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Ndumiso Nyoni uses striking geometric illustrations to celebrate women

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The graphic designer and illustrator talks to us about the inspiration behind the African Sisters project.

4 Jul 19
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Thaakierah Abdul is using graphic design to push for Cape Malay recognition

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

The 2018 Design Indaba Emerging Creative draws inspiration from her family and people in the streets like informal traders.

3 Jul 19
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Photographer Cole Ndelu explores the dissonance of masculine femininity

Design News > Art & Photography

“Seeing masculinity and femininity outside of the norm must become the norm.”

2 Jul 19
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Six designers tackle sustainability from food, waste and even death

Design Frontiers > Product Design

These Design Indaba 2019 speakers are working to design more sustainable methods and products.

2 Jul 19
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This museum preserves Brazil's cultural and craft memory

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

The A CASA Museum of the Brazilian Object has dedicated 21 years to preserving the rich cultural history of the Brazilian people.

1 Jul 19
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Call for applications: Summer programme 2019

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

The University of the Underground and the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College invite you to apply for POST-NATION STATES, Summer School 19 in NYC.

27 Jun 19
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Crystal Birch invites us into her hat wonderland

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The hat designer, stylist and milliner takes us behind the scenes of how she comes up with her playful designs.

27 Jun 19
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Durban students initiate a space to foster more campus interaction

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The Level Six project is the first student-led project guided by professionals to come out of Durban University of Technology.

25 Jun 19
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Using empathic design to save the lives of pregnant women

Design Frontiers > Product Design

How Caroline Smeenk and Dahabo Adi Galgallo are saving the lives of mothers and their unborn children, on opposite sides of the world.

24 Jun 19
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Students explore death through a video game and our fascination with fake goods

Design Frontiers > Information Design

We spotlight the work of two graduates from the University of the Underground which was started by Dr Nelly Ben-Hayoun.

20 Jun 19
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Meet Hayden Williams, the fashion illustrator to Hollywood stars

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The 27-year-old talks to us about how he harnessed his 1,2 million Instagram followers to build a global brand.

20 Jun 19
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Creating art out of scrap engine parts

Next Generation > Product Design

Kara Schoeman creates intricate art bowls out of recycled metals.

20 Jun 19
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How these Ghanaian developers are creating awareness around e-waste

Next Generation > Information Design

Ghanaian game developers, Enter Africa, are creating a game that focuses on the issues of safety and sanitation surrounding e-waste dumps.

19 Jun 19
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Applications for African Crossroads 2019 are now open!

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

Hivos is looking for content proposals from artists, entrepreneurs, chefs, designers, researchers, to imagine the future of African cities.

19 Jun 19
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Nigerian sculptor makes life-sized art using spoons

Next Generation > Craft

Abinoro Akporode Collins says he was first challenged by his art lecturer to try unconventional materials for his sculptures.

19 Jun 19
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Mzukisi Mbane’s imprint on African fashion

Design News > Art & Photography

The Design Indaba Emerging Creative on building a global brand that pays homage to his identity and celebrates femininity.

18 Jun 19
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Connextyle is providing multi-sensory healing for stroke patients

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Inspired by the ancient Japanese technique of Kintsugi, the Connextyle shirt is a rehabilitation garment that helps stroke patients regain their muscle use.

17 Jun 19
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Sunny Dolat wants to set a new standard for African fashion

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

A small island off the coast of West Africa is about to host a truly representative African arts and fashion festival.

14 Jun 19
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How fashion adapted to climate change – in the Little Ice Age

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

People see global warming as a modern phenomenon, but fashion has a long history of responding to climate change.

14 Jun 19
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Ghanaian photographer Lawrence Agyei on the power of photography

Design News > Art & Photography

“To me, a great photograph is like poetry. It captures and expresses a situation or emotion that transcends everyday life.”

14 Jun 19
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How artists and architects are helping residents to claim their right to the city

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Grigri Pixel invited a group a creatives from Africa and Spain to work together in Madrid to try and find out.

14 Jun 19
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Graphic designer Rofhiwa Mudau is using famous faces to inspire the youth

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“This acts as inspiration to influence a positive work flow to the career or the job of your dreams.”

14 Jun 19
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Post-colonial Congolese architecture: green, local and volcanic

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

Designer Nicolas-Patience Basabose talks about the past and the future of architecture in the DRC.

12 Jun 19
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Babusi Nyoni is making AI more accessible and relevant

Design News > Information Design

The Zimbabwean developer made a gqom and vosho app and also worked with UNHCR to predict the movements of displaced people.

12 Jun 19

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