May 2019 Archive

What will food look like in the future, especially for the elderly

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:10:04 • 1 May 19

Himori Kimoto believes dignity and play should form a big part of the way we design our future meals. >
Accra's Arch Xenus is redefining what it means to be a successful architectural firm

Design Frontiers • 1 May 19

We met the founder and principal architect who shared more about their approach to business. >
Pixeland is China’s pixel-inspired park

Design Frontiers • 3 May 19

Created for the people of Mianyang, China, this multifunctional public space looks at how digital pixels can be used as functional art. >
Sticklit is democratising literature and art

Design Frontiers • 3 May 19

How a reading culture can be fostered by means of public art. >
Blockchain in Africa, the leapfrog continent

Design Frontiers • 6 May 19

Africa’s embrace of the technology could put it in a position to take a developmental detour. >
Artist Olivié Keck plays where tech meets art

Design Frontiers • 10 May 19

The South African artist brings the worlds of her psychedelic artworks to life through VR. >
Warka Water is finding innovative solutions to water, energy and housing problems

Design Frontiers • 13 May 19

The structure has been shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. >
Meet the A' Design Awards and Competition winners

Design Frontiers • 13 May 19

These are just some of the winners across nearly 100 different design categories. >
Building a more sustainable future

Design Frontiers • 14 May 19

The architectural and engineering industries need to come up with new, gentler ways to construct future projects. >
Colors of the Earth: Ghana's incredible, rammed earth walls

Design Frontiers • 16 May 19

Ghanaian entrepreneur Joelle Eyeson is experimenting with the sustainable technique that could aid her country's housing problem. >
Jomo Tariku on changing perceptions around what constitutes modern furniture

Design Frontiers • 20 May 19

“The modern furniture industry treats African furniture as something of a novelty,” says the Ethiopian-American furniture designer. >
Blair Imani is writing Herstory

Design Frontiers • 21 May 19

Imani’s book is shining a light both on modern feminists and on marginalised people who are making a difference in the world. >
Kutti Collective is taking on the lack of Desi representation in the art world

Design Frontiers • 22 May 19

“It’s about creating and dialoguing about things that affect us in a way that isn't Orientalist, or beholden to the erasures and violence..." >
More than a catcall

Design Frontiers • 24 May 19

Sophie Sandberg tackles everyday harassment by taking it back to the streets. >
Kenyan jeweller uses natural minerals to tell her story

Design Frontiers • 27 May 19

Ami Doshi Shah’s sculptural jewellery pieces tell the story both of Kenya’s intricate past and the country's captivating natural beauty. >
Roy Allela invents tech that translates sign language into audio

Design Frontiers • 27 May 19

The Kenyan inventor was inspired by his deaf niece to create Sign-IO, a glove that interprets sign language into speech. >
Jordanian studio Turbo on resisting design trends

Design Frontiers • 29 May 19

We chat to Saeed Abu-Jabar and Mothanna Hussein about how they’re contributing to the desert city’s flourishing design scene. >
Faith XLVII talks about the importance of staging Aurum in South Africa

Design Frontiers • 31 May 19

The artist and her collaborators, Pure and Inka Kendzia, talk to us about the interactive performance piece. >
Sculptors set to create the world’s largest gender equality art project

Design Frontiers • 31 May 19

Australian sculptors and married couple Gillie and Marc are creating 10 life sized sculptures celebrating the lives of monumental women. >

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