New York | Design Indaba

Data is emotional

Artist and designer Ekene Ijeoma, who is speaking at Design Indaba 2017, humanises intangible data to trigger empathy and compassion. >
Marko Ahtisaari

Interaction Designer • Social Entrepreneur

Tech entrepreneur Marko Ahtisaari is the CEO and co-founder of The Sync Project, which investigates the therapeutic effects of music on the body and mind. >
Ekene Ijeoma

Artist • Interaction Designer • Social Entrepreneur

Brooklyn-based Ekene Ijeoma is a socially-focused interdisciplinary artist and designer who uses data to translate overlooked facts into informed feelings. >
Freestyle Love Supreme and South African Koeksisters

Hip hop improv crew Freestyle Love Supreme is coming to Design Indaba 2017. They're looking forward to koeksisters, we're looking forward to spontaneous jams. >
Sexual expression and exploration in Joanne Leah’s risqué portraits

Photographer Joanne Leah boldly tackles female sexuality. >
Welcome to The FetLife

The photo project by Danny Ghitis captures what a fetish community really looks like. >
Whose Streets? Our Streets!

This photographic exhibition documents one of the purest expressions of democracy. >
Sleeping with Snøhetta under the Scandinavian sky

Snøhetta explores the evolving relationship between handicraft and digital technology. Architect and co-founder Kjetil Thorsen will speak at Design Indaba 2017. >
How can we help you feel data?

At Design Indaba 2017 information designer Giorgia Lupi will collaborate with guitarist Kaki King on an unimaginable journey through data and the senses. >
Kaki King

Musician

American guitarist and composer Kaki King is known for her genre-defying percussive and jazz-like melodies and energetic live shows. >
Giorgia Lupi

Information Designer

Giorgia Lupi is an award-winning information designer, artist and the co-author of "Dear Data", a book that visualises the details of everyday life. >
Can architecture help us heal from loss?

The ‘Mask House’ was built specifically for those coping with grief. >
Modern day Dracula and the plight of immigrants

Artists adapt the classic tale of Dracula to explore the immigrant rights in the United States. >
The magical figures of the Haas Brothers

These LA-based artists blur the lines between nature and psychedelia. >
Smart street furniture for a safer city

Combatting air and noise pollution with Simply Grid. >
Artist interprets movement disorder into striking, intricate headpieces

Tiago Valente’s ‘Dystonia’ converts pain into beauty. >
Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter

New MOMA exhibition investigates the design & infrastructure of modern refugee camps. >
Recyclable helmet wins International James Dyson Award

The collapsible EcoHelmet makes safety a convenience. >
Athi-Patra Ruga debuts new performance piece at Performa 17 Biennale in New York

Dismantling the myth of the ‘Rainbow Nation’ through performance art. >
Smart streetlights powered by pedestrian footsteps

Clean-tech startup EnGoPlanet harnesses kinetic energy to potentially power cities around the world. >
Student thesis initiates award-winning community food project

Blank Plate: The culinary design curriculum helping to navigate life in a ‘food desert’. >
The Readi box provides communication in catastrophic situations

Should all else fail, this speaker unit helps you to keep in touch during a disaster. >
When I think about you I text myself

Love in the time of human and machine: Control your impulse to send an emotional drunk message by sending it instead to a surrogate robot number. >
Control your fear of public speaking with ROC Speak

This computer programme can help develop your communicative skills via your browser. >

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