Johannesburg | Design Indaba

Combatting drought with orange peels

Kiara Nirghin won the Google Science Fair Community Impact Award for her innovative creation of a super absorbent biodegradable polymer made from orange peels. >
Wake up, This is Joburg: A series that uncovers the peculiarities of the city

"Wake up, This is Joburg" is a series of 10 books that tells the stories of the peculiar urban inhabitants of Johannesburg. >
Laduma Ngxokolo: Design for safer circumcision rituals

Young South African designer Laduma Ngxokolo looks into how you can make Xhosa circumcision rituals safer in his Central Saint Martins graduate project. >
Dencity competition winners foster new ideas that tackle high density in informal settlements

Social, architectural and technological solutions to improve the living conditions in the world’s urban slums. >
SunFire: A 3-part solution for solar cooking

SA based company’s parabolic solar kits offer a sustainable cooking solution in rural or hard to reach areas of Africa. >
Puzzle-like mural for a new mother and child hospital in Johannesburg

Lorenzo Nassimbeni has been working with 26'10 SOUTH Architects to create a geometric tiled mural on the new Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital. >
For the love of GIFs

Collective exhibit.gif puts out a call for a creative distillation of real life into the humble form of a GIF. >
Emergency art is created and shown in no more than a day

The art featured at MOAD’s latest exhibition is not older than 24 hours old and tackles the immediate issues of our time. >
Artist Leigh Le Roux looks to Johannesburg for inspiration

Local graphic design artist Leigh Le Roux visually represents the city and its people. >
Tshepo Sedumo’s handmade portable boomboxes

The Johannesburg-based startup Grove Audio creates custom designed wooden boomboxes. >
Kristin-Lee Moolman’s subversive photography challenges gender and the African aesthetic

South African photographer Kristin-Lee Moolman creates a separate reality through her work. >
We Are Africa exhibition 2016

Exhibition

Celebrate Africa Month 2016 the creative way with the #WeAreAfrica Exhibition in Newtown, Johannesburg, from 26 to 28 May 2016. >
$Thomas Chapman on reconnecting a fractured city$

Thomas Chapman on reconnecting a fractured city

South African architect Thomas Chapman is fixing the past using layers of new design. >
Rich Mnisi on building a fresh fashion brand in South Africa

South African designer Rich Mnisi shares his creative journey (catwalk included) as part of the Global Graduates selection at Design Indaba Conference 2016. >
Pop culture and people inspire Monde Mabaso’s illustrations

Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative, Monde Mabaso is a Johannesburg-based illustrator who finds inspiration through this thriving city. >
The Honey: Representations of blackness as power

Rendani Nemakhavhani's dynamic photo series "The Honey" turns away from blackness as struggle. >
Counterspace: Investigating the strange in Johannesburg’s built environment

Counterspace Studio's recent investigation into the reappropriation of Johannesburg’s mine dumps led the group to discover how abandoned spaces are being used. >
South African creative Menzi Ndlovu isn’t just a one-minute man

Johannesburg-based illustrator Menzi Ndlovu immortalises everyday people in one minute sketches. >
Lungile Mbokane: An emerging graphic artist telling stories through his work

Johannesburg artist, Lungile Mbokane, speaks about his work and creative process. >
Graphic posters explore the notion of "keeping it real"

Ndumiso Nyoni, a young designer from Johannesburg, has created a poster series on cultures that inspire him. >
Thomas Chapman: Welcoming change in the "ugly" city

Founder of Local Studio, Thomas Chapman has directed his efforts towards social change through clever architecture in Johannesburg. >
Stevo Dirnberger & Chanel Cartell: Find inspiration in the unfamiliar

Inspired by DI speaker Stefan Sagmeister to quit their advertising jobs and take a sabbatical, Stevo and Chanel tell us about what they’ve learnt on the road. >
Moeketsi Lebakeng’s minimal illustrations pay tribute to Africa’s women

Moeketsi Lebakeng uses illustration to celebrate his everyday heroes – African women. >
Fashion house Mille Collines celebrates all things Africa

The recent Mille Collines show at AFI MBFW Joburg takes an elegant and contemporary look at ubiquitous African curios. >

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