April 2019 Archive

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.” >
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. >
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. >
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.” >
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. >
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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