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Design Indaba Conference 2019

27th February 2019 to 1st March 2019

The highlight of the creative calendar, the Design Indaba Conference brings together the people using design and innovation to create a better world. >

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Morag Myerscough on transforming spaces with colour and embracing the unknown

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:25:55 • 20 Aug 18

The London-based designer takes us through her work that’s added colour to hospitals, public spaces and more. >
Landscape architect Peter Veenstra on the importance of bringing nature into our cities

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:33:08 • 17 Aug 18

Veenstra, of LOLA Landscapes, talks us through three projects including the Dome of Plants, planned for the City of Cape Town. >
Graphic designer extraordinaire, Tony Brook, on his studio’s creative journey

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:00:00 • 13 Aug 18

The founder of Spin Studio shares his creative wisdom with the Design Indaba audience. >
Edel Rodriguez on childhood, nationalism and a nation on fire

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:40:21 • 6 Aug 18

The Cuban-born illustrator was dubbed "America’s Illustrator-In-Chief" by Fast Company. >
When a natural disaster occurred in Chile, Alejandro Aravena and his team set out to rebuild the city

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:53:50 • 9 Jul 18

The architect tackles the reconstruction of a city through public participation. >
The psychological effects of sound with Nicolás Kisic Aguirre

Creative Work • Duration: 00:11:42 • 27 Jun 18

The Peruvian designer’s open-source projects are a combination of sound, architecture, and the mind. >
What's in a cup of tea?

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:08:07 • 26 Jun 18

#GlobalGrad Shaakira Jassat's ThirTEA for One project highlights the hidden footprint in the lifecycle of the products we consume. >
The maker of Algiknit talks seaweed fashion and the next stage of biotech

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:06:54 • 20 Jun 18

Aleksandra Gosiewski's work touches on sustainable ways to fix the disconnect within the fashion industry. >
The designer of the Street Debater on fostering human connection through design

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:10:57 • 18 Jun 18

“I realised that Street Debating not only addresses the problem of begging but something much bigger. It’s addressing the problem of social segregation.” >
The fascinating way blind designer Simon Dogger is able to feel the emotions of others

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:09:18 • 13 Jun 18

The Design Indaba speaker began his 2018 Design Talk by giving the audience a listen into the life of a visually impaired designer. >
Renata Souza on designing an insulin kit specifically for children with diabetes

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:09:14 • 4 Jun 18

"Children with type 1 diabetes are insulin-dependent. The administration of it is crucial to their survival." >
How a small Kenyan start-up is disrupting the way the internet works

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:18:10 • 25 May 18

In his Design Indaba 2018 talk, Mark Kamau talks about how Brck plans to give Google and Facebook a run for their money. >
How GetSmarter’s distance learning overhaul created a $100m company

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:18:08 • 22 May 18

The brothers Sam & Rob Paddock explain the "deliberate design" behind the e-learning empire's success. >
Conscious fashion: Amna Elshandaweely’s take on fashion and revolution

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:19:06 • 15 May 18

The Cairo designer makes a moving case for social impact with something as simple as the clothes we wear. >
Neri Oxman wins at Cooper Hewitt 2018 National Design Awards

Creative Work • 9 May 18

“All ten of this year’s winners present a powerful design perspective and body of work that is at once inclusive and deeply personal..." >
Brynjar Sigurðarson on the relationship between objects and stories

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:05:36 • 3 May 18

The Design Indaba #GlobalGrad alumnus has been awarded with the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2018. >
Thandiwe Msebenzi uses photography to expose the consequences of misogyny

Creative Work • 5 Apr 18

"I am harassed at least five times a day, 35 times per week...Now imagine what that must do to one psychologically.” >
9 Design Indaba speakers that told us more about the future of architecture

Creative Work • 1 Mar 18

How can the built world be improved? Take a look at the different approaches to architecture innovation presented by our speakers this year. >
Best moments of the final day of Design Indaba Conference 2018

Creative Work • 23 Feb 18

And that's a wrap! Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered the last day of conference. >
Best Moments of Day 2 of Design Indaba Conference 2018

Creative Work • 23 Feb 18

Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up. >
Best Moments of Day 1 of Design Indaba Conference 2018

RoundUp • 21 Feb 18

Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up. >
Filmmaker Sunu Gonera opened Design Indaba 2018 with a moving talk on afrofuturism

Creative Work • 21 Feb 18

"I believe that afrofuturism perfectly merges the past and the present of African culture in order to birth a brighter future." >
Design Indaba Conference will be simulcast across several South African cities

Creative Work • 5 Feb 18

Joburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Potchefstroom will have venues that will be simulcasting the conference. >
"We have to hold our heritage up as a mirror to the world." - Hugh Masekela

Interviews • 23 Jan 18

#DIarchives: In 2011 Hugh Masekela gave a surprise performance at Design Indaba. This is his interview following the performance. >

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