Kate Walker | Design Indaba

Nendo’s MINIM+AID brings design thinking to disaster preparedness

The Japanese studio’s emergency preparedness kit is a compact and smart product designed for national necessity. >
The Pickle Index makes way for a new age of cross-medium, immersive storytelling

Novelist Eli Horowitz tells a futuristic story through three completely unique narrative experiences. >
James Mitchell explores the potential of architectural skills to affect social change in African communities

James Mitchell discusses his humanitarian organisation and how it is building up communities with entrepreneurial and construction skills. >
SOS Children’s Village provides shelter for vulnerable children and their families in Djibouti

Urko Sanchez Architects’ award-winning residential complex for children provides a safe-haven from extreme temperatures. >
An eco-friendly textile dye made from algae

Blond and Bieber’s Algaemy project investigates the creative possibilities of various forms of algae. >
A stool for people who can’t sit still

Pratt Institute graduate, Megan Czaja creates a bouncing, swivelling and rocking chair to up productivity. >
Steven Heller: Deconstructing design and the power of logos

The art of critiquing design from one of the leading voices in design criticism. >
Lithuanian street artist, Ernest "ZACH" Zacharevic has been dubbed the next Banksy

The Penang-based artist's unique brand of interactive street art has fans lining up for pictures. >
Empowering young African women through menstrual hygiene management

Brooklyn-based social enterprise Be Girl has designed two solutions to help rural girls to take control of their monthly cycles. >
Steven Heller: Design to entertain, illuminate and advocate

We sit down with Steven Heller to discuss the designer’s role in society and his perspective on different forms of design. >
Sanjay Puri Architects take home World Architecture Festival 2015 prize for office building of the future

Award-winning Indian architecture firm wins award for their modern workplace that draws from an ancient architectural structure. >
Francis Kéré Architecture's installation introduces the value of an African gathering in Chicago

Place for Gathering doubles up as a meeting place and a space that encourages cultural exchange. >
Master chef-cum-artist Jasper Udink ten Cate on The Art of Creative Plating

The creative gastronomist talks about creating conceptual food experiences that connect with people. >
Short story vending machines ignite a reading revolution in Grenoble

A French publishing company encourages digital-dependent commuters to read instead of play on their personal tech devices. >
Tanzanian, sand-based water filter wins innovation award

A simple, low-cost filtering invention has earned Tanzanian chemical engineer, Askwar Hilonga the Royal Academy of Engineering African innovation prize. >
High fashion heels with low environmental impact

Designer Kristel Peters' Rethinking High Fashion Shoes project questions the role of the designer in contributing toward a sustainable future. >
Mogees can turn anything into a musical instrument

Mogees, the latest in interactive surface technology and design, creates music with just a small device and your phone. >
MIT’s bacteria-powered material, bioLogic, will literally make your skin crawl

BioLogic is an innovative second skin with an automated ventilation system that is powered by living organisms. >
Rosita Missoni: If your job is your hobby it's never tiring

Italian fashion icon, Rosita Missoni looks back on her upbringing and the inherited values that now underpin her fashion empire. >
Warka Water creates water from air

Design studio Architecture and Vision is bringing clean water to rural Ethiopia with its Warka Water project. >
Dave Hakkens on his new project, Story Hopper

Young industrial designer and ideas man, Dave Hakkens proposes a new creative outlet for solving problems. >
A prefab home made from bio-based materials

DDacha is a customisable and sustainable living concept designed for a Northern European climate. >
Visualising brainwaves in a kaleidoscope of colour

Filmmaker and animator Alice Dunseath creates a vibrant short film to show the brain’s reaction to beauty and functionality. >
Roots Up is on a mission to create self-sufficient family farming in Ethiopia

The Roots Up project aims to improve poor living conditions for the Gondar farming community in the Ethiopian highlands. >

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