Creative Work | Design Indaba

Meet Steve Frykholm, the poster boy of graphic design

FilmFestFriday > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

From designing posters for an annual picnic to hanging in the MoMAs permanent collection, this short documentary looks at the notable career of Steve Frykholm. >

10 Jul 15
Historical landmarks digitally narrate their own stories

Design News > Interaction Design

European research team meSch is collecting historical data to add clever multimedia installations to cultural sites and spaces. >

10 Jul 15
A year in the life of a bench

Lookbook > Art & Photography

Hungarian photographer’s “Life of a Bench” series captures the diversity of daily activity centered on a simple wooden structure. >

10 Jul 15
The new shoe from Adidas is rubbish

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Adidas have joined the global ocean cleanup drive with their new running shoe made almost entirely from ocean waste. >

9 Jul 15
Solar technology will be used to create the world’s first underground park

Design News > Design Thinking

The Lowline, the world’s first underground park, have raised enough money in a crowdfunding campaign to build their Lowline Lab. >

9 Jul 15
Eleanor Lakelin’s raw wooden sculptures

Design News > Craft / Product Design

The London-based carpenter unearths nature’s wild beauty in her wooden bowls. >

9 Jul 15
The first 3D-printed car for consumers

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Forget vases, jewellery and trinkets. The first street-ready 3D-printed car is imminent. >

9 Jul 15
Founder of Design Indaba receives the prestigious Sir Misha Black Medal for services to design education

Design News > Design Activism

Founder of Design Indaba Ravi Naidoo receives the 2015 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education in South Africa. >

8 Jul 15
Young Africans show off their continent using #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou

Design News > African Design

The hashtag #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou has gone viral on Twitter as Africans share inspiring images of their continent. >

8 Jul 15
A novel way to listen to music by Gemma Roper

Design News > Music & Sound Design / Product Design

Product designer Gemma Roper has designed a satisfyingly simple device that allows you to select music according to tempo or beats per minute. >

8 Jul 15
Just a Band of Kenyan electro-heads

Next Generation > Music & Sound Design

Jepthumba talks to Kenyan electronic music makers Just a Band, whose popularity has been growing since their 2008 debut album "Scratch to Reveal". >

8 Jul 15
Chris the Pencil brings us a different kind of weather report

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

A Cape Town graphic designer is documenting Cape Town’s vacillating weather patterns and his accompanying moods in a bold design-a-day project. >

7 Jul 15
Glasses enable doctors to see malignant cancer cells in the dark

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

A Nigerian scientist working in the United States has won the prestigious St. Louis Award for his ground-breaking cancer-visualisation glasses. >

7 Jul 15
Light Echoes installation arrives at the Barbican Curve Gallery

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Interaction Design

Aaron Koblin and Ben Tricklebank’s artwork “Light Echoes” envelopes the Barbican Curve Gallery in an immersive light experience. >

7 Jul 15
Toast and a hug from RCA graduate

Product Spotlight > Product Design

London-based designer Ted Wiles designed a toaster that only works when you give it a hug in an attempt to make its users happy. >

7 Jul 15
A bikini that helps protect wearers from harmful UV

Product Spotlight > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Spinali Design’s new bikini helps women monitor their sun exposure responsibly. >

7 Jul 15
A glass bubble transforms in motion

Product Spotlight > Product Design

"Holon" is an intriguing glass sculpture created by Dutch designers Jetske Visser and Michiel Martens. >

6 Jul 15
Six key collections from South African Menswear Week

Lookbook > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

From soft pastel hues to bold silhouettes, menswear designers in Africa have adopted a new confidence. >

6 Jul 15
Ripe Near Me takes the local organic food market online

Design News > Food Design / Interaction Design

Get fresh fruit and veg from the neighbours via an app that encourages homegrown food sharing. >

6 Jul 15
Jack Lennie designs a motorbike you can download

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Product Design

Tinker is a downloadable, no weld, motorcycle kit designed by Edinburgh Napier University graduate Jack Lennie >

6 Jul 15
Ninjabreadboy confronts the dark drinking culture of the Winelands

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"Late Harvest" confronts the problem of alcohol dependency within the farming communities juxtaposed against the beautiful Cape Winelands. >

3 Jul 15
Julia Veldman’s short captures the madness of Russian Absurdism

FilmFestFriday > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

"Andrej”, a short film illustrated and animated by Julia Veldman, is inspired by the literature of Russian absurdists. >

3 Jul 15
Lady Skollie’s latest exhibition is a manifestation of her desires

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Thinking

“Ask for What You Want” is a provocative exploration of the nature of human sexual desire by Cape Town-based artist Lady Skollie. >

2 Jul 15
Pink Intruder builds a cardboard pavilion in Valencia’s town square

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Interaction Design

The Ekklesia pavilion was assembled in the centre of a crossroads in the Spanish city of Valencia to coincide with the annual Falla festival. >

2 Jul 15

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