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Erik Kessels on the power of failure

Talks > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Do not fear failure; move towards your mistakes. Dutch advertising guru Erik Kessels shares some industry wisdom at the Design Indaba Conference. >

11 Mar 21
Talking cultural clashes and interrogating stereotypes with Gerhard Human

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

Armed with a prying nose for truth and sense of humour, this artist delves into contentious social assumptions in vibrant style. >

28 Jun 18
Brynjar Sigurðarson on the relationship between objects and stories

Talks > Product Design

The Design Indaba #GlobalGrad alumnus has been awarded with the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2018. >

3 May 18
Snask

Snask are a creative agency that makes "kickass" branding, design and film. >

3 Dec 15
Furqan Jawed’s talking smack with a poster a day

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Indian graphic designer and illustrator Furqan Jawed celebrates the crazy conversations he overhears with "A Poster Everyday". >

2 Oct 15
Designer Terry Angelos creates by merging nature and humour

Product Spotlight > Craft / Product Design

South African artist Terry Angelos designs wall art and homeware using nature and her quirky side as inspiration. >

21 Aug 15
South African youth culture according to Thulisizwe Mamba

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Thulisizwe Mamba, the swank Durban-based illustrator, gives us a preview of the illustrations to expect from his self-published web zine, “Co. Issue.”. >

6 Aug 15
Toast and a hug from RCA graduate

Product Spotlight > Product Design

London-based designer Ted Wiles designed a toaster that only works when you give it a hug in an attempt to make its users happy. >

7 Jul 15
Julia Veldman’s short captures the madness of Russian Absurdism

FilmFestFriday > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

"Andrej”, a short film illustrated and animated by Julia Veldman, is inspired by the literature of Russian absurdists. >

3 Jul 15
Refugee Republic

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Interaction Design

A Dutch artist combines hand-drawn illustrations and documentary storytelling to convey real life in a refugee camp in Iraq. >

8 Apr 15
Stripped

Festival News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

“Stripped” is a love-letter to comic strips and an investigation into what happens to comics in a failing newspaper industry. >

29 Jan 15
Take our survey and win

Digital News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Help us learn more about you and your perception of Design Indaba and stand to win one of 20 copies of Dean Poole’s book "This Over That". >

3 Apr 14
Victoria Wigzell

Victoria Wigzell is a South African artist currently based in Switzerland. >

14 Feb 14
Martí Guixé on food karaoke, edible objects and techno-tapas

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Food Design / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

At Design Indaba Conference 2013 Martí Guixé shows us how to eat pasta with your fingers and lollipops without your hands. >

24 Oct 13
A new commandment

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Michael Bierut has designed a series of humorous signs for the annual St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals in New York City. >

15 Oct 13
Roger Law: The sky is the limit – be anything you want

Video Interviews > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

In an interview at AGI Open 2013, Roger Law speaks about his satirical British TV show “Spitting Image” and his visit to ZA News in Cape Town. >

10 Oct 13
Martí Guixé: Food as an object of mass production

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

Martí Guixé tells Design Indaba how much of his creative work is concerned with looking at food as an object of mass production. >

29 Mar 13
Jen Bilik on her quirky stationery line

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Jen Bilik, the founder of design company Knock Knock, unveils a line of products that puts the fun into functional. >

21 Feb 12
Hat-trick on the art of mind tickling

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

Graphic designers Hat-trick talk about the art of mind-tricking, the tickling of minds and the exercising of minds. >

16 Feb 12
Mapping the graphic route

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“What. How. Why?” was the theme of the 2011 AGI Open, which took place in Barcelona from 3 to 4 October. Design Indaba was there. >

15 Nov 11
Piyush Pandey on his Ministry of Fun in advertising

Talks > Creative Economy

In his hilarious presentation, Piyush Pandey pays tribute to the greatest design of all – the heart – and talks about using humour and emotion. >

5 Oct 11
Blog: Day 1 of AGI Open Barcelona

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Maps, books, processes and asking “how, what, why?” were some of the themes to emerge on day one of the AGI Open in Barcelona. >

4 Oct 11
20Q: Charlie Todd

Q&A > Interaction Design

He makes others laugh by causing scenes of joys and chaos in public places. Find out here what makes Charlie Todd laugh and other titbits. >

30 Mar 11
SMS answers from Oded Ezer

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Few things can make typography as exciting as Oded Ezer seems to naturally make it. Here he answers SMS questions sent during Design Indaba. >

14 Mar 11

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