Design Indaba Archive

Have a look at the latest campaign for Nigerian fashion label Rayo by L. Somoye

Design News • 26 May 17

The striking images were shot and styled by frequent creative collaborators Clement Ogoh and Daniel Obasi. >
Detroit studio Thing Thing disrupts traditional methods of production

Design News • 26 May 17

Thing Thing consider their work to fall somewhere between architecture and a party. >
The PET Pavilion: A communal space revival

Design News • 26 May 17

An example of how derelict urban spaces can be reinvigorated for a good cause. >
Halfway to Nowhere

Design News • 25 May 17

This artist depicts self-doubt and the struggle for acceptance in quirky style. >
Check out Dress Code’s Coke Habit

Design News • 25 May 17

This animated short film provides a unique take on the complexities of childhood addiction. >
Custodian of secrets Sinomonde Ngwane turns strangers' confessions into art

Inside View • 25 May 17

We spoke to the South African graphic designer and illustrator Sinomonde Ngwane about her popular #DearDiarySeries and more. >
The Emma Watch

Design News • 25 May 17

This unique timepiece thwarts the effect of Parkinson’s disorder. >
Can an Elton John song help you understand refugees better?

Design News • 25 May 17

Maybe not Elton John's song itself, but this new music video for "Rocket Man" certainly can. >
What would the Black Panthers wear if they were revived today?

Inside View • 24 May 17

We spoke to South African streetwear designer Julian Kubel about his latest, panthers-inspired range. >
This Migrant Business

Design News • 23 May 17

This short film by Kenyan artist and animator Ng'endo Mukii looks at the movement of African people to Europe from the point of view of a human trafficker. >
Fearless street culture with graphic designer Richard Horne

Design News • 23 May 17

The Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme is all about uncovering rare talent among the youth of South Africa. >
Watch filmmaker Hayley Morris’ surreal stop-motion music video for Explosions in the Sky

Design News • 23 May 17

The band’s first official music video imagines the ‘wilderness of the mind’. >
5 examples of great creativity in Cuba

Design News • 23 May 17

We take a look at some unique design ventures all the way from the Caribbean. >
Wake up and smell the colours

Next Generation • Duration: 01:33 • 23 May 17

A device that transcends two of our primary senses. >
We caught up with graphic artist Leigh Le Roux

Design News • 22 May 17

South African graphic designer uses emotive illustrations to tell the stories of ordinary people. >
New film "Mixed Space" takes on flawed racial categories in South Africa

Q&A • 22 May 17

The colonial project mangled the way we see race, changing the way we see ourselves. >
Reducing carbon footprint of the built world with Solidia Technologies

Design News • 22 May 17

Eco-friendliness can be achieved even in the granules with which we construct buildings. >
Love Story: A tale of refugees featuring Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore

Design News • 19 May 17

Forced migration is a recurring theme at this year's Venice Biennale. An installation in the South Africa pavilion interrogates empathy. >
Pop culture through the eyes of Tony Futura

Design News • 19 May 17

Humour in art reveals interesting questions about modern society. >
Not here for men

Design News • 19 May 17

3 Must-see music videos addressing the abuse of women. >
Pedaling for clean air

Design News • 19 May 17

A new addition to the Smog Free Project, and it comes in bicycle-form. >
This music video lets rip on the music industry’s so-called ‘Gatekeepers’

Design News • 19 May 17

Jessie Reyez takes on industry sexism and misogyny with this short film. >
Rich Mnisi merges film with fashion

Design News • 18 May 17

Check out this cinematic lookbook for Rich Mnisi's latest trans-seaonal collection Xingelengele. >
Three creatives on the power of storytelling in any medium

Design News • 18 May 17

In these interviews, we speak to creatives across the spectrum of storytelling to prove that the worldwide pastime is no longer bound by the medium. >

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