Madrid | Design Indaba

How artists and architects are helping residents to claim their right to the city

Grigri Pixel invited a group a creatives from Africa and Spain to work together in Madrid to try and find out. >
Artist Nuria Mora on Spain’s biggest inclusive art event of its kind

Along with 14 other artists, Nuria Mora is helping to rebuild and inspire art inclusivity in Spain’s forgotten region of La Mancha. >
Check out the creatives participating in this year's GrigriPixel workshop

The annual programme is developing a wealth of experimental practices through inter-continental collaboration. >
Designing for urban mobility means learning from the past and predicting for the future

Trans Utopias is an exhibition which explores the way we design our transport systems in the past, present and for the future. >
Grigri Pixel is looking for African creatives to participate in a residency in Madrid

The award-winning programme brings together African and European creatives to create urban space interventions. >
Grigri Pixel is uniting creatives on two continents through urban interventions

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

Download and donate to the millions living without water. >
Photographer Paloma Rincón plays with shapes, colour, hair and even mushrooms

Paloma Rincón is known for her work with big brands. We look at some of her conceptual works. >
The Gali System by Ana Arana is a standalone kitchen that can fit in a box

No kitchen space? No problem! >
Free the nipple: LED teats contest censorship on Facebook

Anonymous Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus create a carpet of glowing nipples outside Madrid's Facebook office to protest against censorship. >
Gemma O'Brien: The art of lettering

Letter artist Gemma O'Brien talks about the appeal of the handmade and the way that the shape of words can capture the character of a place. >
Biografica: Don't fear failure

Spanish design studio Biografica create motion graphics and editorial design using paper cutouts, clay, play doh and other real objects. >
Boa Mistura: Murals that inspire change

Madrid-based arts collective Boa Mistura create large-scale murals that aim to inspire the communities who live around them. >
Hollywood Kits is an illustrated tribute to the classics

Every cinephile, from your Star Wars-obsessed cousin to your hipster coworker, is sure to find something to love! >
Fun over function with product designer Jaime Hayón

Whimsical Spanish designer Jaime Hayón explores materials and storytelling through products he creates with a childlike sense of fun. >
Jaime Hayón: Curiosity is the designer's greatest tool

Curiosity is the designer's third eye, says quirky Spanish product designer Jaime Hayón. Without it there is no creativity. >
Relajaelcoco: Data-driven graphics

Spanish graphic design studio Relajaelcoco believe that good vibes and a relaxed mind are the key to the creative process. >
Conceal & reveal: Pablo Thecuardo gives new purpose to fashion photographs

This Madrid-based artist takes a knife to editorial photography. >
A design solution to moving back in with your parents

Spanish collective designs custom spaces and furniture for young adults returning home. >
Graphite: a modular honeycomb-shaped shelving system

A storage system designed to be sturdy and fully customisable. >
Luzinterruptus illuminates social issues using light and photography

The anonymous collective Luzinterruptus is creating illuminating installations with light. >
Greening Madrid to reduce the impact of climate change

Sustainable design firm Arup devises a plan to regulate the greening of infrastructure and buildings in Spain’s capital city. >
The delightful and disobedient design of Jaime Hayón

Quirky Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has become well known for his curious pieces. >
Ecoalf turns trash into high style fashion

Spanish brand Ecoalf recycles coffee, plastic, ocean waste and tyres to create its clothing lines. >

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