Creative Work | Design Indaba

This Polish designer created a book that puts you in the shoes of someone with dementia

Next Generation > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The Polish photographer and communication designer turned her frustration into art. >

31 Mar 18
Smart glasses help kids with autism recognise facial expressions and emotions

Design News > Product Design

Stanford researchers develop artificially intelligent glasses for autistic children using Google Glass technology. >

31 Mar 18
Employ Me helps those on the autism spectrum on the journey to finding a job

Design News > Design Activism

The uniquely designed set of learning materials aims to correct a shameful employment imbalance. >

30 Mar 18
On the future of food, fashion and eating our environmental problems away

Next Generation > Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design / Product Design

The world is changing rapidly, this means our fashion and food choices need to keep up. >

30 Mar 18
Photographer documents a French community living completely off the grid

Design News > Art & Photography

They started living here as a resistance movement against plans to build an airport on the land. >

30 Mar 18
6 young visual artists on our radar

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

Photography and Filmmaking from the eyes of this years Emerging Creatives. >

30 Mar 18
Norway announces plans for a sustainable, smart city near the country’s major airport

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The ‘energy positive’ Oslo Airport City will be the first of its kind. >

29 Mar 18
Tony Brook on his recent collaboration with BBC Creative

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“At its best, graphic design can be thought provoking, beautiful, memorable and leave a lasting impression." >

29 Mar 18
The Beecosystem brings the art and science of beekeeping straight into your home

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Its size means that it is ideal for use in the home, the classroom and other important educational spaces. >

29 Mar 18
The Unmasked Women project tackles mental health among black women

Design News > Art & Photography / Creative Economy

The creative project is prioritising the work of young black women artists. >

28 Mar 18
A new preservative-free way to protect food from spoiling

Design News > Food Design

This plant-based food design can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables up to four times. >

28 Mar 18
Using textile design to track the history of nutmeg

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Marta Velasco Valesco on what inspired her #Antenna2017 project, Pulau Banda. >

27 Mar 18
Spaces designed not for cars, but for people

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

Is an underground, automated road tunnel the answer to the nightmare that is traffic congestion? >

27 Mar 18
Feather sculpture honours bond between Ireland and a Native American nation

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Towering 20 feet into the Irish sky, Kindred Spirits recognises the Choctaw Nation for their generosity during Ireland's Great Famine. >

27 Mar 18
Jacque Njeri’s vibrant graphic art reimagines the Maasai people in outer space

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

The Kenyan artist’s MaaSci series is a vivid example of Afrofuturism. >

27 Mar 18
Nairobi’s GoDown Art Centre gets a redesign from Sweden’s White Arkitekter

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Scandinavia's largest architecture firm reimagines Kenya’s leading centre for arts and culture. >

27 Mar 18
This design duo is exploring ‘stardust’ as an alternative raw matter

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

As Above, So Below uses micrometeorites to communicate an important message. >

26 Mar 18
Three innovative buildings that show the way forward in architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Take a look at the cutting-edge solutions designers have used to solve modern problems of the built world on three different continents. >

26 Mar 18
On creating unique ceramics out of sand collected from all over the world

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Lonny van Ryswyck talks about using sand from the depleted Theewaterskloof Dam to make the Design Indaba 2018 speakers gift, her process and more. >

26 Mar 18
UK agency launches playful Anti-Brexit Campaign

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"The idea of ordering a burger and not receiving what was expected is a feeling that everyone can relate to.” >

26 Mar 18
IBM wants to use the world’s smallest computer to stop fraud

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

Smaller than a grain of salt, the tiny computer is part of a family of cryptographic anchors which includes edible ink dots and mobile sensors. >

23 Mar 18
Morag Myerscough's design converted at Cape Town primary school to inspire kids

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

This project extends the life of ‘Embrace the Unknown’, the structure that was erected at Design Indaba Festival 2018. >

23 Mar 18
Could wastewater biorefinery help in the Cape Town water crisis?

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

As we observe World Water Day, Cape Town's management of a severe drought is an example of what's to come. >

22 Mar 18
Blinky Bill on why he does not want to be restricted to a particular music genre

Design News > Music & Sound Design

“I want to make genreless sound – but if you absolutely have to place it, it is a mix of hip-hop, afrobeat and jazz.” >

22 Mar 18

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