Creative Work | Design Indaba

Students explore bamboo as sustainable alternative to conventional building

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Combining traditional weaving techniques with digital design. >

4 May 18
Learn how these wearables serve the hearing impaired

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

"How can the deaf and hearing-impaired community experience music, without actually hearing it?" >

3 May 18
This is the world's first biodegradable home pregnancy test

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

The lightweight, ultra-thin invention can be sent in an envelope and biodegrades in three months. >

2 May 18
An ostomy bag for health, beauty and function

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

We look back at some impactful design from a UK graduate who sought to combat stigma in health care. >

2 May 18
A photo series on colourism in Haiti, the first black republic

Design News > Art & Photography

“They used to put me down so much because I was this dark and now, I fucking love myself.” >

1 May 18
This design festival is stitching together India's design community

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

"It was one of its kind in the Indian design history. I’m not aware of any other festivals organised on such a massive scale." >

30 Apr 18
Plastic-infused concrete could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions

Design News > Design Activism / Industrial Design

After water, concrete is the second most widely used material on Earth. >

30 Apr 18
This device can keep opened wine fresh for 12 days

Design News > Product Design

“It was my urge to solve the problem through design, coupled with my love of wine, that first prompted me to create Eto,” says the designer. >

29 Apr 18
Burkinabe women are channeling the spirit of a 12th century princess

Design News > African Design

Burkinabe women working in careers traditionally dominated by men, all draw inspiration and courage from one source: Princess Yennenga. >

29 Apr 18
FrailTea analyses kettle grip data to monitor the health of the elderly

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

Callum Smith’s project FrailTea uses grip data from a kettle to monitor the health of elderly people and the state of their of frailty. >

28 Apr 18
This warning system could detect a drought earlier than ever before

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Here's how MIT researchers are using the leaf surface to detect drought conditions. >

28 Apr 18
Aboubakar Fofana on the hypocrisy of the fashion industry

Design News > African Design / Creative Economy / Design Activism

The textile designer, artist and natural dyer calls out the trend forecasters and designers to take more responsibility. >

27 Apr 18
Grigri Pixel is uniting creatives on two continents through urban interventions

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism

The projects, which brings together African and European artists, was recently selected in the culture category for the FAD design prize. >

27 Apr 18
The Freedom Day reading list

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

These projects highlight the complicated matter of South Africa's "freedom" through the eyes of creatives. >

27 Apr 18
George Gibbens is using design to tackle South Africa's social problems

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

The industrial designer has designed a VR device to help the visually impaired, a portable machine to fight shack fires and more. >

26 Apr 18
$Taiwanese designers and students from Tunghai University, Yu-Chi Wang and Yu Man's bone fracture fixation board - BoneAid$

Taiwanese students design foldable bone-fracture boards for disaster relief

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Unlike traditional bone rehabilitation boards, BoneAid can be applied to multiple body parts with different folding methods. >

26 Apr 18
Edel Rodriguez on how the South African protest art influenced his work

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

Rodriguez has a noted history of creating irreverent, illustrated depictions of the controversial US President Donald Trump. >

26 Apr 18
This children's home enables residents to be part of the construction process

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Langbos makes use of a simplified building process that ensures that anyone can build, eliminating heavy, expensive equipment and hard labour. >

26 Apr 18
Imagine if you never had to complain about missing socks ever again?

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

These Danish entrepreneurs are redesigning socks to make them more sustainable. >

25 Apr 18
It’s all hands on deck in the fight against malaria

Design News > Design Activism

“If there is one lesson we have learned … it’s that we have to keep innovating to control malaria, because conditions evolve.” >

25 Apr 18
Life Kitchen offers free cooking lessons for people living with cancer

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Life Kitchen is extending classes and has teamed up with designers to create a special range of plates, totes, and t-shirts. >

25 Apr 18
5 innovations in the fight against malaria

Design News > Design Activism

We take look at some of the devices being developed to fight malaria. >

24 Apr 18
Feel people smile with Simon Dogger’s handheld device for the visually impaired

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

“Being able to understand other people is about the quality of dialogue which is actually about the quality of life.” >

23 Apr 18
Amigo Doume is teaching troubled teenagers in Abidjan artisanal skills

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Product Design

Amigo Doume in Abidjan, Ivory Coast gives troubled teenagers – often ignored by support systems that focus on younger kids – the tools to earn a living. >

21 Apr 18

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