2019 Archive

Spanish mural artist, Okuda, uses art to bridge cultural borders

Video Interviews • 24 Apr 19

His murals have transformed degraded and abandoned buildings into unique colourful spaces around the world >
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. >
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portraits show black skin as textured and diverse

Design News • 23 Apr 19

“We have enough about what my skin looks like but what does it feel like?’ >
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.” >
Feyi Olubodun on what international brands get wrong about the African consumer

Design News • 23 Apr 19

"I argue very strongly that sophistication and westernisation don’t mean the same thing. You can be sophisticated and not be westernised." >
Designer Anne Kiwia upcycles discarded cloths to create high fashion headbands

Design News • 22 Apr 19

“We have enough clothes. The world is full of it. We need to start protecting our environment and stop being needless consumers.” >
On blockchain and art

Design Frontiers • 19 Apr 19

The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft. >
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". >
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." >
Tech to empower marginalised communities

Design News • 18 Apr 19

Human rights activist and storyteller Thenmozhi Soundararajan on the power of knowledge creation in the hands of the oppressed. >
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.” >
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. >
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. >
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. >
The design flaw in data science

Hot Topic • 15 Apr 19

Artificial intelligence will mimic human prejudices unless we change the way we assess machine learning models >
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.” >
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. >
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. >
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. >
Changing the world by design: DUNDEED

Do Tank News • 11 Apr 19

Design Indaba collaborates with the European Academy of Design to solve for the solutions the world needs now. >
(P)residant: Those who don't let go of power

Design News • 11 Apr 19

"I call them 'les presidents residants' because they never want to leave power once in the seat." – Fabrice Monteiro, photographer, Dakar. >
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." >

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