2015 Archive

Blowing up walls for the sake of art

Q&A • 8 Jun 15

Portuguese graffiti artist Alexandre Farto hammers his point home quite literally – with a drill, hammer and chisel. That’s when he’s not using explosives. >
Inspired Luxe launches online global marketplace

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:28 • 10 Jun 15

Entrepreneur Denise Bradley-Tyson presents handcrafted luxury curated from a global array of master artists, beginning with those from South Africa. >
The Nest: A DIY approach to storytelling

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:08 • 12 Jun 15

Kenyan arts collective The Nest makes impressive use of limited resources – from running a radio station out of their bathroom to making an award-winning film. >
Margo Selby's pageantry of pattern

Q&A • 16 Jun 15

Kent-based textile designer Margo Selby weaves her magic using age-old threading techniques. >
Michael Murphy: Training African architects is one of the most important needs of our time

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:05 • 17 Jun 15

Architecture can help bring about wholesale change in Africa, one building at a time, says the founder of MASS Design Group, Michael Murphy. >
Roy Choi: The food truck revolution that spread like wildfire

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:50 • 19 Jun 15

The LA food truck kickstarted a global movement thanks to Twitter, says Roy Choi. >
Juliana Rotich: Harnessing Africa’s potential with technology

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:00 • 23 Jun 15

Kenyan technologist Juliana Rotich lays out the tangible ways that governments can harness technology’s power to deliver services efficiently. >
Darb 1718: A place of exchange for Egypt’s artists

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:04 • 25 Jun 15

Reem Hatem fills us in on Darb 1718, the Cairo centre that is fostering the North African country’s art scene. >
Martijn Engelbregt: Breaking society out of its rut

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:31 • 26 Jun 15

Meet the ringmaster of Circus Engelbregt who oversees the delicate act of subverting social norms using design. >
To be a South African storyteller, here and now

Profiling • 29 Jun 15

In the third episode of the Future Lab Africa podcast series, Jepchumba speaks to up-and-coming filmmaker Lebogang Rasethaba about his storytelling aesthetic. >
Breaking down social barriers with a game of ping pong

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:08 • 30 Jun 15

Danish photojournalist Anders Find’s novel approach to bringing people together in public space. >
Michael Johnson: The future is social branding

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:03 • 2 Jul 15

The founder of brand identity firm Johnson Banks unpacks the growth of social branding in a competitive corporate world. >
Carla Kreuser: An illustrator goes back to the drawing board

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:54 • 2 Jul 15

Going back to school was one of the best decisions I’ve made, says Carla Kreuser. >
ByALEX: purity by design

Q&A • 3 Jul 15

Purist functionality and a pared-down aesthetic are key ingredients in Alex Swain’s decisively simple product designs. >
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: The dream of better

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:56 • 6 Jul 15

By applying design thinking to emerging technologies Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg imagines a better future for us all. >
Stefano Giovannoni: The heyday of designers working with manufacturers is over

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:11 • 7 Jul 15

The Italian industrial designer advises young designers to think like entrepreneurs and work at creating their own signature brand identities. >
Margrethe Odgaard: Design that engages with society

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:32 • 10 Jul 15

Textile designer Margrethe Odgaard says success can be measured in how much a design project touches your heart. >
Petter Thörne: A magical experience of materials

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:44 • 13 Jul 15

Copenhagen-based designer explores his fascination with materiality in his contemporary product and furniture designs. >
Paper Planes: A merry band of illustrators

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:53 • 15 Jul 15

We interview the two creative entrepreneurs who founded Alexander’s Band, a South African collective of illustrators. >
Robbie Brozin: Nando’s is serving up local

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:06 • 16 Jul 15

The world's biggest collection of African art outside Africa is owned by fast-food chain Nando’s, who are now investing in South African design. >
Mema Designs: Design should inspire

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:43 • 20 Jul 15

The co-founders of mema designs believe that a thoughtful design process is behind every design that inspires. >
Ross Symons: The art of origami (Part 1)

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:21 • 22 Jul 15

Ross Symons quit his job in the advertising industry and became an (almost accidental) origami artist. >
Ross Symons: The art of origami (Part 2)

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:15 • 23 Jul 15

In the second part of this exclusive video interview, origami artist Ross Symons talks about breaking out alone and folding for the big brands. >
Yodit Eklund: Bantu, a surf brand for Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:29 • 27 Jul 15

Bantu Wax, founded by Yodit Eklund, is an African surf brand that breaks the clichés of blonde, blue-eyed surf babes with images from Africa's own surf culture. >

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