April 2019 Archive

Nicole Nomsa Moyo on building self-sufficient townships

Talks • 30 Apr 19

Her thesis project Ukubutha looks at service delivery solutions in Mamelodi, a township in Pretoria. >
Architecture's ability to alter narratives with Mariam Kamara

Talks • 29 Apr 19

At Design Indaba Conference 2019, the Niger-born architect shared how she is using her work to shift perceptions of her home country. >
Lucas De Man on being a creator and following your gut

Talks • 26 Apr 19

“Designing shows that there’s so many possibilities because there is no one truth. There is power in not knowing.” >
Ane Crabtree’s labour of creative love

Talks • 25 Apr 19

“What I do is act like a kind of connector or conduit of emotion. Emotion in words, in pace, in visuals across the screen.” >
Kagiso Lediga on storytelling, failure and staying true to who you are

Talks • 23 Apr 19

“You need to be honest when you’re telling your story…it has to be a truth from inside.” >
Olof Schybergson on the influence of design on our society

Talks • 18 Apr 19

"With the help of technology, with the help of design, we are improving the world". >
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.” >
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. >
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.” >
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. >
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." >
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. >
Dave Hakkens on tackling the planet's waste

Talks • 5 Apr 19

“When I start something I like to start with a problem.” >
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." >
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. >
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. >

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