Staff Writer | Design Indaba

Can we use our own data to become better human beings?

Data designer Giorgia Lupi talks us through her experience of painstakingly collected personal data. >
Andile Dyalvane, gt2P on creating The Wishing Wall

The Chilean design group and the South African ceramicist on their unlikely partnership. >
Africa could be the leapfrog continent, says Sir David Adjaye

The way we’re designing cities is changing. Here’s some advice from a leading architect at the inaugural Design Commons. >
Comms designer Arjun Harrison-Mann on dialogue, design and activism

When the UK cut benefits to disabled people, this RCA graduate found a way to give those affected their own platform. >
#RightsNotGames makes protesting accessible for disabled people

Arjun Harrison-Mann talks ethical design at the Design Indaba Festival 2017. >
This pen detects cancer in seconds

This handheld device detects cancer so that doctors can remove tumors with greater accuracy during surgery. >
The global addressing system, what3words continues to garner international attention

What3words ensures that basic services can reach even the most remote places. >
Isis Schiffer’s EcoHelmet might get even more people interested in bike sharing

The Pratt Institute design graduate spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2017. >
How Isis Schiffer made the foldable bike helmet

The EcoHelmet made international headlines and won numerous awards. >
Sir David Adjaye and Tiffany Chu among the nine speakers at the inaugural Design Commons

The deconstructed conference puts global heavyweights in design at the same table as the audience. >
Should you be putting your website to bed?

Sleep debt facts say yes. >
Furniture designer Stefan Diez on the value of designing process

The renowned German designer does not shy away from age-old materials and techniques. >
Wasted reimagines how we deal with urban trash

Amsterdam-based CITIES Foundation has used plastic as currency for two years. Now they’ve added paper, textiles and glass. >
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has found a novel way to share its vast artwork

US art lovers can text keywords or an emoji and receive matching pictures from the museum's database >
New vertical residences in Eindhoven to be designed by MVRDV

This mosaic-like structure combines urban farming, housing and more in the Eindhoven city centre. >
Living canopy changes its appearance throughout the day

This responsive design merges biology, architecture and maths to form a canopy that responds to light. >
ULTRACONTEMPORARY Exhibition explores political art and its function in society

This collection of “emergency” art pieces is based on the fast pace at which our world changes. >
This music festival has the perfect solve for flat batteries

Students at Australia’s UniSA designed a bespoke solar phone charging stand for the WOMADelaide Festival. >
Add Colour teaches design thinking to South Africa’s youth

A pilot project by Sk8 for Gr8 aims to uplift through creativity in some of South Africa’s historically disadvantaged areas. >
Design Commons is a new kind of bespoke, global, portable conference

The deconstructed conference where design is the tool with which to face the challenges in our cities. >
The way you draw a circle depends on where you’re from

This study analysed 100 000 circles to determine what their creators have in common. >
This futuristic cultural centre is inspired by the sea

Vincent Callebaut Architects’ latest conceptual project draws inspiration from the manta ray to make a floating cultural hub in Seoul. >
15 Southern African artists tell us what it's like to be Young Now

Johannesburg’s Hazard Gallery is hosting a number of prolific, young African artists in their latest exhibition. >
Photographer Imraan Christian teams up with Faith XLVII

South African artists Imraan Christian and Faith XLVII deconstruct a pivotal moment in the country’s 2015 student uprising. >

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