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Art

Future tech | Rhizomatiks fuses maths and movement to create alternate realities

February 5, 2020

The rockstars at Rhizomatiks are already big in Japan – now they’re bringing their experimental collaborations to the stage at Design Indaba’s jubilee conference, from [...]

Natsai Audrey Chieza is pioneering new models for design and technology that are driven by ecological thinking The biodesigner will be speaking at Design Indaba 2020.

February 5, 2020

Textile dying in the fashion industry is one of the biggest causes of pollution. This is something that Zimbabwean-born bio-designer and researcher Natsai Audrey Chieza is [...]

Ghana’s wunderkind Ibrahim Mahama to share his monumental artworks at Design Indaba 2020

February 5, 2020

Design Indaba’s reputation for attracting illustrious speakers from around the world has seen it grow over its 25 years of existence into one of the foremost creative [...]

Chanting biography | Nhlanhla Mahlangu’s rich theatricality comes to #DI2020

February 5, 2020

Known both locally and internationally for his richly choreographed theatrical productions and his work with South African artist William Kentridge, Nhlanhla Mahlangu is the [...]

Practical magic | Paul Cocksedge’s joyful, people-centred counterpoint to tech alienation

February 5, 2020

London-based Paul Cocksedge has worked on projects as diverse as a flower-powered light, a canopy for the world’s largest botanical gardens, and furniture that fuses [...]

Inventing is giving| Manu Prakash champions frugal science for low-resource communities

February 5, 2020

MacArthur Fellow Manu Prakash is no regular scientist. The physical biologist, who holds a BTech in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology [...]

Bold type| Patrick Thomas’s revolutionary artworks reflect the zeitgeist

February 4, 2020

British-born graphic artist Patrick Thomas has his finger on the pulse of socio-political movements. His handy Protest Stencil Toolkit helps the ‘woke’ generation create [...]

Sunny Dolat is opening up the space for a more nuanced discussion on African fashion

February 4, 2020

The creative director and cultural producer will be speaking at Design Indaba 2020. In fashion, whenever people use the terms “African fashion” they are normally only [...]

Ghana’s wunderkind Ibrahim Mahama to share his monumental artworks at Design Indaba 2020

February 4, 2020

Design Indaba’s reputation for attracting illustrious speakers from around the world has seen it grow over its 25 years of existence into one of the foremost creative [...]

Engineering the future| Hanif Kara structures a better world

February 3, 2020

It’s difficult to believe that Hanif Kara almost gave up on engineering when the United Kingdom was hit by a recession in 1996. The now celebrated structural engineer, [...]

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