Design News

Michelle Mlati's afrofuturist approach to spatial planning

Design News • 26 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

“It is about spatially rewriting the city to not only mitigate apartheid spatial legacies...but one that transforms with evolving black culture.” >
Combining fungi and willow to create functional furniture

Product Spotlight • 25 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova’s collaboration investigates the potential of mushrooms as a raw material. >
The Arctic Commons: creating a new network for future stability in the Arctic

Design News • Duration: 00:11:21 • 24 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

“This project looks to create composite maps which illuminate specific areas in the Arctic that offer opportunities for design intervention.” >
Journal Safar: A window into Beirut

Design News • 24 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

How Journal Safar, an art and design magazine, connects Beirut’s art scene to the rest of the world. >
Designer Sanne Visser explores the potential of human hair as a raw material

Design News • 19 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

Her project The New Age of Trichology turns discarded hair into beautiful products. >
Jimmy Wales speaks on diversity and the value of knowledge in multiple languages

Design News • 19 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

"What matters is that you have knowledge in your mother tongue." >
N'GOLÁ Biennial Presents Talks in collaboration with Design Indaba

Design News • 17 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The N'GOLA Biennale, in collaboration with Design Indaba, presents a series of talks that shine a light on some of Africa's phenomenal creatives. >
Forever Emojinal

Design News • 17 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

Thulisizwe Mamba gives identity to the new way of talking with emojis on social media. >
Nigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor explores the responsibility of the African artist

Design News • 17 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

"I am an artist first, before anything else." >
Jaden Smith’s vegan pop-up truck is free for the homeless

Design News • 17 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

His care for people and the environment sees Smith often tackling pressing global issues. >
The 600: a story of courage and sacrifice

Design News • 16 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The film The 600 documents the bravery and self-sacrifice of 600 Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) soldiers during the Rwandan genocide. >
Tandekile Mkize on unafraid self-expression using film, photography and fashion

Design News • 15 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

Tandekile Mkize gives us an inside look into his bold and unapologetic work, which he exhibited at Design Indaba Festival 2019 >
Argentinian artist uses 100, 000 banned books to build a monument

Design News • 14 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

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

Design News • 13 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

This visual artist turns the common smartphone into an eccentric, interactive toy. >
A revival of stone architecture in Palestine

Design News • 12 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

This sculptural project brings together ancient stonework and cutting-edge design methods. >
City residents are helping design public space with Minecraft

Design News • 12 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The popular video game has proven a useful tool for community engagement. >
Design Indaba Emerging Creatives: Where are they now?

Design News • 11 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

We talk to some of the South African creatives who used the programme as a career launchpad. >
Celeste Arendse on sustainable and ethical fashion

Design News • 10 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The Cape Town fashion designer has gone from being inspired by Picasso and rock art to more neutral tones with classic silhouettes. >
Mapitso Thaisi talks culture, fashion and recognising Africa's impact

Design News • 10 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The law graduate-cum-designer chats to us about her Basotho inspired swimwear range, Shweshwekini. >
Using unconventional materials to create wearable art

Design News • 9 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

Shaline Naicker uses photochromic lenses within her work as she focuses on merging technology and fashion. >
Gourmet Grubb makes the world’s first insect-derived dairy alternative

Design News • 8 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

Leah Bessa takes us behind the scenes at her new pop-up restaurant in Woodstock, The Insect Experience by Gourmet Grubb. >
Ndumiso Nyoni uses striking geometric illustrations to celebrate women

Design News • 4 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The graphic designer and illustrator talks to us about the inspiration behind the African Sisters project. >
Photographer Cole Ndelu explores the dissonance of masculine femininity

Design News • 2 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

“Seeing masculinity and femininity outside of the norm must become the norm.” >
Crystal Birch invites us into her hat wonderland

Design News • 27 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

The hat designer, stylist and milliner takes us behind the scenes of how she comes up with her playful designs. >

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From the Archives

Laying the foundations

Design News • 11 Apr 23

This school in Tanzania is designed to respond to site-specific climatic conditions. >
Naturally synthetic

Design News • 11 Apr 23

This low-carbon biomaterial created from plant waste and microbes is an alternative to traditional clothing fabrics. >
Making sense

Design News • 11 Apr 23

Design Indaba alum Ai Weiwei’s new exhibition includes a piece made from 650 000 Legos. >
Face value

Q&A • 11 Apr 23

Cape Town-based 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Naledi Modupi is obsessed with faces. >