2015 Archive

Dror Benshetrit: Crossing the boundaries between design disciplines

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:04 • 26 Oct 15

Designer Dror Benshetrit tells us what drives his New York-based studio’s holistic approach to design. >
Tino Schaedler: Journey from the physical to the virtual

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:45 • 22 Oct 15

With a background in architecture and set design, Tino Schaedler is now taking on the world of virtual reality. >
Ariane Spanier: The evolution of FUKT magazine

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:47 • 21 Oct 15

Design director Ariane Spanier talks digital versus print and the evolution of FUKT magazine. >
Peter Bil'ak: Designing for dance, typefaces and marginalised alphabets

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:09 • 19 Oct 15

Netherlands-based designer, Peter Bil'ak feeds his multi-disciplinary appetite for design by looking beyond the surface of things. >
Julien Vallée: Art in motion (Part 2)

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:01 • 15 Oct 15

The cofounder of animation studio Vallée Duhamel talks us through a surreal personal project about a girl dressed in yellow. >
Julien Vallée: Art in motion (Part 1)

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:58 • 15 Oct 15

Canadian graphic designer and art director Julien Vallée is known for creating lo-fi, humorous animations. >
Simon Esterson: Designing the pages of Eye Magazine

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:40 • 12 Oct 15

We talk to the art director of graphic design quarterly Eye Magazine on keeping the page size the same in the time of great change for print. >
Santiago Cirugeda: The rebel architect on social projects

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:03 • 5 Oct 15

Rebel architect Santiago Cirugeda tells us why he is drawn to public projects and breaking the laws. >
Ackeem Ngwenya: Designing transport infrastructure for rural Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:07 • 1 Oct 15

Ackeem Ngwenya talks about his design Roadless, which looks to solve the problems of transport for rural communities in Africa. >
Dr Imoh Okon’s drug resistance test kit revolutionises cancer treatment

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:43 • 30 Sep 15

Dr Imoh Okon’s tech innovation could be the difference between life and death for cancer sufferers. >
Omar Victor Diop: Reviving African traditions through photography

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:38 • 28 Sep 15

Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop is using his camera to revive traditional West African portraiture, adding his own creative flare. >
Exclusive: Haroon Gunn-Salie on provoking reactions with History After Apartheid

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:05 • 28 Sep 15

Artist Haroon Gunn-Salie addresses racial transformation and social economic justice with disembodied colonial figures. >
Hella Jongerius: Imperfection opens the user's imagination

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:53 • 24 Sep 15

Colour, materials and imperfection are just some of the things that internationally celebrated contemporary product designer Hella Jongerius values. >
Simon Spurr: Digitising the future of heath care in Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:00:00 • 23 Sep 15

Simon Spurr helped create two online health platforms that allow better connection between the patient and the doctor and create secure, digital health records. >
Morten Ydefeldt: Bridging the gap between digital and the physical

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

Industrial designer and maker, Morten Ydefeldt helps us imagine the possibilities of 3D printing design. >
Jo-anne Kowalski rewrites the rules of the textile industry

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:25 • 18 Sep 15

Copenhagen-based textile designer Jo-anne Kowalski is continually learning and unlearning her way around her industry’s technologies. >
Tim Lindsay: Awarding creative excellence in advertising

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:36 • 17 Sep 15

CEO of advertising and design awards show D&AD, Tim Lindsay, explains what he thinks gives agencies that winning edge. >
Zuby Onwuta on ThinkAndZoom, the revolutionary tech wearable

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:19 • 16 Sep 15

Tech innovator Zuby Onwuta has designed a tech wearable that will help the visually impaired perform daily tasks. >
Tia Blassingame: Combating racism through letter press printing

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:55 • 10 Sep 15

Designer and book artist Tia Blassingame uses the printed word to give her thoughts on racism in the United States a form of authority. >
Rich Mnisi: Fashion forward and business savvy

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:36 • 9 Sep 15

Just out of varsity and fashion school, designer Rich Mnisi has already launched his own critically-acclaimed fashion brand. >
Bentley van Wyk: Mastering the art of pottery

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:49 • 7 Sep 15

Ceramic designer Bentley van Wyk masters traditional techniques in his contemporary ceramic designs. >
Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana: Connecting the dots of advertising

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:55 • 3 Sep 15

Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana review the benefits of working in a digital space and the importance of strategy in a campaign. >
Chuck Porter: Do great work, be your own client

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:07 • 2 Sep 15

Advertising executive Chuck Porter speaks of the importance of becoming your own client and creating your own brands. >
Ji Lee: Make, share and connect as often as possible

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:22 • 31 Aug 15

Creative director of Facebook’s Creative Shop believes that the secret to landing your dream job is to have fun with and share personal projects. >

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