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Design Indaba Conference 2018

21st February 2018 to 23rd February 2018

The highlight of the creative calendar, the Design Indaba Conference brings together the people using design and innovation to create a better world. >
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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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. >
Afrofuturist Osborne Macharia's Magadi takes a fantastical look at a pressing issue

Creative Work • 16 Jan 18

At Design Indaba 2017, Osborne Macharia introduced the audience to Magadi, a new series which focusses on a group of former female circumcisers. >
Ekene Ijeoma combines data and design to tackle pressing global issues

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:17:57 • 15 Dec 17

From diversity in design to the refugee crisis, this data designer's projects are breaking the news cycle. >
Natasha Jen on the power of being a critical thinker in the design world

Creative Work • 7 Dec 17

The Design Indaba 2018 speaker has collaborated with Nike, the Guggenheim Museum, Google, Puma and MIT Architecture among many others. >
Founder of Duolingo at the Design Indaba Conference 2017

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:21:13 • 13 Nov 17

Luis von Ahn launched the first African language course on Duolingo as part of his Design Talk. >
Olafur Eliasson talks design that has real-world significance

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:34:17 • 28 Oct 17

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson gives us his take on what functional design means and the newest member of the Little Sun family. >
Osborne Macharia breathes life into his fantastical, fictional imagery

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:12:16 • 27 Oct 17

The self-taught Kenyan photographer takes the Design Indaba audience on a mesmerising journey of fiction, fantasy and narrative. >

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