On prioritising walking as a way to design cities differently

Design News • 27 Feb 18

“Designing walkable cities enables us to start with the street – the essence of the city.” >
In the Shadow of the Pyramids explores memory and identity in Egypt

Design News • 27 Feb 18

A long-term personal look at how the everyday citizens of Egypt and how things have changed in years since the Arab Spring. >
Es Devlin on creating visual voices for stars like Kanye West, Beyonce and Adele

Design News • 26 Feb 18

Devlin shared never before seen sketches with the Design Indaba audience and gave a deeper insight into her process. >
Best moments of the final day of Design Indaba Conference 2018

Design News • 23 Feb 18

And that's a wrap! Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered the last day of conference. >
Hugh Masekela Gallery launched at the finale of Design Indaba Festival 2018

Design News • 23 Feb 18

Design Indaba and the Zeitz MOCAA honoured the late legend in a stunning tribute on the Conference stage. >
Best Moments of Day 2 of Design Indaba Conference 2018

Design News • 23 Feb 18

Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up. >
Peter Veenstra unveils Dome of Plants project for Cape Town

Design News • 22 Feb 18

Centrally positioned on Luthuli Plaza, a green Dome of Plants will offer an inviting garden-like space for local urban events. >
Best Moments of Day 1 of Design Indaba Conference 2018

Take Five • 21 Feb 18

Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up. >
Filmmaker Sunu Gonera opened Design Indaba 2018 with a moving talk on afrofuturism

Design News • 21 Feb 18

"I believe that afrofuturism perfectly merges the past and the present of African culture in order to birth a brighter future." >
Edel Rodriguez on protesting the Trump era through art

Design News • 21 Feb 18

The Cuban-born illustrator brings his Trump-era protest art to Design Indaba Conference 2018. >
Zach Lieberman combines fine art and code to create futuristic realities

Design News • 19 Feb 18

The Design Indaba 2018 speaker is at the forefront of art and technology. >
Lebo Mashile premiered her theatre piece on Saartjie Baartman at Design Indaba 2018

Design News • 19 Feb 18

She was joined on stage by Anne Masina to perform Saartjie vs. Venus, a play that boldly interrogated aspects of black feminine identity. >
From our archives: Dr William Mapham says designers are important to the future of healthcare

Design Frontiers • 19 Feb 18

During his 2018 Design Indaba talk he called on designers to get involved in making a change. >

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