Design Frontiers | Design Indaba

Wikkelhouse: A house made of 24 layers of cardboard

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

A marvel of sustainable design, Wikkelhouse is fully customisable and environmentally friendly. >

29 Apr 16
South African creative Menzi Ndlovu isn’t just a one-minute man

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography

Johannesburg-based illustrator Menzi Ndlovu immortalises everyday people in one minute sketches. >

28 Apr 16
Amy Slatem’s illustrations are inspired by nature

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

Amy Slatem is a graphic designer and illustrator who prefers the flowing lines in nature to the hard geometric shapes in cities. >

26 Apr 16
Recycle India finds a solution to dangerous waste materials

Design Frontiers > Craft / Design Activism

Recycle India turns oil drums and tyres into furniture. >

26 Apr 16
Drone waitstaff gives valuable insight into a burgeoning technology

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Students at the Eindhoven University of Technology launched the world’s first drone cafe but they want to do much more. >

26 Apr 16
Geometric jewellery from Philisa Zibi

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative Philisa Zibi creates geometric jewellery for women in a variety of mediums. >

25 Apr 16
Tiny flexible film designed to combat pancreatic cancer

Design Frontiers > Product Design

MIT’s latest advancement is a tiny, flexible roll of film designed for localised cancer treatment. >

22 Apr 16
OSCAR: Challenging the divide between human and machine

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Dutch filmmaker and visual artist Floris Kaayk’s series of interconnected videos tells the sci-fi story of OSCAR, a modular life form. >

20 Apr 16
Material girls: We look at two local textile designers

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Megan Smith and Luhandra Vorstman live on opposite sides of South Africa but share a similar approach to textile design and production. >

19 Apr 16
Sleepwear doesn't have to look like something you'd only wear to bed

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Alexia Hechter, one of our Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creatives, creates high-end sleepwear out of wool. >

18 Apr 16
NeuroLife: A chip that gives movement back to the paralysed

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Researchers have created a prototype for a medical device that allows a paralysed person to perform basic tasks. >

15 Apr 16
Skin: The next step in wearable tech

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

SkinHaptics is a new innovation that sees the palm of your hand as the next display surface for wearable tech. >

12 Apr 16
A fossil-fuel-free houseboat from an apocalyptic future

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Product Design

Tshepo Mokholo is an architect-turned-designer and his goal is to bring about inner-city change through better design. >

12 Apr 16
3D-printed robots are able to move immediately after printing

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

MIT researchers developed a way to print both liquids and solids, building a robot faster and with immediate results. >

8 Apr 16
Backpacks made from traditional Sotho blankets

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Sibusiso Mokhachane makes backpacks from blankets to celebrate his heritage and help the world unlearn African stereotypes. >

6 Apr 16
Windows and solar panels could one day be made of transparent wood

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Mass produced transparent wood material could be used in windows, solar panels and buildings. >

5 Apr 16
Researchers make strides towards self-cleaning textiles

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Textiles that self-clean when exposed to light could be well on the way, but don’t throw out the washing machine yet. >

1 Apr 16
The hidden graphic design behind flags

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

Stories behind flags from an artist’s point of view. >

31 Mar 16
Pressed peat makes for ideal building blocks

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

The natural ability of dried peat makes these bioblocks ideal for regulating the interior climates of spaces. >

31 Mar 16
Collecting desalinated water through fog

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Fog harvesting is a sustainable way to harvest clean water in areas with regular mist. >

30 Mar 16
New, innovative material inspired by ancient design

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The designs found in Iran’s Kharraqan towers became the unlikely inspiration for an advancement in metamaterials. >

30 Mar 16
FlipFlic controls your blinds for you

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Product Design

An automated blind controller equipped with light sensors and thermometers controls your blinds for you. >

29 Mar 16
A squid bacteria lighting solution

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The nocturnal Hawaiian bobtail squid uses bacteria to help it see in the dark and so can we. >

29 Mar 16
Buy one give one: A blanket drive from Cape Town

Design Frontiers > Craft / Product Design

Umbala blankets are designed and locally manufactured by a studio that donate a blanket to a baby in need for every blanket they sell. >

28 Mar 16

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