April 2019 Archive

Meet the cyborg artists who have merged themselves with technology

Talks • 17 Apr 19

Neil Harbisson has an antenna implanted in his skull that allows him to feel colour, while Moon Ribas has sensors in her feet that allow her to feel earthquakes >
Markus Kayser's work enables collaboration between tech and biology

Talks • 16 Apr 19

“The promise of design is to inspire industry to follow suit in the quest for better methods to produce using solar energy and abundant resources.” >
Subverting the gendered implications of wearable tech

Design Frontiers • 16 Apr 19

TELEXST aims to turn the gendered nature of wearable tech on its head. >
Would you put every life decision in the hands of an algorithm?

Design Frontiers • 16 Apr 19

Max Hawkins has an interesting way of escaping the Internet's social bubbles. >
What is the data behind #MeToo really telling us?

Talks • 16 Apr 19

In her research, graduate Ellie Frymire looks beyond the tweets to delve further into what people are really saying. >
The design flaw in data science

Hot Topic • 15 Apr 19

Artificial intelligence will mimic human prejudices unless we change the way we assess machine learning models >
Keenan Wyrobek on saving lives with drones

Talks • 15 Apr 19

“Doctors shared with us their torment at losing patients they knew how to save. They knew the treatments. They just didn’t have the supplies.” >
Could the heat generated by blockchain be useful for other living beings?

Design News • Duration: 00:11:25 • 15 Apr 19

With a project called Farm, MIT student Gary Zhang shows that heat generated in the blockchain has many uses. >
Baleka is two steps forward for African robotics

Design Frontiers • 12 Apr 19

Developed by a team of researchers at the University of Cape Town, it’s a first for the continent. >
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez on tackling the world’s problems with creativity

Talks • 12 Apr 19

Gonzalez shares his method to coming up with creative solutions to everyday problems. >
SA artist uses cow dung to explore questions on perception and aesthetics

Design Frontiers • 12 Apr 19

Mawande Ka Zenzile explains how his reliance on intuition has made his work a lot more honest over the years. >
Changing the world by design: DUNDEED

Do Tank News • 11 Apr 19

Design Indaba collaborates with the European Academy of Design to solve for the solutions the world needs now. >
(P)residant: Those who don't let go of power

Design News • 11 Apr 19

"I call them 'les presidents residants' because they never want to leave power once in the seat." – Fabrice Monteiro, photographer, Dakar. >
The eco-friendly benefits of a busted smartphone

Design News • Duration: 00:09:03 • 11 Apr 19

“This project takes the seemingly catastrophic moment in which the smartphone breaks as an opportunity to redefine the value of the expired object.” >
Yuri Suzuki on combining his passion for music and design

Talks • 11 Apr 19

The Japanese sound designer shares how he finds “order in the noise.” >
Tin&Ed on work that fosters togetherness and celebrating the unknown

Talks • 10 Apr 19

“The unknown in our practice is the most fertile place, and we love the unknown." >
Bringing Afrocentric design to Milan Design Week

Design News • 10 Apr 19

Meet the South African designers who will be exhibiting their work for the first time at Milan Design Week. >
Designing a way to build bonds between strangers

Next Generation • Duration: 00:06:53 • 9 Apr 19

Social designer Manon van Hoeckel creates spaces, art pieces and experiences that confront divides between people. >
Here’s how movement can form type

Design News • 9 Apr 19

“The story of movement has just begun and we're really looking forward to where your designs take it.” >
How ostrich feathers are uplifting Oudtshoorn's economy through design

Talks • 8 Apr 19

Pascale Theron's work looks at breathing life into the vulnerable ostrich farming industry in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. >
Urban designer Alice Cabaret on innovation in challenging places like Maboneng

Design Frontiers • 5 Apr 19

"[Maboneng] has also helped to open a very needed debate, in academic and social circles, about urban transformation in complex contexts like Johannesburg." >
Neri Oxman’s installation exploring the possibilities of melanin

Design Frontiers • 5 Apr 19

Through digital fabrication and design computation, the pigment could sustain and enhance the planet’s endangered biodiversity. >
Dave Hakkens on tackling the planet's waste

Talks • 5 Apr 19

“When I start something I like to start with a problem.” >
Sir David Adjaye designs memorial in honour of Hugh Masekela

Design Frontiers • 4 Apr 19

The Masekela family, in collaboration with Design Indaba, will be unveiling a memorial pavilion during youth month. >

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