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Design Indaba Conference 2015

25th February 2015 to 27th February 2015

Design Indaba Conference is one of the world's leading forums of creativity and design. Tickets to the main conference have sold out. Simulcast ticket sales are still available. >
Design Indaba Simulcast 2015

25th February 2015 to 27th February 2015

We broadcast Design Indaba Conference live to Joburg, Durban, PE, Potchefstroom and now TWO venues in Cape Town. Ticket sales now open for all cities. Cape Town is sold out. >
Refuse the Hour

26th February 2015 to 27th February 2015

Design Indaba presents William Kentridge’s "Refuse The Hour" in February 2015, a collaboration with Philip Miller, Dada Masilo, Catherine Meyburgh and Peter Galison. >

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Casey Neistat on why YouTube is the best option for film distribution

Interviews • 27 Feb 15

YouTube is the most romantic version of film distribution that's ever been, says Casey Neistat. >
Day three in pictures and ideas

Creative Work • 27 Feb 15

From renegades to stalwarts, art to advertising, tactile to digital and narrative to chaos: here is a snapshot of Design Indaba Conference 2015's closing day. >
Getting away from the normal

Creative Work • 26 Feb 15

Day Two at Design Indaba brought us ideas about the importance of playfulness and how design and creativity can benefit deeply from the input of others. >
Day two in pictures and quotes

Creative Work • 26 Feb 15

Brand gurus, Senegalese collaborators, the godfather of food trucks and the matriarch of Italian design was the order of this day at Design Indaba. >
Review of William Kentridge's Refuse the Hour

Point of View • 26 Feb 15

Alexandra Dodd attends the exclusive preview of the artist's chamber opera which premieres in Cape Town tonight. >
Selly Raby Kane on the power of collaboration in her design

Interviews • 26 Feb 15

For Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane, her work is not just about the clothes – it's also about the story. >
Design Indaba 2015: Day one

Design Indaba News • 26 Feb 15

Creative Review writer Rachael Steven shares her experience of the first day of Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
Nando's spices up local design

Creative Work • 26 Feb 15

Hot news! Announcing Nando’s heartfelt celebration of South African design. >
Stanley Hainsworth on the possibilities of a blank white wall

Interviews • 26 Feb 15

When you work for yourself, everyone becomes a potential connection, Hainsworth said yesterday at Design Indaba Conference. We caught up with him afterwards. >
Best of Nando's ads

Creative Work • 26 Feb 15

Nando's makes the headlines as much for its ads as it does for its global Portuguese chicken chain. Here are some of the best. >
Designers rattling the cage of industry

Creative Work • 25 Feb 15

Day One at Design Indaba Conference offered diverse viewpoints on the art of going it alone. >
Day one in pictures

Creative Work • 25 Feb 15

From a leading local agency through top global design graduates to Burning Man founder and Pentagram partner: here's day one of Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
The role of colour according to Hella Jongerius

Creative Work • 25 Feb 15

We chat to acclaimed industrial designer Hella Jongerius after her 2015 Design Indaba Conference presentation. >
Nedbank's ‘Wet Socks Challenge’

Design Indaba News • 25 Feb 15

A small idea can make a big difference. Your imagination can move a nation. Your creative solution can shape the world. >
Create something to make the world better. Make. Change.

Design Indaba News • 25 Feb 15

We can all use creativity to improve our lives and the lives of those around us. Design Indaba's 2015 campaign celebrates this and the people who do. >
#MakeChange: The future of fonts

Creative Work • 19 Feb 15

Creative agency Joe Public’s latest fund-raising initiative has galvanised 200 scholars from a school in Soweto to create a new designer alphabet. >
A special relationship

Interviews • 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. >
A fortunate witness

Creative Work • 17 Feb 15

Matthew Kentridge's new book gives readers an intimate insight into his brother William’s creative process. >
The multiplier effect

Creative Work • 15 Feb 15

Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni is the man behind what is undoubtedly the most instantly recognisable bar stool in the world. >
Self-portraits of Africa's past

Creative Work • 13 Feb 15

Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop is a prolific image-maker with one eye on history and the other on contemporary popular culture. >
Don’t miss out on Design Indaba Simulcast in your city!

Design Indaba News • 13 Feb 15

If you've missed out on booking for Design Indaba Conference there is still a chance to attend the Simulcast in Cape Town, Joburg, Durban, PE or Potchefstroom. >
Meet the graduates of 2015

Creative Work • 11 Feb 15

Here are the eight recent design school graduates who will present their work Pecha Kucha-style at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
Beyond Black Rock City

Creative Work • 9 Feb 15

Larry Harvey, founding member of Burning Man, puts the idea down to a whim one afternoon. Now Burning Man-style interactive art is appearing worldwide. >
Make. Change. Design Indaba 2015 TV commercial

Design Indaba News • 8 Feb 15

Watch the TV commercial (TVC) for Design Indaba's 2015 Festival campaign, Make. Change. >

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