April 2019 Archive

David Droga on why he is still optimistic about advertising

Talks • 4 Apr 19

“Linear and logical people make the world go round, but it’s the creative people who make it worth living in." >
On building a disappearing city in the Moroccan Sahara

Design Frontiers • 4 Apr 19

"As designers, architects know how to build cities, but our field as a whole has not yet grasped how to make them disappear." >
The whimsical illustrations of Monica Obaga

Design Frontiers • 3 Apr 19

“I would say my aesthetic has always been whimsical because all my favourite media as a child were musicals, cartoons, books, comics and fashion.” >
Wanuri Kahiu on using film to talk about Africans as joyful and radiant

Talks • 3 Apr 19

“I realised that there is more images and more stories of joy than there is of remorse,” Kahiu says of her search for African stories of joy. >
Youngsta: Rapping the stories of the Cape Colony

Design News • 3 Apr 19

We sat down with one of South African rap's busiest and most artists. >
IKEA ÖVERALLT: In the designers' words

Talks • 2 Apr 19

At Design Indaba Conference 2019, the group of African designers share the motivations behind the products they dreamed up and realised. >
Constant, a photo series on pain, love and healing

Design News • 2 Apr 19

“The constant title came about when I had a serious reality check that I was the constant denominator in all my failed relationships." Basetsana Maluleka >
Alexis Peskine explores the black experience through unconventional mediums

Design News • 2 Apr 19

He speaks on his Afro-French heritage, immigration and the global black experience. >
The African crown reimagined

Design News • 1 Apr 19

Inspired by the work of J.D. Okhai Ojeikere, Medina Dugger and GIF artist François Beaurain celebrate the complexity of hair in Nigeria. >
Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society

Design News • 1 Apr 19

"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew." >
On cityscapes and soundsuits with future-proofing graduate Ines De Peuter

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:08:50 • 1 Apr 19

Ines De Peuter investigates the relationship between the self and its context by creating garments that adapt to the concrete jungle. >

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