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Falling: Representing depression through art

Design News > Art & Photography

This artist depicts her longstanding experience of mental disorder in disturbing style. >

13 Mar 17
New subversive hip hop from Kenyan artist Muthoni Drummer Queen

Design News > Design Activism / Music & Sound Design

Kenyan rapper and singer, Muthoni Drummer Queen’s latest song is hip-hop activism at its finest. >

13 Mar 17
The Scene of Childhood

Design News > Art & Photography

Photographer Lionel Jusseret captures the magical ways that autistic children communicate. >

13 Mar 17
This tampon packaging brings an important part of menstruation out of hiding

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Thinx Tampons has gone where no tampon maker has dared go before. >

13 Mar 17
The Five Fields Play Structure by Matter Design

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

This playground stimulates the imagination and encourages creativity. >

10 Mar 17
Panâh: An ethical fashion production house in Kenya

Design News > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

This African production house produces high quality clothes for international brands. >

10 Mar 17
Using soybeans to create vegan leather

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

We can now add soybeans to the list of cruelty-free leather alternatives. >

9 Mar 17
Photographer captures the nuances of a South African township

Design News > Art & Photography

In an ongoing project, photographer Andile Bhala looks to capture the beauty of Soweto. >

9 Mar 17
Can you spot the women in these chaotic, illustrated ads?

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

This ad campaign highlights the lack of women in the Egyptian workforce. >

8 Mar 17
Kasha: Rwanda’s digital solution to a pervasive problem

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Access to information and basic services can help women progress in the developing areas. >

8 Mar 17
Plastic Utopia by photographer Henri Blommers

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

This Netherlands-based photographer captures human waste within nature. >

7 Mar 17
How do we perceive others and ourselves?

Design News > Film & Animation

Gaze is a new South African web series deconstructing the art of seeing others. >

7 Mar 17
Swahili launches on Duolingo

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design

At Design Indaba 2017, Luis Von Ahn launches the first African language course on Duolingo. >

3 Mar 17
Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Poo. We’re talking about poo. >

3 Mar 17
Kamila Iżykowicz’s RITU range reflects the different stages in a woman’s cycle

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

This global grad’s jewellery collection emits soothing scents when you engage with it. >

3 Mar 17
Koen Vanmechelen’s Cosmopolitan Chicken lands in South Africa

Design News > Design Thinking

The Belgian multidisciplinary artist brings his biocultural diversity project to Design Indaba 2017. >

3 Mar 17
We Forgive You

Design News > Design Thinking

Dutch designers Lernert & Sander send a message to their imitators. >

2 Mar 17
Olafur Eliasson previews his new Little Sun Diamond at DI 2017

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Ending the first day of Conference with lightness, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson gives the audience a sneak peak at his new the Little Sun Diamond. >

1 Mar 17
Addressing inequality with what3words and Gateway Health Institute

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

A collaboration between Gateway Health Institute and what3words to improve the lives of South Africans. >

1 Mar 17
Behind the visuals: Design Indaba 2017 Campaign by Grid

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Take a look at the ideas behind the graphic design campaign for Design Indaba Festival 2017. >

28 Feb 17
New York’s School of Visual Arts brings its Underground Images exhibition to Design Indaba Festival 2017

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Underground Images is a collection of more than 50 posters created at SVA for display in the NY subway system. >

27 Feb 17
Design Indaba 2017 features a royal flush of Scandinavian speakers

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland are all accounted for at this year’s Design Indaba Conference. >

27 Feb 17
Architecture runs deeper than the built environment

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Architecture is the thread that binds these Design Indaba speakers in their creative pursuits. >

27 Feb 17
This Italian artist subverts societal expectations with her self-portraiture

Design News > Art & Photography

Chiara Mazzocchi’s work is both self-reflective and rebellious. >

27 Feb 17

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