Empowering the next generation of design-led innovators through real-world, human-centred learning.The Hasso Plattner ...

The 2019 Open Design Afrika (ODA) Festival will be held at venues across Cape Town - with Castle of Good Hope as the main hub - from 18 to 27 October. Kevin Kimwelle of Indalo World at work. This ...

While the Open Design Afrika Virtual Festival will be livestreamed from the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, access for a global and local audience will be entirely virtual. In addition to adhering to ...

For over two decades, designer and owner of Design Afrika Binky Newman has been working with weavers across the continent to bring African basketry to a global audience. Constantly on the lookout ...

A group of 25 people joined a Culture Connect tour of Bo-Kaap to explore and learn about local history as part of Open Design Afrika’s festival. Tour organiser, Kate Crane Briggs said participants ...

Design Afrika The creative direction is headed up by Binky Newman , who often travels to remote areas in Africa, in the hope of finding new weavers with rare skills.