USA | Design Indaba

Victoria Ayo

Birth Reborn >
Using plastic to pave new roads

According To president of TechniSoil, the startup who has engineered this new type of movement - the use of plastic makes the pavement stronger. >
Burning the Museum

The annual Burning Man art festival is going virtual. >
How Marisa Hamamoto is reshaping the future of dance

She founded her Los Angeles-based dance company Infinite Flow Dance to integrate diversity so fully that it becomes yet another new normal. >
The rise of gaming activism

Fortnite decides to educate its users about systemic racism and gets them to battle prejudice >
Designers Leta and Wade on living and working together successfully

The couple talked about honesty, creativity, their project Complements and the universal strangeness of love. >
What is the new normal?

There’s no doubt the pandemic has wrought indelible shifts. Here, we map just a few of them… >
Jeanne Gang

Founding Principal and Partner, Studio Gang. >
Greening architecture | Design Indaba 2020 Speaker Kathryn Larsen thatches with seaweed

Bio-based designer and architectural technologist Kathryn Larsen is looking to the pass to create a greener future. >
Synthetic biology | Catalina Lotero’s plan to generate electricity with trees

Together with a multidisciplinary team, Catalina Lotero is tackling the global energy crisis with a simple, off-the-grid, plant-based solution. >
Measurable impact | Robert Wong explores humanity’s possible futures at Google

Chief creative officer of Google Creative Lab, Robert Wong spoke at Design Indaba 2020. >
Better cities| Jeanne Gang’s architectural practice builds sustainable futures

Her award-winning multidisciplinary practice, Studio Gang, is driven by an ethos of ‘actionable idealism’ and is concerned with how to make cities more livable, >
Debbie Millman

Author • Curator • Educator

Debbie Millman is an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. >
On brand | Influential polymath Debbie Millman elevates the design discipline

Debbie Millman spoke at Design Indaba 2020. >
Antya Waegemann redesigns the rape kit

The 'When No One Believes You' rape kit includes six different design interventions for use by victims, nurses and the police. >
Sum Waste turns waste into functional products like pens

Pratt University graduate Garret Benisch says he wanted to show what happens when one sees waste as an asset rather than a problem. >
6 clever design solutions for pressing healthcare issues

We highlight some of the design solutions aimed at healthcare sector. >
Could VR create space for people of colour in the film industry?

Emerging technology may be the answer to the ongoing question of representation. >
Shani Crowe turns hair into art

These mesmerising braids celebrate the beauty of black femininity. >
Meet the artist behind America's only museum dedicated to African beads

Olayami Dabls says he wanted to enable residents to better understand the immense power of their African heritage. >
This memorial honours the lives of victims of gun violence

An average of 700 lives are lost each week due to gun violence in the United States. >
Redesigning cities based on the words of hip hop greats

The Hip Hop Architecture Camp introduces kids to architecture using a medium they love. >
Tia Blassingame is using her craft to investigate racism in America

Using old-fashioned printing methods, Blassingame’s work focuses on historical and contemporary racism. >
Tiffany Chu on redesigning the way cities build their transport routes

"If you’re trying to help a city, you need people who are from there and who are invested in the city over time." >

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