2017 Archive

On making meaningful work, rebranding a country

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:22 • 20 Sep 17

"Design is not about designing a nice logo and putting some nice colours on it," said award-winning designer Nathan Reddy. >
Wacom Creatives: Guy Shield on using the presence of light in illustration

Design News • 19 Sep 17

The Australian creative takes us through his creative process. >
There's more to a chair, says Yinka Ilori who uses furniture as a vessel

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:33 • 15 Sep 17

"...chairs contribute to a sense of belonging and community. People know it’s not from Nigeria, but it’s associated with people who are African. It’s ours.” >
Nigerian creative powerhouse Daniel Obasi explores sexuality in new short film

Design News • 15 Sep 17

The film is a visual exploration of sexuality and gender fluidity from a contemporary African perspective. >
Winy Maas on the future of cities

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:31 • 14 Sep 17

In case you’ve ever wondered how architecture combined with engineering and design can impact the future of cities. >
Comms designer Arjun Harrison-Mann on dialogue, design and activism

Video Interviews • 12 Sep 17

When the UK cut benefits to disabled people, this RCA graduate found a way to give those affected their own platform. >
#RightsNotGames makes protesting accessible for disabled people

Talks • Duration: 00:09:23 • 12 Sep 17

Arjun Harrison-Mann talks ethical design at the Design Indaba Festival 2017. >
Airbnb co-founder on designing Olympic-sized trust between strangers

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:00:00 • 8 Sep 17

Joe Gebbia, co-founder and chief product officer at Airbnb chats to us on the role of design in their success. >
Wacom Creatives: Alberto Montt on storytelling through illustrations

Design News • 6 Sep 17

“As human beings we have an enormous capacity of assigning stories; we feel stuffed with our stories, and I love that.” >
Isis Schiffer’s EcoHelmet might get even more people interested in bike sharing

Video Interviews • 1 Sep 17

The Pratt Institute design graduate spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2017. >
How Isis Schiffer made the foldable bike helmet

Talks • Duration: 00:07:19 • 1 Sep 17

The EcoHelmet made international headlines and won numerous awards. >
Carina Bonse on developing the Swimming In It campaign to new heights

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:14 • 30 Aug 17

The Global Grad chatted with us about the challenges of educating the masses about Cape Town’s less than pristine beaches. >
Exposing the fecal danger in our picturesque beaches with Carina Bonse

Talks • Duration: 00:06:37 • 30 Aug 17

“People are concerned about what they put in their bodies, yet don’t know the effect that wastewater can have on their health.” >
Empathy and fact in Ekene Ijeoma’s emotive projects

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:55 • 25 Aug 17

The US-based interdisciplinary designer’s Refugee Map looks outside the frames of a global crisis. >
Blinky Bill talks socially conscious music and breaking free of genre constraints

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:13 • 23 Aug 17

The former Just a Band frontman gets in depth about the power of music. >
A return to our primordial roots with Stanislaw Trzebinski

Design News • Duration: 00:02:48 • 23 Aug 17

“In spite of our total reliance on the natural world, we have become almost blind to it,” says the artist. >
Blinky Bill brings African musical expression to the Design Indaba stage

Talks • Duration: 00:18:42 • 23 Aug 17

The Kenyan musician, producer and DJ doesn’t care what African music is ‘supposed’ to sound like. >
Furniture designer Stefan Diez on the value of designing process

Talks • Duration: 00:19:53 • 22 Aug 17

The renowned German designer does not shy away from age-old materials and techniques. >
Wacom Creatives: Benjamin Von Wong on his brand of visual engineering

Design News • Duration: 4:32 • 22 Aug 17

"If social media didn't exist I probably wouldn't be doing photography," says the photographer. >
Stefan Diez on the importance of craftsmanship and pushing boundaries in design

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:25 • 21 Aug 17

“Design is always done really outstandingly if it takes little effort to reach very far," says the industrial designer. >
Isabel Mager on how the making of tech devices carry untold human value

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:53 • 18 Aug 17

This designer explores design mechanisms broadly and how they affect culture and way of life. >
Isabel Mager on identifying the human body behind the making of high-tech gadgets

Talks • Duration: 00:12:04 • 18 Aug 17

What human narrative exists beneath our shiny 21st-century products? >
Talking odd interplay with information and ephemeral tech with Tea Uglow

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:01:59 • 17 Aug 17

As technology becomes more functional, does it become less human-centric? >
Tea Uglow on the creative unknown and dispelling misplaced confidence in reality

Talks • Duration: 00:31:26 • 16 Aug 17

Tea Uglow, the director of Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney on her work at the intersection of tech and creativity. >

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