San Francisco | Design Indaba

Art of noise

A new exhibition celebrates the designs that shape our experience of music. >
Tech trends

The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show offers a glimpse into the future of technology. >
Netflix product designer on bridging design gaps across borders

Mariam Braimah talks to us about how she is using her experience to facilitate skills exchanges between Silicon Valley and Nigeria. >
The way we build homes is wrong, says Joe Gebbia, and here's how he wants to fix it

"In order to meet the demands of the future, whether it be climate displacement or rural-urban migration, the home needs to evolve, to think forward.” >
Faith XLVII unveils new mural and Peace Manifesto in San Fransisco

"We formulated our own Manifesto, keeping the perspective as inclusive as possible. For me, the main objective is empathy. " >
We speak to an emoji activist on why diverse emojis matter

Jennifer 8 Lee says the Emojination wants to make the approval of emoji a more inclusive and representative process. >
Plenty aims to build a giant indoor farm next to every major city

Plenty’s mission is to give each city a hub to grow organic herbs and vegetables locally and indoors. >
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has found a novel way to share its vast artwork

US art lovers can text keywords or an emoji and receive matching pictures from the museum's database >
The APSARA drone disintegrates once it reaches its destination

Introducing the ‘Ikea of drones”. >
Shrimps made solely from plants taking plates by storm

Shrimps from plants - impossible? Not so much. Thanks to one of the leaders in plant-based seafood New Wave Foods, this is now a culinary reality. >
Listen to Joe Gebbia talk about how he created Airbnb

Talking on NPR's "How I Built This", Joe Gebbia – who is speaking at Design Indaba 2017 – reveals how a side hustle became the biggest hotel chain in the world. >
Mushroom leather: The future is fungal

This mushroom material can grow a whole cowhide’s worth of leather in two months. >
Joe Gebbia

Entrepreneur

Co-founder and CPO of Airbnb, designer Joe Gebbia changed the way people travel and interact with strangers with his peer-to-peer home-rental startup. >
Heart-monitoring smart watch empowers wearers to live longer lives

The iBeat is a life-saving wearable for every age. >
One man’s trash is another’s heirloom tomato gazpacho

From dumpster to dinner table, Salvage Supperclub challenges the way we think of ugly food. >
Wool shoes to save the environment

Introducing Allbirds: the comfortable, eco-friendly sneaker. >
Tracing the origins of Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go, the product of American software developers Niantic and The Pokémon Company of Japan, is the love child of GPS tech and insect hunting. >
Livi brings nature indoors

The portable planter has a new take on interacting with nature. >
Cubetto: A coding tutor for kids as young as three

Cubetto by Primo Toys is a kid-friendly, wooden robot that teaches kids to code in a way they can see and touch. >
Six things you might not know about Airbnb and its co-founder Joe Gebbia

Airbnb's co-founder Joe Gebbia will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017. Here are some things you might not know about this peer-to-peer home-rental start up. >
The world's most environmentally conscious restaurant?

The Perennial in San Francisco is founded on sustainable principles that inform everything from its farming methods to its design. >
Mithun wins 2015 Architecture at Zero Honour Award

US-based architecture practice, Mithun designed an award-winning housing plan for San Francisco Mission Bay campus. >
Caress of the Gaze: Clothing that responds to your eyes

Behnaz Fahari imagines a garment, inspired by feathers and scales, that responds to the gaze of another. >
The Brilliance device treats babies with jaundice

The Brilliance, designed by nonprofit D-Rev, is a phototherapy device designed to treat infants with jaundice in poor communities. >

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