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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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Akshat Verma on breaking rules and expectations when writing for the screen

Talks > Film & Animation

12 Oct 12 / Design Indaba Conference 2012
00:33:08

Landscape architect Peter Veenstra on the importance of bringing nature into our cities

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

17 Aug 18 / Design Indaba Conference 2018
00:18:42

Blinky Bill brings African musical expression to the Design Indaba stage

Talks > Music & Sound Design

23 Aug 17 / Design Indaba Conference 2017
00:28:08

Handspring Puppet Company: Engineers of emotions

Talks > Interaction Design

3 Mar 11 / Design Indaba Conference 2010
00:48:07

Alejandro Aravena's low-cost housing solutions

Talks > Design Activism

2 Sep 11 / Design Indaba Conference 2010
00:30:44

Daan Roosegaarde on creating techno poetry

Talks > Interaction Design

30 Aug 13 / Design Indaba Conference 2013

From the Archives

Tapping in

Design News > Design Activism

Austrian industrial design company Salz tackles water heating in emerging markets with a solar water heater. >

3 Oct 22
A woven story

Q&A > African Design

2022 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Leila Walter used a life-changing experience in India as inspiration for her own weaving studio. >

3 Oct 22
On the seashore

Design News > Design Thinking

A collaborative design from Barcode Architects and the Bjarke Ingels Group, the Sluishuis residential building slants over the water in Amsterdam. >

3 Oct 22
London Calling

Design News > Design Thinking

The 20th edition of the London Design Festival took place across 12 design districts in the city. >

3 Oct 22