Articles

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." >
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." >
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.” >
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. >
Youngsta: Rapping the stories of the Cape Colony

Design News • 3 Apr 19

We sat down with one of South African rap's busiest and most artists. >
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. >
Constant, a photo series on pain, love and healing

Design News • 2 Apr 19

“The constant title came about when I had a serious reality check that I was the constant denominator in all my failed relationships." Basetsana Maluleka >
Alexis Peskine explores the black experience through unconventional mediums

Design News • 2 Apr 19

He speaks on his Afro-French heritage, immigration and the global black experience. >
The African crown reimagined

Design News • 1 Apr 19

Inspired by the work of J.D. Okhai Ojeikere, Medina Dugger and GIF artist François Beaurain celebrate the complexity of hair in Nigeria. >
Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society

Design News • 1 Apr 19

"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew." >
How can storytelling help alleviate the effects of disease?

Design Frontiers • 29 Mar 19

Researchers are experimenting with various methods of engagement to gain insights in AIDS and antiretroviral treatment adherence. >
This Bible-verse inspired building has a unique swan-like design

Design News • 28 Mar 19

The distinctive roof is a pearly white concrete structure with sweeping, futuristic curves. >
The world’s first 3D printed middle ear transplant happened in South Africa

Design Frontiers • 27 Mar 19

We take a look at Professor Mashudu Tshifularo's achievement and other ways 3D technology has helped the medical field. >
One photographer's surrealist impression of mental illness

Design News • 27 Mar 19

Katie Joy Crawford was diagnosed young. This is how she sees her anxiety and depression. >
Abstract Peaces: Redefining mental illness

Design News • 26 Mar 19

Conceptual photographer Tsoku Maela challenges the stigma around mental illness by drawing on his personal experience. >
This device could simplify and reduce the costs of TB treatment

Design Frontiers • 26 Mar 19

An MIT research team conceived a device that would release a month’s supply of antibiotics within the body >
Four designers are looking to redesign the gynaecology experience

Design News • 25 Mar 19

Yona is trying to redesign the uncomfortable vaginal speculum using human-centred experience design. >
On being a young creative dealing with mental health

Design News • 25 Mar 19

We spoke to past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives to unpack the way creativity and mental health co-exist in their lives. >
Zipline is the small medical drone in Rwanda solving a worldwide logistics problem

Design News • 25 Mar 19

"Health is where we found the connection between something we knew we could do and a problem that needed solving," Zipline's Keenan Wyrobek. >
The bizarre and confounding influence of Dubai on Africa’s emerging cities

Design Frontiers • 22 Mar 19

Design researcher and built environment designer Mathias Agbo, Jr speaks to Nigerian, UAE-based architect Safiya Yahaya on this phenomenon >
SPACE10 creates SolarVille prototype for a cleaner future

Design Frontiers • 22 Mar 19

"We can actively choose to take major steps to reduce global warming and stabilise our climate.” >
Lemn Sissay on the importance of daily acts of creativity

Video Interviews • 20 Mar 19

Sissay talks to us about taking creative risks and where he finds inspiration to write a new poem every morning. >
Mariam Kamara unveils a new collaboration with Design Indaba in Niger

Design Frontiers • 20 Mar 19

The Artisan Valley is a whimsical promenade with spaces for local artisans to show off their traditional fabrication processes. >
Meet the landscape architect determined to save Bangkok from drowning

Design Frontiers • 20 Mar 19

“The health of the city is directly related to the health of the people. Right now the city is sick so we are all sick,” Kotchakorn Voraakhom. >
Cairo architect Nada Elhadedy on architecture driven by circumstance

Design News • 20 Mar 19

“So instead of using the building as a barrier… we used it to promote openings and interaction.” >
Ilze Wolff on creating an activist and public culture around architecture

Design News • 20 Mar 19

In this architectural practice collaboration with artists is just as important as working with other architects and engineers. >
Cyborg artists Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas on physically merging oneself with technology

Video Interviews • 19 Mar 19

“I think the more we design ourselves the less we’ll have to design the planet and the less we’ll have to change it.” >
Tumelo Lerata wins most promising award in international housing competition

Design Frontiers • 19 Mar 19

The "r.i.s.e in the city" design competition is aimed at bridging the gap between entrepreneurship and architecture. >
Could embracing the informality of South Africa’s chaotic taxi industry do more good than bad?

Design News • 18 Mar 19

Researcher and urban planner Zonke Mkhomazi discusses the history and future of transport in South Africa. >
8 emerging fashion designers on their interpretation of South African fashion

Next Generation • 15 Mar 19

These designers were part of this year's Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Programme. >

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