luxury | Design Indaba

Lukhanyo Mdingi on the defining characteristics of his eponymous label

Next Generation > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design

“Luxury, essentially, is time. Using the spirit of time in the best way, in order to create quality items.” >

7 Aug 19
Master of the craft: Kitemaker

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft

For thousands of years, kites have represented fun, energy and freedom. In a photo series focusing on master artisans, we look at the hands of the makers. >

6 Nov 15
Trailer: Stefano Giovannoni on how design is an expression of historical events

Trailers > Industrial Design / Product Design

The maestro of industrial design draws a parallel between product design and major cultural and economic movements. >

9 Jul 15
Inspired Luxe launches online global marketplace

Video Interviews > Craft / Creative Economy

Entrepreneur Denise Bradley-Tyson presents handcrafted luxury curated from a global array of master artists, beginning with those from South Africa. >

10 Jun 15 / Brand Collaboration
Focus On: Luxury

Focus On > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Luxury may have always been a relative thing but its definition is shifting more than ever in our time-starved, media-saturated world. >

5 Jun 15
What The Rug Company tells us about luxury today

Inside View > Craft

There’s luxury in locality for the British designer rug producer, but a roster of the world’s most acclaimed designers doesn’t hurt either. >

20 May 15
Full Moon

Design News > Product Design

Nika Zupanc unveils her first creation for Sé, a lamp inspired by sport motifs and 1950s furniture. >

30 Apr 13
Comfort zone

Design News > Product Design

Jaime Hayón's "Ro" armchair means "tranquility" in Danish and resembles just that. >

27 Apr 13
Place specific

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Thomas Heatherwick renovated a luxury shopping and entertainment complex in Hong Kong to give it a more contemporary look and feel. >

12 Dec 11
Food fight: Annelies Hermsen

Design News > Food Design

Food designer Annelies Hermsen thinks that in the future we will only eat what we need to. >

15 Nov 11
Food fight: Maranda Engelbrecht

Design News > Food Design

Food stylist and chef Maranda Engelbrecht says that home-grown and home cooked is the ultimate luxury. >

14 Nov 11
Mouse trail

Design News > Product Design

Streamlined, safe and functional, Stefano Giovannoni’s Mouse range of luggage is the ideal travelling companion. >

2 Jul 11
Salon Prive at DI2011

Festival News > Product Design

Salon Privé at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo was an exclusive space for luxury design. >

1 Jun 11
Benjamin Hubert at Milan2011

Video Interviews > Industrial Design / Product Design

Benjamin Hubert believes that product design should evoke a tactile and emotional response. >

25 May 11
Haute couture furniture at Milan2011

Design News > Product Design

Jaime Hayón has added new pieces to his first complete range of furniture for luxury brand Sé. >

14 Apr 11
For the love of luxury

Design News > Food Design / Product Design

Malus spirits is luxury in a bottle, for the discerning drinker who prioritises quality. >

7 Feb 11
Craft: Kitschcraft

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

How “Made in India” has gone from ornate handcrafted goods to cheap ethnic products for export. >

1 Aug 10
Rock 'n rail

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

A new concept design for a high-speed passenger train reflects something of the nostalgia of compartmental train travel of years gone by. >

19 Jul 10
Tord Boontje answers all at DI2010

Design News > Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

“Use what you’ve got,” proclaimed master product designer Tord Boontje in his sensitive, meditative presentation. >

18 Mar 10
Tord Boontje at Design Indaba 2010

Festival News > Product Design

Working on the cusp of design and craft, Tord Boontje’s work draws from a belief that modernism does not mean minimalism. >

3 Dec 09
Less can be better

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Lisbon-based design, architecture and creativity biennale, ExperimentaDesign, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009. >

29 Oct 09
Stairway to heaven

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

The first contemporary flagship store for Longchamp has been designed by Heatherwick Studio. >

1 Nov 06
A South African identity

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors

Don Albert reviews the Architecture Indaba. >

1 May 05
Identity crisis

Opinion > Creative Economy / Food Design

Is the South African wine industry managing to convey a compelling sense of self to the outside world? >

1 Aug 03

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