Articles

Ukugrumba exhumes the tales of forgotten foot soldiers of the past

Design Frontiers • 14 Aug 19

Design Indaba Emerging Creative Tshepiso Mabula’s series 'Ukugrumba' examines the vacant spaces in conversations about justice, liberation and reconciliation. >
Theatres are evolving to reconnect us to each other and the environment

Design Frontiers • 14 Aug 19

Theatres around the world are becoming more immersive and open to experimentation. >
Ensamble Studio is at the forefront of architecture, art and academic research

Design Frontiers • 14 Aug 19

The award-winning Spanish architects, Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, spoke at the Design Indaba Conference 2018. >
How Blackboard is helping kids unleash their creativity

Next Generation • 13 Aug 19

Nkanyezi Masango, founder of Blackboard, believes exposing kids to creative careers can unlock a world of opportunities. >
Merging architecture, entrepreneurship and digital fabrication in Cameroon

Design Frontiers • 13 Aug 19

"Ours is the first digital manufacturing laboratory for architecture and design in Africa," African Fabbers School founder Paolo Cascone. >
The Trap is an exploration of the female form merged with nature

Design News • 9 Aug 19

Ali Aschman explores her conflicting feelings on the ways in which women have been associated with nature through the ages. >
Lukhanyo Mdingi on the defining characteristics of his eponymous label

Next Generation • 7 Aug 19

“Luxury, essentially, is time. Using the spirit of time in the best way, in order to create quality items.” >
Discover forgotten worlds with The Lost Botanist

Design Frontiers • 7 Aug 19

We journey forth with The Lost Botanist into worlds unknown made possible through animation and VR technology. >
The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback project is a blueprint for de-extinction

Design Frontiers • 7 Aug 19

The speculative designer behind human leather, Tina Gorjanc explores the ethics and implications of de-extinction >
Natsai Audrey Chieza on working with nature to help solve fashion's waste problem

Design Frontiers • 6 Aug 19

She talks about projects that include dyeing clothes using bacteria, developing a residency programme and her love for Solange, Mafikizolo and Bjork. >
How 3D printing is helping to make music more accessible

Design Frontiers • 6 Aug 19

By printing 3D instruments, designers are able to custom-fit the instrument to each musician, foregoing the usual barriers. >
Tahiti Fashion Week: A celebration of the island's rich cultural history

Design Frontiers • 5 Aug 19

We take a look at the untapped talent of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti. >
Street artist Nardstar is painting women of colour in public spaces

Design News • 2 Aug 19

Nardstar's murals can be found in New York, Paris and her hometown, Cape Town >
Designer Siyanda Mbele on fusing functionality, aesthetics and culture

Design News • 1 Aug 19

By creating practical, locally made art and furniture, Mbele hopes to inspire younger South African designers to learn and teach. >
Could flies be used to treat rare diseases?

Design Frontiers • 1 Aug 19

Experimental designer Frank Kolkman puts the treatment of rare conditions into the hands of those afflicted. >
Illustrating vernacular South African terms

Design Frontiers • 1 Aug 19

Kobie Niewoudt explores “Tsotsitaal” (the slang language among Cape Town's youth) with her illustrations and quirky gifs. >
Tackling unemployment through a holistic approach to design

Design Frontiers • 31 Jul 19

Devised by service designer Hazel Scrimgeour, LINKUP is a platform set to make a difference to South Africa's unemployed youth. >
How digital technologies can help Africa’s smallholder farmers

Design Frontiers • 30 Jul 19

The various applications of digital tech in agriculture could produce unprecedented results on the continent. >
Rebuilding Somalia’s ruined cities

Design News • 30 Jul 19

The civil war in Somalia has not only destroyed the lives of countless people – it also left behind many ruined cities. >
Meet the Queen of Cowries: Lafalaise Dion

Next Generation • 30 Jul 19

For Ivorian designer Lafalaise Dion, the cowrie shell is representative of African legacy and spirituality. >
bioMason grows bricks without using any heat

Design Frontiers • 29 Jul 19

This method mimics a naturally occurring material called biological cement, much like the process that occurs when coral is formed. >
Primrose Chimhanda on nature as inspiration for her textile designs

Design News • 29 Jul 19

“Each design is inspired by a form of nature which represents an expression of the most powerful lessons I’ve learnt.” >
London street gets the Yinka Ilori happy treatment

Design Frontiers • 29 Jul 19

Happy Streets is the product designer's first public project. >
Biology is the new technology with Silvio Tinello’s grown objects

Design News • 29 Jul 19

“Designers are beginning to realise that they can grow a better future." >
Eleazer Radebe’s journey into the world of fashion

Next Generation • 26 Jul 19

From humble beginnings and several detours, Design Indaba Emerging Creative Eleazer Radebe is carving a wholesome fashion and lifestyle brand, By Ele. >
Michelle Mlati's afrofuturist approach to spatial planning

Design News • 26 Jul 19

“It is about spatially rewriting the city to not only mitigate apartheid spatial legacies...but one that transforms with evolving black culture.” >
Combining fungi and willow to create functional furniture

Product Spotlight • 25 Jul 19

Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova’s collaboration investigates the potential of mushrooms as a raw material. >
A robot-made habitat for Mars could bring sustainable building down to Earth

Design Frontiers • 25 Jul 19

How a speculative project for another planet is uncovering solutions for better building practices. >
Journal Safar: A window into Beirut

Design News • 24 Jul 19

How Journal Safar, an art and design magazine, connects Beirut’s art scene to the rest of the world. >
Friends forever – until the connection drops

Design Frontiers • 24 Jul 19

Just how will artificial intelligence affect the world of design and the job of the designer? It could become a win-win situation. >

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