The Design Indaba Conference will be simulcast live to venues in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and, for the first time, Potchefstroom. >
An “eco-poverty-alleviation project” in Cape Town’s Langa township provides nutrition on tap for 45 children by using the sun-facing walls of shacks. >
Design Indaba Conference 2014 will be simulcast live to five different venues around South Africa, in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, PE and Potchefstroom. >
Ayse Birsel and Hiroko Sakomura organised the Shinnyo Lantern Floating for Peace event in New York recently, spreading a message about peace and harmony. >
The tangibility of human presence in a networked society is what Masa Kawamura and his creative lab PARTY explore in their "Not There" exhibition in Tokyo. >
Design strategist Michael Grigoriev believes that collectively we’re more intelligent than any expert and need to draw on this intelligence to tackle problems. >
The use of non-sterile syringes lead to many unnecessary deaths each year. Here's a concept that gives patients the power to know when a syringe is unsafe. >
Taking place from 21 to 31 August 2013, Open Design Cape Town is a multidisciplinary event aimed at making design and design thinking more accessible. >
In a new approach to low-cost lighting for the developing world, Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves have found a way to employ gravity to turn dark into light. >
Looking and tasting like meat, Beyond Meat™ offers plant protein as an authentic meat alternative with the same nutritional value but at a lower cost. >
On Mandela Day 2013 – Madiba's 95th birthday, on 18 July – we paid a visit to the community of Blikkiesdorp, outside Cape Town. Here's what we got up to. >
