Articles

Focused on sustainable design, Fred Gelli believes we’ll need to redesign the way we live. >

Uganda-based Kiira Motors revealed the first solar-powered bus in Africa – the Kayoola prototype bus. >

Global graduate Christophe Guberan creates products that challenge the limits of matter. >

Nedbank is repurposing decommissioned ATMs into works of wonder and are calling the Design Indaba Conference and Simulcast delegates to share their ideas. >

Students erected a shack on the grounds of the Cape’s prestigious university as a symbol of the lived experience of many of its students. >

Colombian startup company, Diseclar takes waste from local industries to produce elegant furniture. >

The pavilion designed by SelgasCano for a Danish art museum has been packed up and shipped to Africa’s largest slum, to assume its second life as a school. >

Bamboo Recumbent is a bamboo raft that improves water quality and local health in the Philippines. >

Entries are still open for all categories of the prestigious A’ Design Awards. >

A group of researchers at the University of Queensland are using a native Australian grass as the key component in designing thinner and stronger condoms. >

Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor tackles social issues using hyper-realistic underwater sculptures. >

Italian design brand Fontana Arte has been creating lighting fixtures for over 80 years, with some of their earliest designs still amongst their most popular. >

Based in Iowa City, the newly founded Centre for Afrofuturist Studies is a two-year artists-in-residency programme that examines blackness, art and technology. >

Sending scents via the internet is a future reality thanks to research from Mixed Reality Lab in London. >