2015 Archive

The big reveal: Design Indaba 2015 Emerging Creatives

Festival News • 12 Jan 15

Forty young designers, five days of pure inspiration and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. >
The next crop of South African creatives

Lookbook • 12 Jan 15

Forty up-and-coming design stars, selected for Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives programme, who will make their mark in 2015. >
Teshia Treuhaft on how a dancer helped her be a better designer

Talks • Duration: 00:07:44 • 13 Jan 15

This graduate of Rhode Island School of Design designed a series of inventive chairs that respond to the movement of the human body. >
Jurgen Bey: Collaboration opens new design possibilities

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:55 • 13 Jan 15

Dutch product designer Jurgen Bey tells us about the importance of collaboration and preserving traditional crafts. >
Five South African illustrators making their mark

Lookbook • 13 Jan 15

From doodles to full-scale book projects, these young graphic designers bring their prodigious talents to Design Indaba Expo 2015 as Emerging Creatives. >
Meet Ghanaian rapper M.anifest

Track of the Week • 14 Jan 15

We chat with rap artist M.anifest, who performs at Design Indaba Music 2015, after his return from a tour with Damon Albarn in South America. >
Issa Diabaté on designing the future of urban Africa

Talks • Duration: 00:17:22 • 14 Jan 15

This Ivorian architect believes that designing with a broad vision makes all things possible. >
Five South African designers of celestial (and earthly) bling

Lookbook • 14 Jan 15

Encompassing crowns, blades and naturally inspired textures, here's a look at some of the jewellery designers among the 40 talented Emerging Creatives of 2015. >
21st-century brand builder

Focus On • 14 Jan 15

Former scientist and current creator of a "cultural universe" of fashion brands, Shubhankar Ray returns to speak at Design Indaba after an 11-year hiatus. >
Margot Janse and David Higgs on their culinary trajectories

Talks • Duration: 00:36:24 • 15 Jan 15

Kitchen cowboys and 'kapokbos': These rock star South African chefs tell their stories and talk about what fine dining can be. >
Gilda B by Jacopo Foggini

Product Spotlight • 15 Jan 15

Italian designer Jacopo Foggini sculpts an elegant chair using an unlikely material. >
"Pick Pocket" by RVWR feat. Shamon Cassette

Track of the Week • 15 Jan 15

A bellowing bass track by South African beatmaker RVWR, the second act to be announced as part of Design Indaba Music 2015. >
A flair for fashion

Next Generation • 16 Jan 15

Up-and-coming South African designer Jason Sandows tells us about his passion for creative expression. >
Teller of a thousand tales

Q&A • 16 Jan 15

Stanley Hainsworth talks to us about performing in the workplace, his ability to help brands communicate, being independent, and his hair. >
$“DIS\CONNECT” by Doug Hindson.$

“DIS\CONNECT” by Doug Hindson

FilmFestFriday • 16 Jan 15

Doug Hindson pulls the strings to produce a short film about a modern topic with old storytelling tools. >
Christien Meindertsma: Design includes what lies behind the product

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:52 • 16 Jan 15

In this exclusive interview, the Rotterdam-based designer tells us why she felt compelled to buy a flax farm in the Netherlands. >
Take Five

Take Five • 17 Jan 15

Readers loved our features on new South African talent who will show their work as Emerging Creatives at Design Indaba. >
Clive Wilkinson on playing at work (trailer)

Trailers • 18 Jan 15

South African-born architect Clive Wilkinson on how all work and no play makes for a dull office. >
Alice Rawsthorn: Extraordinary consequences

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:48 • 19 Jan 15

The design writer and the Fuller Challenge judge speaks about one of the prize contenders: a Ugandan social design project with “extraordinary consequences”. >
Mother of Song

Track of the Week • 19 Jan 15

Listen to the entrancing "Voices", an unreleased acoustic track by South African songstress Nongoma, who will perform at Design Indaba Music 2015. >
Printing joints

Design Frontiers • 19 Jan 15

Embody Ortho is just one example of how designers are on the front line of medical innovation. >
Kyla Philander on using empathy as a design tool (trailer)

Trailers • 20 Jan 15

Cape Town-based musician, storyteller and videographer Kyla Philander outlines her journey into creativity. >
On the soles of her feet

Profiling • 20 Jan 15

Bethlehem Alemu is not your standard shoe saleswoman. Her fair-trade brand soleRebels is merging Ethiopian artisanal heritage with modern design sensibilities. >
David Adjaye is subject of first major exhibition

Design News • 20 Jan 15

Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Art Institute of Chicago join forces for "Form, Heft, Material", an in-depth survey of the acclaimed architect's career. >

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