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Grow edible algae in your home

Design Frontiers • 9 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The Coral is an indoor micro-algae farm designed to welcome algae into our everyday lives. >
This lightweight, flexible shoe is made from ‘algae foam’

Design Frontiers • 8 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

VIVOBAREFOOT and Bloom team up on the world’s first shoe made with the material. >
Gourmet Grubb makes the world’s first insect-derived dairy alternative

Design News • 8 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

Leah Bessa takes us behind the scenes at her new pop-up restaurant in Woodstock, The Insect Experience by Gourmet Grubb. >
How floating homes will help people in flood-prone countries

Design Frontiers • 8 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

Dream Homes is a project by Dundee University in which they co-designed with local Bangladeshis to create resilient floating homes. >
Max-Gordon Stoffberg on community empowerment and creativity

Next Generation • 5 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

“I have a willingness to reach out to the marginalised in society. I believe everyone has equal potential power and everyone has unique gifts & talents.” >
Colourful totems in Poland carry strong message about climate change

Design Frontiers • 5 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

Totemy by Alicja Biała and former Design Indaba speaker, Iwo Borkowicz, symbolises the relationship between people and the forces of nature. >
Chad Hanning on the importance of street art

Next Generation • 4 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

“I believe in how powerful street art is and use it to give a place life or a feeling.” >
Ndumiso Nyoni uses striking geometric illustrations to celebrate women

Design News • 4 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The graphic designer and illustrator talks to us about the inspiration behind the African Sisters project. >
Thaakierah Abdul is using graphic design to push for Cape Malay recognition

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:02:09 • 3 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The 2018 Design Indaba Emerging Creative draws inspiration from her family and people in the streets like informal traders. >
Photographer Cole Ndelu explores the dissonance of masculine femininity

Design News • 2 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

“Seeing masculinity and femininity outside of the norm must become the norm.” >
Six designers tackle sustainability from food, waste and even death

Design Frontiers • 2 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

These Design Indaba 2019 speakers are working to design more sustainable methods and products. >
This museum preserves Brazil's cultural and craft memory

Design Frontiers • 1 Jul 19 • Sponsored Content

The A CASA Museum of the Brazilian Object has dedicated 21 years to preserving the rich cultural history of the Brazilian people. >
Call for applications: Summer programme 2019

Design Frontiers • 27 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

The University of the Underground and the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College invite you to apply for POST-NATION STATES, Summer School 19 in NYC. >
Crystal Birch invites us into her hat wonderland

Design News • 27 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

The hat designer, stylist and milliner takes us behind the scenes of how she comes up with her playful designs. >
Durban students initiate a space to foster more campus interaction

Design News • 25 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

The Level Six project is the first student-led project guided by professionals to come out of Durban University of Technology. >
Using empathic design to save the lives of pregnant women

Design Frontiers • 24 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

How Caroline Smeenk and Dahabo Adi Galgallo are saving the lives of mothers and their unborn children, on opposite sides of the world. >
Students explore death through a video game and our fascination with fake goods

Design Frontiers • 20 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

We spotlight the work of two graduates from the University of the Underground which was started by Dr Nelly Ben-Hayoun. >
Are you the future of South Africa’s design industry?

Festival News • 20 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

The hunt for South Africa’s hottest young emerging creatives has begun. Apply now! >
Meet Hayden Williams, the fashion illustrator to Hollywood stars

Design News • 20 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

The 27-year-old talks to us about how he harnessed his 1,2 million Instagram followers to build a global brand. >
Creating art out of scrap engine parts

Next Generation • 20 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

Kara Schoeman creates intricate art bowls out of recycled metals. >
How these Ghanaian developers are creating awareness around e-waste

Next Generation • 19 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

Ghanaian game developers, Enter Africa, are creating a game that focuses on the issues of safety and sanitation surrounding e-waste dumps. >
Applications for African Crossroads 2019 are now open!

Design Frontiers • 19 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

Hivos is looking for content proposals from artists, entrepreneurs, chefs, designers, researchers, to imagine the future of African cities. >
Nigerian sculptor makes life-sized art using spoons

Next Generation • 19 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

Abinoro Akporode Collins says he was first challenged by his art lecturer to try unconventional materials for his sculptures. >
Mzukisi Mbane’s imprint on African fashion

Design News • 18 Jun 19 • Sponsored Content

The Design Indaba Emerging Creative on building a global brand that pays homage to his identity and celebrates femininity. >

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