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Selly Raby Kane on creating sci-fi fashion in Senegal
“I want people to dive into a universe, I want them to dive into a story and I want them to feel like they’re in a timeless space.” .field-name-field-video { width: 100%; } In this interview with...
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The value of place and heritage with Yassine Morabite
We caught up with the quirkily styled Moroccan artist to talk about his ever evolving career.Posted 30 Jan 18By Lindsay SamsonAfrican Design• Art & Photography• Fashion & Jewellery...
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Cairo’s underground youth & the gender divide in this growing subculture
“I think although people are trying to break through some norms and cultural rules, gender remains something that they still can’t break.” Selim El Sadek’s directorial debut is unlike I’ve ever seen...
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Tanzania-based designer Anne Kiwia on upcycling to create high fashion...
“We have enough clothes. The world is full of it. We need to start protecting our environment and stop being needless consumers.”Posted 31 Jan 18By Lindsay SamsonAfrican Design• Fashion & Jewellery...
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Nadir Bouhmouch is filming the longest protest in Morocco’s history
“The first victims of climate change, of the environmental injustice are poor people.” Posted 31 Jan 18By Jamie MatroosAfrican Design• Film & AnimationCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsSitting on...
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Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | January 2018
We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look!Posted 31 Jan 18By Emile UysCraft• Graphic Design &...
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Meet the Global Graduates presenting at Design Indaba Conference 2018
These young graduates were selected from some of the world's top design schools.Posted 31 Jan 18By Design IndabaCreative Economy• Design Activism• Design ThinkingCreative Work / Next GenerationDesign...
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Design Indaba creates a mini-festival at LISOF in Joburg
Gautengers are set to experience the world's leading creative currency with the Design Indaba Johannesburg Simulcast 2018.Posted 31 Jan 18By Design IndabaAfrican Design• Fashion & Jewellery Design•...
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Edel Rodriguez
Art director, activist, illustrator. Edel Rodriguez is a Cuban American artist who has exhibited internationally with shows in Los Angeles, Toronto, New York, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Spain. Inspired...
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Designer Thebe Magugu explores escapism in his latest collection
"I started to imagine a woman taking to the great outdoors, to escape the burdens and noise of urban living."Posted 1 Feb 18By Design IndabaAfrican Design• Fashion & Jewellery DesignCreative Work /...
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Memory Shop gives a new twist to fine dining
The exhibition and dining experience is collaboration between fashion designers, graphic designers, interior designers and ceramicists.Posted 1 Feb 18By Neo MaditlaDesign Thinking• Food DesignCreative...
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Prolific set designer Es Devlin joins the Design Indaba 2018 line-up
There’s an unmatched psychological depth to her work that has seen her skyrocket to the forefront of her industry. Posted 2 Feb 18By Design IndabaInteraction Design• Music & Sound DesignCreative...
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Edel Rodriguez on how South African protest art influenced his work
America’s Illustrator-in-chief will not only be speaking at Design Indaba Conference this month but exhibiting some of his famous work.Posted 2 Feb 18By Lindsay SamsonArt & Photography• Graphic...
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Martha Cotton
Design Researcher.Martha leads design research for Fjord North America, and has over twenty years consulting experience, working as an applied ethnographer across multiple industries and collaborating...
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Tom Dixon
Dixon rose to prominence in the mid-1980's as “the talented untrained designer with a line in welded salvage furniture".Born in Tunisia, Tom Dixon moved to England in 1963. He dropped out of the...
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Self-taught Icelandic painter on expressing a new alphabet using colours
Katrin Fridriks’ work will be featured as part of Pascal Janssen's gallery offering at the Cape Town Art Fair this month.Posted 8 Feb 18By Neo MaditlaArt & Photography• Craft• Creative...
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The Urchins is taking the craft of crochet to a new level
Where biomimicry, cultural weaving and lots of polyester strands meet.Posted 8 Feb 18By Emile UysArchitecture & Interiors• CraftCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsThe Urchins are a unique...
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Niger-based architect Mariam Kamara to be mentored by Sir David Adjaye
The two architects will work together for two years as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.Posted 8 Feb 18By Emile UysAfrican Design• Architecture & InteriorsCreative Work / Design...
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The Paper Water Bottle sits at the intersection of branding and sustainable...
Another product you could be using instead of plastic. Check out The Paper Water Bottle. Posted 8 Feb 18By Jamie MatroosDesign Activism• Product DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsIt’s no secret...
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We delve into the good, the bad and the ugly of saltwater desalination
Is reverse osmosis the best answer for Cape Town’s water scarcity crisis?Posted 9 Feb 18By Emile UysDesign Thinking• Urban & Landscape DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsRight now, the city...
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