London | Design Indaba

Kurv: The smart way to learn to play the guitar

The Kurv Guitar is a 'stringless' digital instrument that allows anyone to learn and play songs using touch, motion and gestures. >
Tiger worms run this toilet

The Tiger Worm Toilet treats both liquid and solid waste using composting worms that digest the waste. >
Sam Bompas: Designing extraordinary food experiences

Bompas and Parr’s niche approach to everyday food experiences makes them the gurus of food architecture. >
James Roberts: Life-saving solutions for neonatal care

Inspired by the plight of refugees, James Roberts created a low-cost incubator for babies born prematurely. >
King Debs raises a fist against injustice with his latest murals

Multimedia designer and Emerging Creative, King Debs responds to social unrest with his larger-than-life street art. >
Rob Hadrill: Bringing ideas to life through book design

Book Works co-founder Rob Hadrill invites us into his world of visual artistry and bookmaking. >
20 tuk-tuks transformed into moving artworks

Rickshaws made over by a collection of prominent designers in the name of India’s elephants. >
Paul Pateman’s A to Z of sex and disability

A raunchy graphic alphabet aims to dispel misconceptions about disabled people’s sex lives. >
Ever wonder who’s behind the sounds in your much-loved films?

“The Foley Artist” is a behind-the-scenes look at the unorthodox methods one master sound artist uses to design the sound effects for film. >
Safia Qureshi: A project to help eliminate paper cup waste in London

Safia Qureshi talks about her new, chai wallah-inspired project, Cup Club, which aims to reduce the amount of waste caused by disposable coffee cups in London. >
Trailer: Kathryn Fleming on designing future species

RCA graduate Kathryn Fleming imagines using the endless potential of biology to create future species with unusual characteristics. >
Kathryn Fleming on designing future species

RCA graduate Kathryn Fleming imagines using the endless potential of biology to create future species with unusual characteristics. >
Visualising brainwaves in a kaleidoscope of colour

Filmmaker and animator Alice Dunseath creates a vibrant short film to show the brain’s reaction to beauty and functionality. >
Getting frank about female sexuality with Polly Nor

Inspired by girl talk, selfies and angry tweets, London-based illustrator Polly Nor puts pen to paper to get frank about female sexuality. >
Taste, sound and history combine to form Bompas & Parr’s British Museum of Food

Bompas & Parr showcase the most exciting elements of cooking and cuisine at the British Museum of Food. >
Tino Schaedler: Journey from the physical to the virtual

With a background in architecture and set design, Tino Schaedler is now taking on the world of virtual reality. >
Ariane Spanier: The evolution of FUKT magazine

Design director Ariane Spanier talks digital versus print and the evolution of FUKT magazine. >
Neva: the device designed to power medical equipment in an outage

Neva, designed by Nigerian scientist Louise Oduyoye, powers medical devices during an outage. >
The KNIT by Curver collection celebrates functional, colourful deep-texture design

The KNIT by Curver collection combines a 3D-knitted look with functional, plastic products. >
Simon Esterson: Designing the pages of Eye Magazine

We talk to the art director of graphic design quarterly Eye Magazine on keeping the page size the same in the time of great change for print. >
This designer is using dollars and pounds to make textiles

Angela Mathis is shredding up cash to make textiles for a new collection of stools in a project called Value. >
Worldbeing is a wearable with a social conscious

The Worldbeing wearbable and app, by Benjamin Hubert of Layer Design Studio, is a system that makes consumers more aware of their personal carbon footprint. >
The Polish student breaking into fashion photography with edgy imagery

Polish-born Angelika Wierzbicka hasn’t even graduated and she already has a striking collection of fashion editorials with top indie magazines. >
Tim Lindsay: Awarding creative excellence in advertising

CEO of advertising and design awards show D&AD, Tim Lindsay, explains what he thinks gives agencies that winning edge. >

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