USA | Design Indaba

The Gangsta Gardener is bringing affordable and nutritious produce to California’s ‘food deserts’

Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA to offer alternative food sources. >
Meet Aoi Yamaguchi, the Japanese Master Calligrapher expanding the form’s possibilities

The California-based artist merges music and performance with the centuries-old tradition. >
This pen detects cancer in seconds

This handheld device detects cancer so that doctors can remove tumors with greater accuracy during surgery. >
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | September 2017

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
Isis Schiffer’s EcoHelmet might get even more people interested in bike sharing

The Pratt Institute design graduate spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2017. >
How Isis Schiffer made the foldable bike helmet

The EcoHelmet made international headlines and won numerous awards. >
This electricity generating yarn could change the face of wearable tech

The carbon nanotube yarn generates electricity with just a tug. >
The inflatable garden that could sustain life on Mars and beyond

This NASA project would see astronauts on a self-sustaining vegetarian diet for longer trips across the cosmos. >
Empathy and fact in Ekene Ijeoma’s emotive projects

The US-based interdisciplinary designer’s Refugee Map looks outside the frames of a global crisis. >
Should you be putting your website to bed?

Sleep debt facts say yes. >
See these custom tributes to the iconic Prince

The icon’s passing was a shock to many, but at least we’ll be able to replicate his purple hue. >
Meet Carolyn Davidson, the woman behind the iconic Nike Swoosh

The retired graphic designer created the logo while she was still a student at Portland State University. The job earned her $35 back then. >
SaveArtSpace turns billboards into public art canvasses

The initiative aims to empower artists from all walks of life and inspire a new generation of young creatives. >
Diversifying media imagery to include more ethnicities with TONL

This agency works to arm advertisers and designers with the tools to represent all races in their campaigns, not just one. >
Bo-Won Keum on using design to help elevate the voices of prison inmates

The graphic designer worked on a monochromatic book that had handwritten book requests and thank you notes from US prison inmates. >
Katy Pyle’s Ballez is the inclusive dance studio you’ve been waiting for

The New York City-based studio reimagines what ballet can be. >
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | August 2017

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
This wearable sticker set could help prevent sexual assault

Developed by a researcher at MIT, Intrepid can detect if somebody is taking off your clothes. >
On creating an alternative to voyeuristic travel narratives

Carribean-American storyteller uses art-focussed web-series to weave tales about countries like South Africa and Mexico >
Haitian photographer challenges modern masculinity

Zarita Zevallos used vivid contrasts and strained threads to represent the personal histories of black men. >
Jomo Furniture

Furniture Designer • Product Designer

Jomo Tariku is an Ethiopian-American industrial designer and artist specialising in contemporary African furniture design. >
Vakseen

Digital Designer

Vakseen is a visual artist, designer, and music producer. >
Designing for an inclusive & considered future with Grace Jun

“Less about perfection, but rather a desire to have more options.” >
Children’s book This Is How We Do It celebrates diversity while encouraging empathy

“See what makes us different and what unites us.” >

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