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Stefan G Bucher

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

While his brain may not be a team player, Stefan G Bucher works to get out of his head. >

27 Jul 11
Thomas Thwaites on making a toaster from scratch

Talks > Industrial Design

Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites investigates how one would go about making a toaster from scratch. >

22 Jul 11
Design guru Bruce Nussbaum means business

Talks > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Design is a powerful tool for adding economic and social value to business, says Bruce Nussbaum. >

21 Jul 11
"Design Samurai" Manabu Mizuno on the possibilities of design

Talks > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

Manabu Mizuno likes to refer to himself as a design samurai, in a very positive sense. >

13 Jul 11
William Drenttel on design's global impact

Talks > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Promoting social entrepreneurship and applying design innovation to impact the world is what creativity is about for the William Drenttel (1953-2013). >

13 Jul 11
Harry Pearce on useful uselessness in graphic design

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

Conundrums, dreams and fluttering butterflies. Harry Pearce talks about his graphic design process. >

7 Jul 11
Mark Shuttleworth on the benefits of open-source

Talks > Creative Economy / Interaction Design

South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth talks about the Ubuntu Project, a free, open-source Linux-based operating system. >

6 Jul 11
Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré. >

30 Jun 11
Wooster Collective and Faith47 on street art

Talks > Urban & Landscape Design

Street art is about activism and intervention and should be embraced and celebrated, says Wooster Collective and Faith47. >

12 Apr 11
Ronan Bouroullec on design hits and disasters

Talks > Product Design

The French designer gets candid about their most popular pieces and reveals which designs bombed. >

5 Apr 11
Martin Kruger on urban architectural projects in Cape Town

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Architect Martin Kruger talks about urban architectural projects in and around Cape Town. >

30 Mar 11
Tord Boontje on nature and creativity

Talks > Craft / Product Design

Design is intricately linked to making, creativity and the future says Tord Boontje. >

29 Mar 11
Handspring Puppet Company: Engineers of emotions

Talks > Interaction Design

Handspring Puppet Company believe that puppeteers are engineers of emotions. >

3 Mar 11
Taku Satoh on packaging design

Talks > Product Design

Taku Satoh talks about retaining packaging design elements that characterise a product. >

9 Feb 11
Henning Rasmuss

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

Henning Rasmuss talks about the SharpCity project that celebrates and promotes South African architecture. >

2 Feb 11
Lara Bohinc

Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Lara Bohinc talks about classicism in relation to the ongoing quest for all things new and contemporary. >

26 Jan 11
Ross Chowles on how to run your own ad agency

Talks > Creative Economy

Ross Chowles talks about how to start and run your own advertising agency. >

19 Jan 11
Christophe Egret

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

Christophe Egret talks about creating communities and generosity in architecture. >

12 Jan 11
Paul Priestman on the nature of product design

Talks > Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

From the very small to the very large. Paul Priestman talks about product design, multiples and the importance of thinking ahead. >

5 Jan 11
Paul Sahre on ideas and book design

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

Our creative cups are constantly being filled, we just need to find ways to tip them over, says Paul Sahre. >

14 Dec 10
Adam Levin on South African fashion

Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Fashion is an intimate social and political expression of who we are as a people. Adam Levin talks about this notion. >

8 Dec 10
Tom Dixon on the world’s most expensive vibrator

Talks > Product Design

Tom Dixon talks about his work, from starting as a welder to designing the world’s most expensive vibrator. >

3 Dec 10
Doshi Levien

Talks > Product Design

At the design intersection of culture and technology some very interesting things are possible, as Doshi Levien have discovered. >

1 Dec 10
Toshiyuki Kita on user-friendly product design

Talks > Product Design

In Japan good design is regarded as a valuable resource. Toshiyuki Kita talks about this notion. >

29 Nov 10

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