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Smiley Socket

14 Mar 25
Smiley Socket

14 Mar 25
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Stadium District

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Foster + Partners unveils designs for the Stadium District at Manchester United

14 Mar 25
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Lagos to Stockholm

Design News > African Design

Lagos based Omi Collective has become a breakout star from Stockholm Furniture Fair 2025

7 Mar 25
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In the Light of Recent History

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

A Unique Glass Sculpture by Edyta Barańska at the Supreme Court in Warsaw

7 Mar 25
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Modular Dorms

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

FullStack, Steinberg-Hart and California Polytechnic State University partner to address the student housing crisis in California.

7 Mar 25
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BIG x FREEDOM

Design News > Design Activism

BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) partnered with Lonestar Data Holdings

28 Feb 25
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Butlr

Design News > Design Thinking

Privacy first sensors for smart buildings

28 Feb 25
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Mindful Browsing

Design News > Creative Economy

Opera launches Opera Air, the first browser designed for mindfulness

28 Feb 25
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Life Chariot

Design News > Product Design

An award winning all-terrain MEDEVAC traile

20 Feb 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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The craft of image creation with W&N Studios

Talks > Music & Sound Design

11 Oct 16 / Design Indaba Conference 2016
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Winy Maas on innovating into the future of architecture

Talks > Urban & Landscape Design

5 Jul 17 / Design Indaba Conference 2017
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Tom Hulme on technology as a design tool

Talks > Interaction Design

19 Nov 14 / Design Indaba Conference 2014
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Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding

Talks > Design Thinking

6 Aug 14 / Design Indaba Conference 2014
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Founder of Duolingo at the Design Indaba Conference 2017

Talks > Design Thinking

13 Nov 17 / Design Indaba Conference 2017
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Christophe Guberan on textiles that transform

Talks > Product Design

26 Jul 16 /

From the Archives

Hopeful romantic

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series. >

24 Oct 22
Head above water

Design News > Craft

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October. >

24 Oct 22
Parking off

Design News > Design Thinking

Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet. >

24 Oct 22
Modern classics

Design News > Design Activism

Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection. >

24 Oct 22