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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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Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez on tackling the world’s problems with creativity

Conference Talks • 12 Apr 19

Gonzalez shares his method to coming up with creative solutions to everyday problems. >
Yuri Suzuki on combining his passion for music and design

Conference Talks • 11 Apr 19

The Japanese sound designer shares how he finds “order in the noise.” >
Tin&Ed on work that fosters togetherness and celebrating the unknown

Conference Talks • 10 Apr 19

“The unknown in our practice is the most fertile place, and we love the unknown." >
How ostrich feathers are uplifting Oudtshoorn's economy through design

Conference Talks • 8 Apr 19

Pascale Theron's work looks at breathing life into the vulnerable ostrich farming industry in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. >
Dave Hakkens on tackling the planet's waste

Conference Talks • 5 Apr 19

“When I start something I like to start with a problem.” >
David Droga on why he is still optimistic about advertising

Conference Talks • 4 Apr 19

“Linear and logical people make the world go round, but it’s the creative people who make it worth living in." >
Wanuri Kahiu on using film to talk about Africans as joyful and radiant

Conference Talks • 3 Apr 19

“I realised that there is more images and more stories of joy than there is of remorse,” Kahiu says of her search for African stories of joy. >
IKEA ÖVERALLT: In the designers' words

Conference Talks • 2 Apr 19

At Design Indaba Conference 2019, the group of African designers share the motivations behind the products they dreamed up and realised. >
Young designers are the future of the industry, but what are they saying?

Creative Work • 27 Feb 19

Some of these young designers, like urbanist Nicole Moyo, will take the stage at Day 1 of the 2019 Design Indaba Festival. >
Love for design and design for love

Creative Work • 11 Feb 19

Design and art direction duo Leta and Wade's work is a feast for the senses. >
Li Edelkoort returns to Design Indaba to present her vision of 2020

Design Indaba News • 30 Jan 19

The acclaimed speaker will be discussing key topics like cultural appropriation in fashion and how to cure "colourphobia" in our interiors. >
Danish designer Johannes Torpe on the power of design to create universes

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:29:28 • 21 Jan 19

“To create a universe around our products we actually have to take it out into the hands of the people who have to use it." >
The 2019 Design Indaba Emerging Creatives are here

Creative Work • 29 Nov 18

Each year we select 50 up and coming South African creatives and each year they surprise and beguile us. >
Lucas De Man uses art to help bring more social cohesion to our cities

Creative Work • 14 Nov 18

His latest project called EYE humanises the anonymous city by giving it eyes and offering visitors new perspectives. >
Hannah Barry has helped to revolutionise the art scene in Peckham, South London

Creative Work • 3 Oct 18

Now the gallerist and curator will be joining us on stage at next year’s Design Indaba Conference. >
Zach Lieberman on using human gestures to bring his work to life

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:29:40 • 27 Aug 18

The coder and artist speaks on his collaboration with Design Indaba and projects that have stayed close to him. >
Graphic designer Natasha Jen poses six questions for design thinkers

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:26:22 • 21 Aug 18

During her Design Indaba Conference talk she expands on her thinking since declaring: Design Thinking is Bullshit. >
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 a cup of tea teaches us about the value of water

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

Shaakira Jassat's ThirTEA for One project highlights the hidden footprint in the lifecycle of the products we consume. >

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