Articles

The Living Chair celebrates the beauty of imperfection

Product Spotlight • 23 Jun 18

Carpenter reinterprets his father’s iconic rocking chair design with flawed salvaged wood. >
We speak to an emoji activist on why diverse emojis matter

Design Frontiers • 22 Jun 18

Jennifer 8 Lee says the Emojination wants to make the approval of emoji a more inclusive and representative process. >
Hossein Fatemi photographs the duality of life in Iran

Design News • 22 Jun 18

The award-winning photographer has spent over 15 years documenting the lives of young people in the country. >
Sethembile Msezane on why she uses her art as resistance

Design News • 22 Jun 18

South Africa’s history is wrought with erasure. Sethembile Msezane is reclaiming the narrative with her work. >
Ameera Conrad on the joy and 'realness' of telling the stories of unheard voices

Design News • 22 Jun 18

Meet the writer, director, and actress making unapologetically political theatre. >
Grigri Pixel is looking for African creatives to participate in a residency in Madrid

Design News • 21 Jun 18

The award-winning programme brings together African and European creatives to create urban space interventions. >
Artist turns Ghana's symbol of scarcity into political art

Design News • 21 Jun 18

Serge Attukwei Clottey uses Ghana’s ever-present yellow oil gallons to make a political statement about the environment, history and consumption. >
Nigerian artist Dennis Osadebe on isolation, the future and African art

Design News • 21 Jun 18

“For art in a whole continent to be limited to just one label – 'African Art' – is a problem.” >
Mexican students design a carpet for growing crops in refugee camps

Design Frontiers • 20 Jun 18

Rise, which was designed by three Mexican industrial design students, addresses one of the world's most pressing issues. >
Nadir Bouhmouch is filming the longest protest in Morocco’s history

Design News • 19 Jun 18

“The first victims of climate change, of the environmental injustice are poor people.” >
Inspired by the African Dung Beetle, this invention is cleaning up streets and providing value to its community

Design News • 19 Jun 18

Made in Africa, the Dung Beetle Project turns single use plastic items into usable fuel. >
5 African Internet start-ups redefining agriculture

Design Frontiers • 18 Jun 18

It's Sustainable Gastronomy Day, a day that reaffirms that all cultures and civilisations are contributors and crucial enablers of sustainable development. >
Studio Swine on making sustainable design desirable

Design News • 18 Jun 18

London-based duo is behind accessories made of human hair, furniture made from ocean waste, among other designs. >
This photo series examines the ways in which black women are forced to comply in society

Design News • 15 Jun 18

Emerging Creative 2018 participant Stephanie Kenyaa Mzee also talks about xenophobia and why her work centres black women. >
A sixth sense for visually impaired people with the Sunu wristband

Design News • 14 Jun 18

This device is designed to help blind people seamlessly navigate their surroundings with sonar. >
Albus: The photo series challenging established standards of beauty

Design News • 13 Jun 18

On #AlbinismAwarenessDay, a look at Justin Dingwall's groundbreaking photo series exploring the aesthetics of albinism. >
Playful enterprise gives new life to old plastic

Design News • 13 Jun 18

ecoBirdy’s eco-friendly furniture is about play, function and sustainable design. >
Aso Oke fabric travels from head to toe

Design Frontiers • 12 Jun 18

A Nigerian designer is translating his passion for traditional Nigerian fabric into an unusual design application. >
Monitor air pollution with these reactive sweatshirts

Design News • 12 Jun 18

Aerochromics drives air pollution awareness with smart textile garments. >
Pay-as-you-go energy provider delivers power to off-the-grid homes

Design News • 12 Jun 18

M-KOPA is considered the world’s leading pay-per-use solar power provider in Africa. >
To teach graphic design is to learn to adapt with the field says Lucille Tenazas

Design Frontiers • 11 Jun 18

“For us, as educators, we are constantly aware that our profession is sort of a moving target.” >
Photographer visually deconstructs the myth that being queer is un-African

Design News • 11 Jun 18

Celebratory, bright and vibrantly coloured, Limit(less) pictures what freedom can look like for the black queer body. >
Tropical themed, woven blankets by designer Lilian Martinez

Product Spotlight • 9 Jun 18

“Craftsmanship is really important to me because it’s the only way that I can reconcile introducing more things and objects into the world.” >
Big blue: Three designs that tackle problems of the ocean

Next Generation • 8 Jun 18

On #WorldOceansDay we take a look at three designs that address problems caused by pollution and fishing in our vulnerable oceans. >
Cleansing the air with clever anti-pollutant roof tiles

Design News • 8 Jun 18

It is now possible to reduce the effect of fossil fuel burning with this simple smog-busting building material. >
Could silk be used to weave your donor heart?

Design News • 8 Jun 18

Researcher and designer, Veronica Ranner, takes on organ crafting while cautiously questioning its ethics. >
Mosskin is a living textile for burn victims

Design News • 5 Jun 18

Mosskin, a textile designed by Eindhoven graduate Tye Tze Yu, is a living textile designed to treat female burn victims. >
The Vietnamese community centre made of thatch and bamboo

Design News • 5 Jun 18

The structures were built using only bamboo pegs and rope and no metal joints. >
Making the music video great again

Design Frontiers • 5 Jun 18

As musicians continue to push the boundaries visually, we examine the evolution of their relationship with film. >
Three smart, life-saving designs for kids

Design News • 31 May 18

In observance of National Child Protection Week, we look at advancements in technology that are beefing up child rescue solutions. >

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