Next Generation | Design Indaba

Capturing tranquility in chaos

Next Generation > African Design / Design Thinking

This designer draws geometric inspiration from unusual places. >

17 Feb 17
Let’s Beegin

Next Generation > African Design / Industrial Design

This young designer aims to improve the lives of bees with innovative ideas for upstart beekeepers. >

16 Feb 17
The intricate illustrations of Mario Nobrega

Next Generation > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

This Emerging Creative discovered his artistic passion quite recently, but his lack of experience is no obstacle. >

13 Feb 17
Eclipse: Experience time in a new way

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

A clock design that reveals and hides different notions of time. >

8 Feb 17
40 rising stars join the creative constellation

Next Generation > African Design / Design Thinking / Product Design

Meet the 2017 Emerging Creatives, the next wave of South Africa’s buzzing design scene. >

6 Feb 17
Tinker Friday: Meet Cairo-based tinkerer Dina Amin

Next Generation > African Design / Film & Animation / Product Design

Egyptian designer Dina Amin takes apart everyday objects to create stop-motion shorts for her project Tinker Friday. >

27 Jan 17
Intimate Strangers: We The People

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography

In Part 4 of her series Intimate Strangers, Puleng Mongale captures another pair of lookalikes and sets the images to the lyrics of A Tribe Called Quest. >

25 Nov 16
Biolux: Speculating on the future of indoor lighting

Next Generation > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Growing glowing architecture. >

17 Nov 16
A conversation with Jabu Nadia Newman: filmmaker, photographer and feminist

Next Generation > Film & Animation

We chat to the woman behind the explosive webseries The Foxy Five. Jabu and her cast will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017. >

16 Nov 16
A high-tech shopping cart for the homeless

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

This tricked-out trolley aims to help secure the belongings of Canada’s nomadic homeless population. >

9 Nov 16
Meet Deltu, the moody tripod robot

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

This AI robot mimics the temperamental side in us. >

4 Nov 16
New seamless waterproof garments

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Wendy Andreu has developed a series of craft-inspired waterproof garments that are not sewn or cut into patterns. >

1 Nov 16
Fortifying long-distance connections through ambient light

Next Generation > Design Thinking

The Lightbound project is facilitating meaningful human connection with technology. >

1 Nov 16
Yuwote Charvet: The typeface that infuses African symbols with geometry

Next Generation > African Design / Information Design

Kevin Karanja explores African writing systems & 3D design. >

28 Oct 16
Student thesis initiates award-winning community food project

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Food Design

Blank Plate: The culinary design curriculum helping to navigate life in a ‘food desert’. >

27 Oct 16
Student invents ambulance drone for speedy medical assistance

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

This engineering graduate is using drone tech as a force for good. >

20 Oct 16
Intimate Strangers: Izinja zempilo

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography

The third part of Intimate Strangers by South African Puleng Mogale is about brotherhood and friendship. Ride or die, friends to the end. >

18 Oct 16
The Readi box provides communication in catastrophic situations

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

Should all else fail, this speaker unit helps you to keep in touch during a disaster. >

18 Oct 16
US student designs prosthetic hand-hack to aid one-handed violin player

Next Generation > Industrial Design / Product Design

3D printed prosthetic helps this aspiring violinist reach for her dream. >

18 Oct 16
Nigerian graduate designs gas-powered pressing iron

Next Generation > African Design / Product Design

The domestic creation of Ayokunle Adeniran tackles the difficulty of power outages. >

12 Oct 16
Food production in a world without meat

Next Generation > Food Design

The rate at which we eat meat is not sustainable. A project by Central Saint Martins graduate Hanan Alkouh looks to replace pork with seaweed. >

5 Oct 16
Fodder: the pop up dining experience that turns eating into an agricultural act

Next Generation > Food Design

Can we connect with the animals we consume by being fed their feed? >

3 Oct 16
Irish students develop new water-safety device

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

See the tragedy-inspired invention shortlisted for the James Dyson Award. >

29 Sep 16
Student-designed bottle cap could save drought-stricken California millions of litres of water

Next Generation > Product Design

The ‘Cap the Tap’ campaign is a simple way to curtail water wastage from household taps. >

27 Sep 16

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