Product Design | Design Indaba

An easy low-cost way to deliver medicine in rural areas

Next Generation > Design Activism / Industrial Design / Product Design

Industrial design student Gwen Gage wants to make medication delivery more accessible in under-developed regions. >

3 Jan 19
Five killer Design Indaba Conference talks you should watch

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

From graphic designer Natasha Jen to architect Francis Kéré, here are our top 5 Design Indaba Conference talks. >

20 Dec 18
Oliber helps people with partial or total atrophy of the hands

Next Generation > Design Activism / Product Design

Chilean design graduate Bárbara López designed a low-cost tool to give new hands to those in need. >

14 Dec 18
Design Indaba 2019: Where business and design meet

Design News > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design / Product Design

The next Design Indaba Conference is set to tackle various topics across business and design. >

13 Dec 18
Converting historical sites into modern architecture with John Pawson

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Product Design

Set to speak at Design Indaba 2019, architect and interior designer, John Pawson is known for his minimalist approach. >

29 Nov 18
Christine Goosen

Furniture and homeware designer >

29 Nov 18
Lesego Maloka

Industrial and product designer. >

29 Nov 18
Kara Schoeman

Furniture and homeware designer. >

29 Nov 18
Rolecia Janse van Rensburg

The interior and product designer sees things on the quirkier side of life. >

29 Nov 18
Simphiwe Mlambo

Interior designer. >

29 Nov 18
Minenhle Zazi Cira

Durban-based industrial designer. >

29 Nov 18
Meet the design graduate who created her own coffin

Next Generation > Design Activism / Product Design

Confronted with the mortality of not only her body but the world, Shaina Garfield found healing in the subject of death. >

26 Nov 18
A non-invasive tool for spinal correction

Design News > Product Design

Correcting a spinal deformity early is key to avoiding a more severe form of scoliosis in adulthood . >

8 Nov 18
Low-cost medical device detects pneumonia quickly and effectively

Design News > Product Design

This device, called Kulinda, could counteract the devastating effects of pneumonia in developing countries. >

5 Nov 18
Filtration system gives you clean water wherever you are

Design News > Product Design

Over 800 million people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water, but this new filtration system could solve that. >

2 Nov 18
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzales wants to make packaging disappear

Design Frontiers > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Product Design

The Design Indaba 2019 speaker is the co-founder of Skipping Rocks Lab – the company behind the biodegradable water-filled bead to replace plastic bottles. >

25 Oct 18
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez

Inventor, designer, architect and engineer. >

24 Oct 18
Night Loo offers refugee women a safer toilet option

Design News > Product Design

Going to the toilet becomes a serious problem for refugee women when they face attack on their way to the bathroom. >

24 Oct 18
Tik-Tik helps make freedom of movement easier for the visually impaired

Design News > Product Design

The blind designer Simon Dogger who spoke at this year's Design Indaba tells us about his latest project. >

23 Oct 18
Low-cost artificial leg for amputees in developing countries

Design News > Product Design

A prosthetic leg made from recycled plastic is about to change the lives of amputees in developing countries. >

16 Oct 18
Indian artist of artefacts Sneha Suresh uses visual communication to transcend text

Design News > Product Design

The visual artist and printmaker will be exhibiting at the first ever antenna exhibition. Here's what she had to say about her work. >

13 Oct 18
A menstrual toolkit developed for refugee women

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

This toolkit caters to every aspect of the menstrual cycle and it's reusable. >

13 Oct 18
Three ways designers are preparing for disaster

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Product Design

These innovations are not only responsive but empathetic, taking a human-centred approach to solutions-based design. >

12 Oct 18
Tech innovations that make dealing with mental illness a little bit easier

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

We take a look at the interesting ways design can assist with some of the symptoms associated with mental illness. >

11 Oct 18

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