July 2014 Archive

John Stezaker: The collage of subtraction

FilmFestFriday • 25 Jul 14

In this interview by Gestalten.tv, British artist John Stezaker talks about the "universal amnesia" created by visual culture and how his art subverts it. >
Take Five

Take Five • 25 Jul 14

African icons old and new abound in this week's top stories, from a graphic collage of Madiba to new designs for bubblegum brand Chappies. >
Hillywood's big week

African Report • 25 Jul 14

In this new series of first-hand reports by our team of correspondents in Africa, Katherine Sullivan writes on the growth of Rwanda's film industry. >
Next Generation: Ruth McNaughton

Next Generation • 25 Jul 14

This young designer uses a 100-year-old loom to create refreshingly modern garments in mohair. >
Orbit coffee table by Stratflex

Product Spotlight • 26 Jul 14

The Stratflex family of furniture grows with the addition of this cleverly designed flat-pack table. >
Building revolution in the city - part 2

Opinion • 26 Jul 14

Architect and urbanist Andrew Makin unravels the chaos that is Mexico city and finds more than a little method in the madness. >
Focus on: Designing for children

Focus On • 27 Jul 14

We round up seven kid-conscious projects. >
Giving back on Mandela Day

Do Tank News • 27 Jul 14

On 18 July Design Indaba joined VPUU and Sikhula Sonke in Monwabisi Park, Khayelitsha for the maiden voyage of a new mobile activity and information hub. >
Lookbook: Marianne Fassler's Resort 2015 collection

Lookbook • 28 Jul 14

South Africa's favourite iconoclastic fashion designer unleashes a riot of colour and pattern at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town. >
Q&A: Studio Formafantasma

Q&A • 28 Jul 14

The Italian duo tell us how it works to design as a unit, their conceptual approach and experimenting with lava as a material. >
Renny Ramakers: A voice for beauty and relevance

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:36 • 28 Jul 14

The veteran of the Dutch design world exhorts her colleagues to find poetic solutions that engage with society's ills. >
Inside View: Content's king

Inside View • 29 Jul 14

Alistair King tells us how the One Rand Man began – and it didn’t start with a brief. >
A helping hand

Design Frontiers • 29 Jul 14

A new smart tool from MIT Media Lab is blurring the lines between handmade and digital technology. But that's not a bad thing. >
Naoto Fukasawa: Design as second nature

Video Interviews • 29 Jul 14

Five minutes with the acclaimed Japanese designer, whose products emerge so seamlessly from their environment that they feel at once familiar and inevitable. >
Casey Neistat: The maverick filmmaker

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:13 • 30 Jul 14

Meet the YouTube sensation who is redefining what it means to be a filmmaker. >
How do you deal with failure?

Hot Topic • 30 Jul 14

Failure is built into the creative process. But how to face it? Nine designers tell us how they do it. >
"Lazy Eys" by Sakawa Boys

Track of the Week • 31 Jul 14

Shiba Mazaza selects a deliciously fluid and fun single by the Sakawa Boys, 'arguably one of the best acts to come out of Cape Town this year'. >
Whisper chandelier by High Thorn

Product Spotlight • 31 Jul 14

High Thorn's latest lighting design is a cascade of leather evoking a laidback sense of luxury. >
Zeitz Museum by Thomas Heatherwick

Festival News • 31 Jul 14

Icon's Christopher Turner writes about Thomas Heatherwick's plans for the first contemporary African art museum on the continent unveiled at Design Indaba 2014. >
Meet the curators of Design Indaba Expo 2015

Festival News • 31 Jul 14

Design Indaba Expo 2015 will be curated by an exciting mix of South African creatives, thought-leaders and industry experts. >
Joy McKinney: Studies in awkwardness

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:12 • 31 Jul 14

This photographer puts herself in awkward social positions to challenge the socially accepted boundaries between people. >

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