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The Hormometer

Design News > Information Design

Innovative at-home hormone testing kit.

28 Mar 25
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OneCourt

Design News > Interaction Design

A haptic device to making live sports more accessible for visually impaired users.

28 Mar 25
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SpellRing

Design News > Information Design

AI powered ring converts American Sign Language into text for smartphones and computers.

28 Mar 25
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Streetfood Furniture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Design studio Jhanyar has introduced a collection of "street food furniture attachments" to elevate the streetfood dining experience.

20 Mar 25
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Empowering Urban Design

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Urban-Think Tank Empower has unveiled their Empower Upgrade model for housing

20 Mar 25
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Next Generation Passport

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Switzerland has unveiled its next-generation passport, a blend of innovative visual design and advanced security.

20 Mar 25
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Disappearing Fashion

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Templa in collaboration with ALLIED Feather + Down design Biodegradable Outerwear

14 Mar 25
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Smiley Socket

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

India Mahdavi and 22 System take a charming approach to redesigning the electrical socket.

14 Mar 25
Smiley Socket

14 Mar 25
Smiley Socket

14 Mar 25

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Featured Series

Our featured series are collections of design stories and videos around particular themes, creative journeys and events.

Design Indaba Festival 2019

Known as the highlight of the creative calendar, Design Indaba's flagship event has evolved into so much more than a conference.
The creative women of Design Indaba Conference 2017 that are doing the most

We’ve rounded up the stellar design presentations of this year that happen to have been put together by women.
Through an African lens

African photographers are using striking imagery to tell the story of their Africa, both experienced and imagined.
AFRICA. NOW. West Africa

For the next instalment of Design Indaba’s Africa.Now. series our journalists investigate design and creativity in Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria and the Ivory Coast.
Our Chats With series lets you interview South Africa's top creatives

Take control of an interview with some of South Africa's top innovators.
Do The Green Thing: Creativity vs Climate Change

Do The Green Thing is an inspiration feed of creative ideas to turn green living from something you ought to do to something that people want to do.

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Watch talks from our design conference

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Andy Chen on an inside-out process to social design

Talks > Product Design

2 Jan 13 / Design Indaba Conference 2012
00:05:36

Brynjar Sigurðarson on the relationship between objects and stories

Talks > Product Design

3 May 18 / Design Indaba Conference 2012
00:29:21

Oscar E Pena's guide to branding

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

19 Oct 09 / Design Indaba Conference 2008
00:34:14

Hans Ulrich Obrist on an expanded notion of curation

Talks > Art & Photography

19 Jul 12 / Design Indaba Conference 2012
00:31:45

Reggie Watts on performance, space, sound and culture

Talks > Music & Sound Design

22 Nov 10 / Design Indaba Conference 2007
00:38:48

Sir John Hegarty on challenging the status quo

Talks > Information Design

25 Dec 13 / Design Indaba Conference 2013

From the Archives

High Tide

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean. >

26 Sep 22
Sitting pretty

Q&A > Craft

The creative director of furniture brand Bōpa Mmuso, Lindiwe Gugushe is a young creative in pursuit of design in all its forms. >

26 Sep 22
Memento Mori

Design News > Art & Photography

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his first glass sculpture exhibition at Venice’s Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore. >

26 Sep 22
On the dot

Design News > Design Activism

Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks. >

26 Sep 22