Staff Writer | Design Indaba

IKEA & Design Indaba launched ÖVERALLT collection at Design Indaba Festival 2019

Two years ago, IKEA teamed up with a group of designers from five African countries curated by Design Indaba to create a one-of-a-kind collection. >
Ensamble Studio is at the forefront of architecture, art and academic research

The award-winning Spanish architects, Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, spoke at the Design Indaba Conference 2018. >
Interdependence II by Houtlander named Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2019

The public has spoken! Take a look at this year’s winning design in the question of what constitutes beauty. >
A vote for ‘beauty’: What does it mean to you?

As Design Indaba 2019 kicks off, voting for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa is still open! Make your choice now. >
These designers will present the IKEA x Design Indaba ÖVERALLT collection on the Conference stage

Two years after the project started, the designers return to the Design Indaba stage to showcase their final project. >
Design Indaba 2019: Where business and design meet

The next Design Indaba Conference is set to tackle various topics across business and design. >
These graduates want to change the world in ways we never thought possible

Antenna 2018 is here! Meet the first five speakers for the global design platform. >
The Slave Calendar retells the story of South Africa’s slave trade

This award-winning campaign highlights the overlooked descendants of South Africa’s slave trade. >
MIT audio & text system could detect depression in everyday conversations

A model by researchers at MIT is able to detect depression in context-free interactions. >
Self-taught Malawian photographer grapples with ancestry in new photo series

“Who Will Bury You?” depicts a young, faceless woman ready to die. >
Studio Swine on making sustainable design desirable

London-based duo is behind accessories made of human hair, furniture made from ocean waste, among other designs. >
Caroline Smeenk on designing products to help pregnant women who can't access hospitals

"17% of rural Canadians live over 2 hours away from their nearest hospital." >
How Angelika Nyboe Andersen moved from fashion to building some of Zambia's greenest buildings

“Fashion has sort of given me a good foundation for construction. It has surprisingly all come together.” >
Can you redevelop a big city like Lagos without displacing the poor?

Urban planner Lookman Oshodi seems to think it is possible. >
This urban designer tracks down where the energy in our cities comes from

Could her singing manhole covers advocate for energy systems and the humans who use them? >
How discarded bananas led these two designers into looking at consumerism and food waste

By tracking how bananas make it to Iceland, where there are no plantations, these designers shine a spotlight on waste and consumerism. >
Awundiboni looks at how rape culture reduces women's everyday experiences

Thandiwe Msebenzi talks about her photography work as well as how she wants to use VR to further explore the topic. >
Designer Kazuya Kawasaki on the future of zero-waste fashion design

What is the alternative role of the fashion designer in the age of biotechnology? >
Providing accommodation for tourists does not have to come at the expense of locals

Using one of Cuba's oldest and rapidly gentrifying neighbourhoods as a lens, architect Iwo Borkowicz explores tourism and social housing. >
#ArchForArch 2: The Arch and his legacy

In the second episode of the Arch for Arch series, we talk to the people of South Africa. >
An impactful project inspired by the designer's own experience recovering in hospital

Alissa Rees is reinventing the IV pole often used in hospitals for a more dynamic, dignified experience. >
Where product design and conservationism meet

University of Applied Arts graduate Alexandra sees no boundaries between politics, culture and technology as she designs the Menu from the new Wild. >
Creating local employment in Mexico with a new sustainable material

Designer Fernando Laposse is reviving an embattled farming process to offer Mexico an alternative livelihood. >
Chris Sheldrick on building cities that integrate with technology

Can we plan for not just tomorrow but beyond that? >

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