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Adebayo Oke-Lawal is rethinking masculinity in African culture

Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The Nigerian designer’s brand Orange Culture embraces those who do not fit in and celebrates their individuality.

22 May 19
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Blair Imani is writing Herstory

Design Frontiers > Information Design

Imani’s book is shining a light both on modern feminists and on marginalised people who are making a difference in the world.

21 May 19
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Kiko Farkas on nature's role in his work as a graphic designer

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

He took the Design Indaba audience through his most famous project and showcased how nature inspired it.

21 May 19
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Jomo Tariku on changing perceptions around what constitutes modern furniture

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

“The modern furniture industry treats African furniture as something of a novelty,” says the Ethiopian-American furniture designer.

20 May 19
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Steph Foster focuses his lens on the American prison system

Talks > Information Design

Interdisciplinary artist Steph Foster is using his art to investigate and address what's wrong with the United States criminal justice system.

20 May 19
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Artist Nuria Mora on Spain’s biggest inclusive art event of its kind

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Along with 14 other artists, Nuria Mora is helping to rebuild and inspire art inclusivity in Spain’s forgotten region of La Mancha.

20 May 19
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Faith XLVII on the power of collaboration

Talks > Design Activism

"Entering into collaborations with key people in my life has helped me rediscover my root inspiration."

17 May 19
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Bug burgers and micro-algae buns: the cookbook of the future

Design News > Product Design

SPACE10 has been cooking up a storm in their Test Kitchen to bring you an unorthodox assortment of meals from the future.

17 May 19
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Shaina Garfield on how we can benefit the Earth after death

Talks > Product Design

She shared how her project Leaves proposes a sustainable coffin that will help the body decompose naturally.

16 May 19
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Congolese storyteller is breathing new life into African mythologies

Next Generation > Graphic Design & Illustration

Yamakasi's project, through the power of social media, helped bring together illustrators and colourists from Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo

16 May 19
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Colors of the Earth: Ghana's incredible, rammed earth walls

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Ghanaian entrepreneur Joelle Eyeson is experimenting with the sustainable technique that could aid her country's housing problem.

16 May 19
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Exploring Shantell Martin’s unique interactive illustrations

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The London-born, New York-based artist is creating larger than life artworks that comment on intersectionality, identity and play.

15 May 19
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Mirjam de Bruijn's work explores the border between function and aesthetics

Talks > Product Design

She speaks about Twenty, a range of waterless dissolvable capsules that take away the need to use 80 - 95% water to make these products.

15 May 19
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Tshepo Mokholo on the transformational power of architecture to inspire

Talks > Design Activism

The African Design Centre graduate on how growing up in an unusual house in Soweto would later inspire his career in design.

14 May 19
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Building a more sustainable future

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

The architectural and engineering industries need to come up with new, gentler ways to construct future projects.

14 May 19
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Carolien Niebling is creating the sausage of the future

Talks > Product Design

Product designer Carolien Niebling believes that people can make a difference if they just take a moment to look at things a little differently.

14 May 19
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Meet the A' Design Awards and Competition winners

Design Frontiers > Craft

These are just some of the winners across nearly 100 different design categories.

13 May 19
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Warka Water is finding innovative solutions to water, energy and housing problems

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

The structure has been shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

13 May 19
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How Hannah Barry is revolutionising the London art scene

Talks > Urban & Landscape Design

She may not call herself an art curator but Hannah Barry explains how she revived an art scene via an abandoned car park.

13 May 19
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Meet the South African artists exhibiting at La Biennale Di Venezia

Design News > Art & Photography

Titled The Stronger We Become, the South African Pavilion will feature works by Dineo Seshee Bopape, Tracey Rose and Dineo Seshee Bopape.

10 May 19
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Artist Olivié Keck plays where tech meets art

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

The South African artist brings the worlds of her psychedelic artworks to life through VR.

10 May 19
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This Icelandic designer is making vodka out of food waste

Next Generation > Food Design

Björn Steinar believes it’s no use being a designer who identifies problems in theory without providing real solutions.

9 May 19
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First ever Ghana Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale designed by David Adjaye

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

The historic event is a celebration of Ghana's untapped cultural capital.

9 May 19
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Kgodisho Mowa’s work tackles inequality and political apathy

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"Countless people are fighting for equality and fairness, and fighting for broken promises by the government, but they don't get the spotlight they deserve.”

8 May 19

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Invented reality

Design News • 10 Aug 22

Design Indaba alumnus Nicolás Kisic Aguirre’s latest project turns linguistic disobedience into an immersive experience >
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Q&A • 10 Aug 22

Design Indaba Emerging Creative Tshepiso Lekganyane has found her passion at the intersection of fashion and art >
Alter ego

Q&A • 10 Aug 22

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Metamorphosis

Design News • 10 Aug 22

Design Indaba alumnus Shaakira Jassat created a collection of trick glasses inspired by social distancing and caterpillars for the Nationaal Glasmuseum >

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