Creative Work | Design Indaba

Sticklit is democratising literature and art

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

How a reading culture can be fostered by means of public art. >

3 May 19
Pixeland is China’s pixel-inspired park

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Created for the people of Mianyang, China, this multifunctional public space looks at how digital pixels can be used as functional art. >

3 May 19
Omar Nagati on renegotiating Downtown Cairo through design

Design News > African Design / Urban & Landscape Design

“You need to include in any plan or revision for Downtown or any neighbourhood, the local community, which is not necessarily the case so far." >

3 May 19
Meet Botswana's Queens of Marok

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

South African photographer Paul Shiakallis documents the leather-wearing women of Botswana’s heavy metal scene. >

2 May 19
What will food look like in the future, especially for the elderly

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

Himori Kimoto believes dignity and play should form a big part of the way we design our future meals. >

1 May 19
Accra's Arch Xenus is redefining what it means to be a successful architectural firm

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

We met the founder and principal architect who shared more about their approach to business. >

1 May 19
This photographer gave homeless people cameras to document their lives

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

After five days, 45 of the cameras were returned and over 600 images developed. The results were astonishing. >

30 Apr 19
Federico Babina uses architecture to explain mental illness

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

Babina cleverly represents what different mental illnesses look like. >

29 Apr 19
Can the architecture of a prison contribute to the rehabilitation of its inmates?

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

"Every inmate in Norwegian prisons are going back to the society. Do you want people who are angry — or people who are rehabilitated?” >

29 Apr 19
The all-woman band taking over a space traditionally reserved for men

Design News > Music & Sound Design

New York’s Flor de Toloache talk preserving culture, women empowerment and taking on the male-dominated world of Mariachi. >

26 Apr 19
AZEEMA is here to display beauty and dispel myths

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

“It is a celebration of heritage, culture and diversity, yet equally a champion for empowerment and progressive change." >

26 Apr 19
This Angolan innovation hub is helping to transform the nation’s creative sector

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

We chat to some of the Fábrica de Sabão team about innovation, community upliftment and serving Africa first. >

25 Apr 19
Joy Buolamwini uses art and research to show the social implications of AI

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Information Design / Interaction Design

The Ghanaian-American computer scientist and digital activist spoke to us during her Cape Town visit. >

25 Apr 19
The potential future of food is growing all around us

Next Generation > Food Design

Lichen, a cryptogram or type of plant, can be made in several tasty ways. So why aren’t we eating it? >

24 Apr 19
Afrominima is a Nigerian lifestyle brand inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics

Design News > African Design / Product Design

The Olubunmi Adeyemi-helmed brand brings the minimalist movement to Africa. >

24 Apr 19
Sierra Leonean artist explores identity and human expression

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

Ngadi Smart, a photographer from Sierra Leone, captures the diverse ways people express their identity. >

23 Apr 19
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portraits show black skin as textured and diverse

Design News > Art & Photography

“We have enough about what my skin looks like but what does it feel like?’ >

23 Apr 19
Feyi Olubodun on what international brands get wrong about the African consumer

Design News > Craft / Information Design

"I argue very strongly that sophistication and westernisation don’t mean the same thing. You can be sophisticated and not be westernised." >

23 Apr 19
Designer Anne Kiwia upcycles discarded cloths to create high fashion headbands

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

“We have enough clothes. The world is full of it. We need to start protecting our environment and stop being needless consumers.” >

22 Apr 19
On blockchain and art

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Creative Economy

The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft. >

19 Apr 19
Harmonia Rosales is creating new narratives around the classic art paintings

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure." >

18 Apr 19
Tech to empower marginalised communities

Design News > Design Activism

Human rights activist and storyteller Thenmozhi Soundararajan on the power of knowledge creation in the hands of the oppressed. >

18 Apr 19
Subverting the gendered implications of wearable tech

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

TELEXST aims to turn the gendered nature of wearable tech on its head. >

16 Apr 19
Would you put every life decision in the hands of an algorithm?

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Information Design

Max Hawkins has an interesting way of escaping the Internet's social bubbles. >

16 Apr 19

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