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Ekene Ijeoma deconstructs the US national anthem as a comment on mass...
In Deconstructed Anthems, he built a software that removes notes from the US national anthem at the same rate Americans have been imprisoned.Posted 16 Apr 18By Neo MaditlaDesign Activism• Interaction...
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What will advertising look like 100 years from now?
We chat with American marketing behemoth R/GA’s Vice Chairman about carving success in this ever-changing industry. Posted 16 Apr 18By Emile UysCreative EconomyPoint of View / Inside ViewCommentsIn...
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On Wikipedia and the one thing that’s eluded it: diversity
Its goal is to make accessible the sum of all human knowledge. Here’s how the online encyclopedia plans to achieve it. Posted 17 Apr 18By Jamie MatroosAfrican DesignCreative Work / Design...
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Meet the young designer making bold swimwear inspired by the shweshwe cloth
Mapitso Thaisi, who was part of this year's Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme, chats to us about her brand.Posted 17 Apr 18By Taahirah MartinAfrican Design• Fashion & Jewellery...
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Jomo Tariku on changing perceptions around what constitutes modern furniture
“The modern furniture industry treats African furniture as something of a novelty,” says the Ethiopian-American furniture designer.Posted 17 Apr 18By Neo MaditlaAfrican Design• Craft• Creative...
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Vukuzenzele is a digital puzzle game helping to redesign informal settlements
The game uses the concept of re-blocking to reimagine the layout of an informal settlement in order to create better access to basic services. Posted 17 Apr 18By Bongani ShweniAfrican Design•...
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Copenhagenize Design Co. is making moves to see more bicycles in urban areas
“The bicycle is the most powerful tool in our urban toolboxes to fix our cities.”Posted 17 Apr 18By Lindsay SamsonDesign Activism• Urban & Landscape DesignCreative Work / Design...
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This Solar Grill makes cooking easier in areas with no electricity
The cooker stores solar energy for cooking at any time of the day.Posted 18 Apr 18By Kate WalkerProduct DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsInformal settlements in developing countries have to...
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Iwo Borkowicz on finding housing solutions that serve both tourists and locals
The young architect who was a Global Graduate at Design Indaba 2018 talks about his upcoming project in Tanzania.Posted 18 Apr 18By Neo MaditlaArchitecture & Interiors• Design Activism• Urban &...
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How this young photographer is creating a career while helping to correct...
Images help us to not only interpret the world around us but also challenge deep-rooted and sometimes harmful conventions. Posted 18 Apr 18By Design IndabaArt & PhotographyCreative Work / Design...
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Robotic traffic officers direct cars on Kinshasa’s roads
Solar-powered robotic traffic cops have been “hired” to regulate the disorderly traffic in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Posted 18 Apr 18By Khumo SebamboAfrican Design•...
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How Angelika Nyboe Andersen moved from fashion to building some of Zambia's...
“Fashion has sort of given me a good foundation for construction. It has surprisingly all come together.” Posted 19 Apr 18By Staff WriterAfrican Design• Architecture & InteriorsCreative Work /...
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Could building with wood be the answer to high-density cities and the housing...
Timber Rising predicts a future in which wood will supersede concrete and steel.Posted 19 Apr 18By Emile UysArchitecture & InteriorsCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsTimber, one of the oldest...
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How this Cape Town publication is disrupting the way we write about food
“To us, the story of a street food vendor running a successful hole-in-the-wall shop is just as valid as a story about a celebrated chef."Posted 19 Apr 18By Lindsay SamsonFood DesignCreative Work /...
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Innovative bike hack provides zero electricity machinery in Guatemala
Maya Pedal transforms old bicycles into an array of devices powered by pedalling.Posted 19 Apr 18By Design IndabaProduct DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsBicimaquinas are bicycle-powered...
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This monument combines history, art and architecture
The architects worked in collaboration with photographer Edward Burtynsky, Holocaust scholar Doris Bergen and landscape architect Claude Comier.Posted 19 Apr 18By Taahirah MartinArchitecture &...
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6 designers who use waste as inspiration for new products
From upcycling found objects into furniture, to jewellery made of e-waste and more.Posted 20 Apr 18By Taahirah MartinAfrican Design• Architecture & Interiors• Art & PhotographyCreative Work /...
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Lyra Aoko uses the colour red as part of a photographic exploration of womanhood
The Nairobi-based artist talks inspiration, collaboration and changing narratives around the continent is portrayed.Posted 20 Apr 18By Lindsay SamsonArt & PhotographyCreative Work / Design...
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Sunu Gonera on working in Hollywood and why afrofuturism is not a new trend
“I think people are just trying to define what’s already happening on the ground.” Posted 20 Apr 18By Jamie MatroosAfrican DesignCreative Work / Design NewsDesign Indaba Conference 2018CommentsSunu...
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Amigo Doume is teaching troubled teenagers in Abidjan artisanal skills
Amigo Doume in Abidjan, Ivory Coast gives troubled teenagers – often ignored by support systems that focus on younger kids – the tools to earn a living. Posted 21 Apr 18By Katie de KleeAfrican Design•...
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