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The 600: a story of courage and sacrifice

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

The film The 600 documents the bravery and self-sacrifice of 600 Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) soldiers during the Rwandan genocide. >

16 Jul 19
On bringing rural Indian women into the global conversation on feminism

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Deepti Asthana says her practice is influenced by the need to alter the narrative that women are weak or helpless. >

16 Jul 19
Solar Foods is growing food out of air

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Food Design

This edible protein promises a future of meat-free lasagna or dairy-free drinks made using carbon dioxide captured from the air. >

16 Jul 19
Tandekile Mkize on unafraid self-expression using film, photography and fashion

Design News > Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Tandekile Mkize gives us an inside look into his bold and unapologetic work, which he exhibited at Design Indaba Festival 2019 >

15 Jul 19
Designing kangas that celebrate queer love

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Artist and LGBTQ+ activist Kawira Mwirichia is reclaiming the culturally significant garment to celebrate queer love in Kenya. >

15 Jul 19
Argentinian artist uses 100, 000 banned books to build a monument

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Conceptual artist Marta Minujín has created a full-scale replica of the Parthenon – one of the world’s most famous structures. >

14 Jul 19
The Algae Dome imagines a future of architecture-powered food

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Food Design

Where sustainable food design and public architecture intersect. >

14 Jul 19
The whimsical illusions of Moography

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

This visual artist turns the common smartphone into an eccentric, interactive toy. >

13 Jul 19
A revival of stone architecture in Palestine

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

This sculptural project brings together ancient stonework and cutting-edge design methods. >

12 Jul 19
Could this convenient bug harvesting design make insect-based diets popular?

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Living Farms is being spearheaded by Austrian multidisciplinary designer, Katharina Unger. >

12 Jul 19
City residents are helping design public space with Minecraft

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The popular video game has proven a useful tool for community engagement. >

12 Jul 19
Why Mexican squares may be the best public spaces in the world

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

Plaza Ciudadela won’t win any design awards, but it accomplishes something far more important: it draws a crowd of all ages. >

12 Jul 19
Hafeez Floris captures the other side of South Africa's townships

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

His photography shows the more childlike and creative side to people in areas like Manenberg and Soweto. >

12 Jul 19
Skip the trip to the fertility clinic with Yo Home Sperm

Design Frontiers > Product Design

In just a few minutes, this app offers men valuable reproductive information. >

11 Jul 19
Is it possible for childbearing to happen outside the human body?

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Billie Rehwald talks about her project Ectogenesis, which is looking at using design as a tool to consider this possible reality. >

11 Jul 19
Design Indaba Emerging Creatives: Where are they now?

Design News > African Design

We talk to some of the South African creatives who used the programme as a career launchpad. >

11 Jul 19
Celeste Arendse on sustainable and ethical fashion

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The Cape Town fashion designer has gone from being inspired by Picasso and rock art to more neutral tones with classic silhouettes. >

10 Jul 19
Les Chaises Koubeyni is an artistic response to the concept of hospitality

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Product Design

In Niger's capital city, Niamey, artists from the city as well as those from Madrid got together to build an amulet to reflect on hospitality. >

10 Jul 19
A future where calling a human stand-in is as easy as calling an Uber

Next Generation > Creative Economy

It’s already possible, but what if it evolves into more than just hiring someone to stand in line, and Other-Self Agency replaces interactions with loved ones? >

10 Jul 19
Mapitso Thaisi talks culture, fashion and recognising Africa's impact

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

The law graduate-cum-designer chats to us about her Basotho inspired swimwear range, Shweshwekini. >

10 Jul 19
Using unconventional materials to create wearable art

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Shaline Naicker uses photochromic lenses within her work as she focuses on merging technology and fashion. >

9 Jul 19
Grow edible algae in your home

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Food Design

The Coral is an indoor micro-algae farm designed to welcome algae into our everyday lives. >

9 Jul 19
Atolye on creating a space where community and strategic design meet

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Product Design

"There are many untapped markets as well as industries that need radical interventions" says architect Nesile Yalcin. >

9 Jul 19
This lightweight, flexible shoe is made from ‘algae foam’

Design Frontiers > Product Design

VIVOBAREFOOT and Bloom team up on the world’s first shoe made with the material. >

8 Jul 19

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