Creative Work | Design Indaba

How to build your own prosthetic using LEGO

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Carlos Arturo Torres has designed a creative prosthetic system for children to explore and empower their creativity in a playful and social way —using LEGO. >

4 Jan 18
Chilean creatives develop the first social education tool for children

Design News > Product Design

SIMA plugs into smartphones and can answer questions on subjects young people are curious about like animals, colours and food. >

22 Dec 17
Yemi Kacoutie on immersing herself in the world of building design

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

"Architects don’t just design buildings, they also influence the impact these buildings have on the humans who occupy them." >

20 Dec 17
South Africa meets Japan while design meets culture

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft

“Ultimately, we believe that our uniqueness does not come from specific elements of African or Asian cultures, it just stems from us." >

19 Dec 17
Forging closer ties between African creative minds

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

The Sweden@ workshop brought together young creatives from South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Colombia and Zambia. >

18 Dec 17
Matsidiso makes handmade shoes for modern customers

Product Spotlight > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design

The Cape Town-based label makes one-of-a-kind shoes while also giving back to its workers >

15 Dec 17
The #ArchForArch adds more public art at Constitution Hill

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

On the 21st anniversary of our Constitution, an Arch for Arch is installed at Constitution Hill. >

15 Dec 17
The super lightweight Mars Chair by Thomas Missé

Next Generation > Product Design

ECAL student designs first piece of furniture optimised for Mars colonisation. >

15 Dec 17
This urban designer tracks down where the energy in our cities comes from

Next Generation > Design Thinking

Could her singing manhole covers advocate for energy systems and the humans who use them? >

12 Dec 17
#ArchForArch 6: Bringing the Arch for Arch to life

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

In our final episode, we learn what it took to pull off this momentous challenge. >

9 Dec 17
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | December 2017

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >

8 Dec 17
#ArchForArch 5: Bishop Margaret Vertue on Desmond Tutu and the true role of the church in South Africa

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The anglican priest shares with us her thoughts on the Arch’s legacy in the 5th episode of our series on the Arch for Arch project. >

8 Dec 17
Natasha Jen on the power of being a critical thinker in the design world

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Design Indaba 2018 speaker has collaborated with Nike, the Guggenheim Museum, Google, Puma and MIT Architecture among many others. >

7 Dec 17
#ArchForArch 4: Albie Sachs on the remarkable legacy of Desmond Tutu

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

In the fourth episode of our video series, the former judge examines his relationship with the Arch. >

7 Dec 17
Thomy is an insulin kit designed with the needs of diabetic children in mind

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Product designer Renata Souza talks about the inspiration and process behind her award-winning insulin kit. >

4 Dec 17
Imagine a future where your car window is a way for you to control your driving experience

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Sebastien Gier talks us through his project where your car window lets you manipulate what you see outside, take pictures, bookmark and more. >

4 Dec 17
How discarded bananas led these two designers into looking at consumerism and food waste

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

By tracking how bananas make it to Iceland, where there are no plantations, these designers shine a spotlight on waste and consumerism. >

4 Dec 17
Awundiboni looks at how rape culture reduces women's everyday experiences

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Thandiwe Msebenzi talks about her photography work as well as how she wants to use VR to further explore the topic. >

4 Dec 17
This MIT sound artist is exploring the power of sound in public spaces

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Music & Sound Design

Nicolas Kisic Aguirre developed the Modular Rhythm Machine, an algorithmically controlled machine inspired by the Peruvian Cajon. >

4 Dec 17
Myles Loftin explores racial profiling of black men wearing hoodies

Next Generation > Art & Photography

The photographer says his project was partly inspired by the killing of Trayvon Martin. >

4 Dec 17
Designer Kazuya Kawasaki on the future of zero-waste fashion design

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

What is the alternative role of the fashion designer in the age of biotechnology? >

4 Dec 17
Providing accommodation for tourists does not have to come at the expense of locals

Next Generation > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

Using one of Cuba's oldest and rapidly gentrifying neighbourhoods as a lens, architect Iwo Borkowicz explores tourism and social housing. >

4 Dec 17
#ArchForArch 3: The value of our South African Constitution

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The third episode takes us to Constitution Hill, the site of the highest court in South Africa. >

3 Dec 17
#ArchForArch 2: The Arch and his legacy

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

In the second episode of the Arch for Arch series, we talk to the people of South Africa. >

2 Dec 17

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