2011 Archive

  • 20Q: Charlie Todd
    Q&A • 30 Mar 11
    He makes others laugh by causing scenes of joys and chaos in public places. Find out here what makes Charlie Todd laugh and other titbits. >
  • 20Q: Karin Fong
    Q&A • 5 Apr 11
    She creates cinematic masterpieces but Karin Fong still dreams of doing a children's book and laughs at The Simpsons. >
  • Visible change at DI2011
    Video Interviews • 5 Apr 11
    Speakers at the 2011 Design Indaba Conference share their thoughts on creativity, a better world, design thinking and more. >
  • Products as poetry at DI2011
    Video Interviews • 11 Apr 11
    Product designers at Design Indaba Conference 2011 share their thoughts on purpose and creativity. >
  • 20Q: Ben Fry
    Q&A • 12 Apr 11
    Making people curious is what creative success is about. Find out 19 other interesting things about Ben Fry. >
  • 20Q: Jen Bilik
    Q&A • 19 Apr 11
    She awed the audience at Design Indaba Conference. Find out what makes Jen Bilik laugh, who she'd like to lunch with and more. >
  • Talking Textiles with Li Edelkoort at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 21 Apr 11
    Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort talks about the future of textiles at the 2011 Milan Furniture Fair. >
  • Dip in Space by Matali Crasset at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 21 Apr 11
    Matali Crasset talks about her Dip in Space project with HEAD Geneva students at the Milan Furniture Fair. >
  • M-Collection at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 28 Apr 11
    Design duo Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe talk about their design process and designing modular furniture systems. >
  • Tord Boontje at the RCA Exhibition at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 28 Apr 11
    Tord Boontje talks about a renewed interest in handmade designs and craft and the gap between great design and commercial reality. >
  • Ineke Hans at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 4 May 11
    Innovation, clarity, comfort and understandability is what design is about for Ineke Hans. >
  • BarberOsgerby at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 4 May 11
    For BarberOsgerby it's important that their designs are simple yet effective and that design pieces are accessible to everybody. >
  • Front at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 10 May 11
    Design collective Front talk about redefining the relationship between industrial production and craft. >
  • Alberto Alessi at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 10 May 11
    Design is a new form of art and poetry, says Alberto Alessi. >
  • 20Q: Daniel Ting Chong
    Q&A • 11 May 11
    Cape Town creative Daniel Ting-Chong is excited about the local design industry and would fancy having lunch with Megatron. Yes. Really. >
  • Droog at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 11 May 11
    Renny Ramakers is committed to seeing how design can move in a different direction with more focus on models and concepts. >
  • 20Q: Ian Kelynack
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Ian Kelynack of Isle of Trees made his Design Indaba Expo debut this year. His sustainable work won him the Most Creative Stand Award. >
  • 20Q: Aram Lello
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Italian architect and designer Aram Lello won the Western Cape Furniture Design Competition at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo. >
  • 20Q: Katie Thompson
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Using discarded junk, each item of Katie Thompson's Recreate range of furniture, lighting and interiors is infused with character. >
  • 20Q: John Edwards
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Architect by day, designer by night. John Edwards is currently working on a new modular furniture range for small spaces. >
  • 20Q: Pedersen + Lennard
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    James Lennard and Luke Pedersen use a combination of handmade and machine-made techniqies to make functional and beautiful designs. >
  • Maarten Baas + Christien Meindertsma
    Dialogues • 15 May 11
    Maarten Baas and Christien Meindertsma have known each other since their Design Academy Eindhoven student days. >
  • 20Q: Thingking
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Marc Nicolson and Lyall Sprong of Thingking would like to contribute towards ideas and objects that have a meaningful impact on people. >
  • 20Q: Danielle Ehrlich
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    LIV is Danielle Ehrlich's design company. She is passionate about design that is environmentally, culturally and socially sensitive. >

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