2015 Archive

  • Stanley Hainsworth.
    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. >
  • soleRebels founder Bethlehem Alemu. Image: Antonio Fiorento
    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. >
  • Angel-Ho.
    Her body as a weapon
    Q&A • 22 Jan 15
    "She can be an angel or a bitch," says Angelo Valerio about his performance persona, Angel-Ho. Here he tells us why she wants to toy with our perceptions. >
  • The Workers' After Dark project saw four robots explore the Tate in the middle of the night.
    Working after hours
    Q&A • 27 Jan 15
    London-based duo The Workers, creators of four robots that enabled the public to explore Tate Britain at night, will speak at Design Indaba Conference. >
  • Design Indaba Expo 2015 Emerging Creative Camilla Kruger.
    #MakeChange: The Zero Waste campaign
    Q&A • 29 Jan 15
    2015 Emerging Creative Camilla Kruger is dedicated to tackling tough environmental issues – first by designing her life around five principles. >
  • Interlude's interactive music video version of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”.
    Storytelling that moves people
    Q&A • 30 Jan 15
    Yoni Bloch is a triple threat for the technological age: a modern storyteller, a hit-making rock star/producer and a pretty funny interview. >
  • Bill Watterson's newest 15 panel cartoon strip.
    Whatever happened to Watterson?
    Profiling • 2 Feb 15
    Notoriously media-shy cartoonist Bill Watterson features in the comic-strip documentary film “Stripped”, to be screened at Design Indaba FilmFest 2015. >
  • Los Angeles food truck chef and restaurateur Roy Choi chats to actor/writer/director Jon Favreau on the set of "Chef" in which he plays a Los Angeles food truck chef and restaurateur.
    Keep on truckin'
    Profiling • 5 Feb 15
    The "godfather" of the Californian food truck movement is coming to Cape Town. It’s a good thing we’ll have 14 food trucks on tap. >
  • "Coming to the City" (2011), a site-specific mosaic artwork by Clive van den Berg in Nando's Kings Cross London restaurant.
    South African creativity's unlikely ambassador
    Q&A • 6 Feb 15
    As Nando's prepares to ramp up its support for local design, co-founder Robbie Brozin tells us what chicken and creativity have to do with one another. >
  • Project Phoenix protagonist Roger.
    How art helped a former gangster rise from the ashes
    Dialogues • 9 Feb 15
    Project Phoenix is a film about a former member of the feared South African Numbers Gang and how creativity helped turn his life around. >
  • Stories of Our Lives.
    Telling Kenya's queer stories
    Q&A • 9 Feb 15
    We chat to the filmmakers of "The Stories of Our Lives" who risked their personal safety to depict the everyday lives of gay Kenyans. >
  • Proposed reblocking for Ruimsig as part of Informal City.
    Building with communities
    Q&A • 12 Feb 15
    26'10 South Architects work to upgrade informal settlements by changing the physical, as well as emotional, landscape of the place. >
  • Projection by Duce Duce.
    Music for your eyeballs
    Q&A • 12 Feb 15
    Anthea Duce, or "Duce Duce" as she is known on the underground bass music scene, interprets music in live projections that mix found footage with graphics. >
  • Emerging Creative 2015 Jennifer Bradley and one of her block-printed Damn Good Looking designs.
    Reflections on design
    Q&A • 16 Feb 15
    In this exclusive interview, Jennifer Bradley reveals how her hunt for a mirror was the start of her brand Damn Good Looking. >
  • One of Wired magazines “27 of the Most Inspiring Designs From 2014”: Michael Bierut’s overhaul of the MIT media lab logo.
    A special relationship
    Profiling • 17 Feb 15
    Lauded New York City-based graphic designer Michael Bierut returns to emcee the Design Indaba Conference for the sixth time. This year, he’ll present as well. >
  • The Shift is teaching design skills to communities in need.
    #MakeChange: Imparting design wisdom in shifts
    Q&A • 18 Feb 15
    The Shift is making change one sustainable design at a time with tutorial films and toolkits for communities in need. >
  • Stephen Lawrence Centre facade.
    Behind Adjaye's facades
    Q&A • 22 Feb 15
    Oliver Hardt, director of "David Adjaye - Collaborations" at Design Indaba FilmFest, on getting to know the architect's work through the eyes of others. >
  • "Into Tomorrow"
    Paul du Toit public artwork unveiling in Cape Town
    Q&A • 27 Feb 15
    We interview Lorette du Toit about her husband's bronze sculpture and bench being unveiled on 28 February 2015, on the corner of Bree and Shortmarket Streets. >
  • Catherine Ash.
    Playing with clay
    Q&A • 28 Feb 15
    In this interview, we chat with Catherine Ash about ceramics in the contemporary age. >
  • Casey Neistat Design Indaba 2015
    Casey Neistat at Design Indaba
    Q&A • 4 Mar 15
    We interview the self-taught filmmaker, who sees YouTube and Snapchat as ideal forms of distribution >
  • Li Edelkoort
    "It's the end of fashion as we know it," says Li Edelkoort
    Q&A • 6 Mar 15
    Fashion is dead, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has declared. Dezeen editor Marcus Fairs interviews Li Edelkoort. >
  • Lars Fischedick.
    From all angles
    Q&A • 6 Mar 15
    Cape Town-based architect and artist Lars Fischedick's work tests the boundaries of where it begins and ends. >
  • L447 light by Kossi Aguessy. Photo: Youssef Eskandar Nabil.
    Crossing continents and disciplines
    Profiling • 9 Mar 15
    Don't try to pigeonhole Kossi Aguessy. He was born in Togo, grew up in the US and is now based in London. Oh, and he is both an artist and industrial designer. >
  • Ng'endo Mukii: Still from 'yellow fever', animated with mixed mediums
    Ng’endo Mukii weaves history and heritage into textured animations – Designboom
    Profiling • 12 Mar 15
    Designboom profiles Kenyan artist and animator Ng'endo Mukii, who interweaves the history and heritage of African identities into films >

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