April 2019 Archive

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. >
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.” >
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." >
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. >
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. >
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." >
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. >
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. >
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. >
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. >
Harmonia Rosales is creating new narratives around the classic art paintings

Design Frontiers • 18 Apr 19

"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure." >
On blockchain and art

Design Frontiers • 19 Apr 19

The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft. >
Sierra Leonean artist explores identity and human expression

Design Frontiers • 23 Apr 19

Ngadi Smart, a photographer from Sierra Leone, captures the diverse ways people express their identity. >
Joy Buolamwini uses art and research to show the social implications of AI

Design Frontiers • 25 Apr 19

The Ghanaian-American computer scientist and digital activist spoke to us during her Cape Town visit. >
This Angolan innovation hub is helping to transform the nation’s creative sector

Design Frontiers • 25 Apr 19

We chat to some of the Fábrica de Sabão team about innovation, community upliftment and serving Africa first. >
Can the architecture of a prison contribute to the rehabilitation of its inmates?

Design Frontiers • 29 Apr 19

"Every inmate in Norwegian prisons are going back to the society. Do you want people who are angry — or people who are rehabilitated?” >

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