Weird Type AR app lets you draw with words in mid-air
Developer Zach Lieberman and artist Molmol Kuo have launched an app that lets users create typography and graphics in their surroundings by using augmented reality technology.
Pentagram’s Natasha Jen: “Design is not a monster you 'unleash' to fix the world”
Speaking at this year’s Design Indaba, Pentagram partner Natasha Jen makes her feelings on business buzzwords, simplistic flow diagrams and sticky note brainstorm sessions very clear, insisting that the concept
Designing an ever-changing visual identity for BBC Creative
Discussed at this year’s Design Indaba, Spin Studio has given the BBC’s in-house creative team its own branding, which is a playful take on the existing BBC logo.
Tom Dixon: ”I never planned to be a designer – I just liked fixing things”
Tom Dixon, founder at his self-named furniture design studio, has made a brand for himself selling everything from lighting to chairs and stationery. Speaking with Design Week at Design Indaba,
Thomas Heatherwick on designing Africa’s first major contemporary art museum
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) has recently opened in Cape Town, South Africa. Speaking at this year’s Design Indaba, Thomas Heatherwick runs through how his studio designed
Diabetic kids learn how to inject themselves with “fun, intuitive” insulin kit
Discussed at this year’s Design Indaba, product designer Renata Souza has created a prototype colourful insulin pen and illustrated tattoo kit, which aims to teach children with type one diabetes
The Kenyan start-up improving education for children in Africa
Discussed at this year’s Design Indaba conference, Brck is a Kenya-based start-up that gives school kids in rural areas access to the internet and new learning materials. We speak to
Street Debater: a design project encouraging people to talk to the homeless
Discussed at this year’s Design Indaba, Netherlands-based design graduate Tomo Kihara has created a product that aims to spark conversation between homeless people and passers-by.
5 talks to catch at Design Indaba 2018
South Africa’s annual design conference returns to Cape Town this month. Here are some of the most interesting speakers to check out during the event, including stage designer Es Devlin
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