Design Activism | Design Indaba

Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Bicycles clean the air as you ride

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

The next phase of Smog Free Project China is almost here. >

14 Jul 17
A golden way to draw attention to an overlooked piece of female anatomy

Design News > Craft / Design Activism

Alli Sebastian Wolf hopes that her work will spur more conversations about the fascinating magic and underappreciated aspects of the clitoris. >

14 Jul 17
Jabu Newman and The Foxy Five on representation and visibility

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Film & Animation

The team behind the explosive web series talk about the importance of female-led filmmaking. >

7 Jul 17
Swiss-born Rafael Kouto wants to dewesternise fashion

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

"The next big thing in fashion is open source and engagement of the consumer in the creative process." >

4 Jul 17
This music festival has the perfect solve for flat batteries

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Students at Australia’s UniSA designed a bespoke solar phone charging stand for the WOMADelaide Festival. >

3 Jul 17
Artist Ai Weiwei turns salvaged refugee lifejackets into a large-scale installation

Design News > Design Activism

The artist and activist collected about 3 500 life jackets to highlight the disturbing conditions refugees are subjected to >

30 Jun 17
Add Colour teaches design thinking to South Africa’s youth

Design News > Design Activism

A pilot project by Sk8 for Gr8 aims to uplift through creativity in some of South Africa’s historically disadvantaged areas. >

28 Jun 17
Bare Technology uses E-waste to make accessible computers for the elderly

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

The award-winning product was designed by two students with no design background >

26 Jun 17
Students create furniture for people living with Alzheimer’s

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

The collection, Design for the Mind, was created with help from medical and social experts. >

22 Jun 17
Reimagining public spaces in Monwabisi Park

Design News > Design Activism

The Reclaiming the Night project is about getting residents involved in creating their own solutions >

19 Jun 17
Is this the world’s cheapest solar lamp?

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

UK firm designs cheap solar lamp for clean, reliable lighting. >

16 Jun 17
An art invention to encourage more silence in our cities

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

The Silent Room invites people to come in, for up to 30 minutes and “not perform or achieve anything, but just to be”. >

13 Jun 17
Photographer Imraan Christian teams up with Faith XLVII

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

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

12 Jun 17
Make Care products give teens with butterfly skin back their independence

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

The project won Best of the Best at the Chile Design, 2017 Design Biennial. >

8 Jun 17
Is wearing jeans bad for the environment?

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

According to researchers, the answer is a bit more complicated than that >

5 Jun 17
A photographer is building a photographic ark of animals before they go extinct

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore's project The Photo Ark currently holds photos of over 6500 distinct animal species. >

5 Jun 17
This Migrant Business

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Film & Animation

This short film by Kenyan artist and animator Ng'endo Mukii looks at the movement of African people to Europe from the point of view of a human trafficker. >

23 May 17
3 Ways to hack discrimination in the US

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Hacking Discrimination aimed to find technology-based solutions to address discrimination. >

17 May 17
Meet the Fadiouth community of Senegal

Design News > Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

This book illustrates valuable solutions in infographic form for this small West African town. >

17 May 17
The Shelter Box by Milano in Azione

Design News > Design Activism

A multifunctional design made to alleviate the harshness of living on the street. >

15 May 17
This one-of-a-kind diving experience is mobilising people to consider marine health

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

An art installation to save the Virgin Islands’ coral reef populations. >

12 May 17
Insects: An answer to global hunger?

Design News > Design Activism / Food Design

Could insect farming solve malnutrition problems in developing countries. >

11 May 17
Call it what you want, says Olafur Eliasson, good design is about the consequences

Video Interviews > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Over the coming months we’ll be dropping some footage of the creatives who lit up Design Indaba 2017. >

10 May 17
From battleground to playground

Design News > Design Activism / Interaction Design

Co-designed playgrounds help refugee children heal and gain a sense of ownership. >

10 May 17

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