INTERACT / Design Indaba 2005

23 February 2005 - 25 February 2005

By 2005 the Design Indaba brand had stabilised as a cornerstone of South Africa’s creative landscape. The Design Indaba workshops continued to expose scholars around the country to leading international designers, the Design Indaba magazine continued to win awards, and, each year, the number and calibre of speakers at the event itself continued to increase.

Following the runaway success of the first Design Indaba Expo, the second edition was refined and amplified even more, displaying the best in everything, from homeware to multimedia.

Maintaining its conscientising, contemporary ideals, the Design Indaba also responded to a pressing social need to bolster the local architecture, fashion and jewellery sectors. Individual Specialist Indabas were launched for each of these and local and international designers in the respective fields debated the contribution of these creative sectors to the South African economy.

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Digital innovation with Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin at DI 2012 Masterminds behind "The Wilderness Downtown", "The Johnny Cash Project" and "3 Dreams of Black", this American pair are pioneering a new path for digital media. News Snippet
Why Designer John Bielenberg Thinks Wrong John Bielenberg thinks wrong. And he's changing the world, one design project at a time. Design Indaba chats to this mastermind about his creative progeny. Article
Creative redesigns at DI2011 From housing solutions and designing for disability to branding and fun, the 2011 Design Indaba Conference had something for everybody. News Snippet
Biomega NYC bike winner announced The ideas for how to encourage cycling in SA cities were all brilliant but there can be only winner. And that is… News Snippet
SMS answers from Karin Fong Karin Fong creates cinematic experiences that capture the imagination. Here she answers SMS questions sent to her during Design Indaba. News Snippet
SMS answers from Lowery Stokes Sims The creative mind behind the renowned Global Africa Project, Lowery Stokes Sims answers the SMS questions sent to her during Design Indaba. News Snippet
SMS answers from Fibra Bruno Temer from Brazilian sustainable design studio Fibra answers SMS questions about palm bi-products and funding innovation. News Snippet
SMS answers from Oded Ezer Few things can make typography as exciting as Oded Ezer seems to naturally make it. Here he answers SMS questions sent during Design Indaba. News Snippet
SMS answers from Jens Martin Skibsted In a Springbok rugby jersey Jens Martin Skibsted campaigned for more bicycles in cities at Design Indaba. Here he answers SMS questions. News Snippet
Leopard's Leap becomes the taste of the town Leopard's Leap were the proud wine suppliers of the 2011 Design Indaba Dine-Around. News Snippet

15.12

The Times

CREATIVE CLUB: Bright sparks unite

A new platform - with "parties to save the world" - encourages entrepreneurs to creatively solve tough challenges.

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28.02

d'Afrique

Verrassende Creaties

Van 25 tot en met 27 februari stond Kaapstad in het teken van de Design Indaba Expo. D'Afrique is er ook, op zoek naar nieuwe opvallende en verrassende creaties van Zuid-Afrikaanse ontwerpers.

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27.03

d'Afrique

Design Explosie

Van 25 tot en met 27 februari stond het Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) vol met Afrikaans design. Design in de meest brede zin: architectuur, interieur, accessoires, grafisch ontwerp, industrieel ontwerp, film, sieraden, nieuwe media, fashion, kunst... Het was er allemaal.

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20.05

Parool

Design uit Zuid-Afrika

Niet al het design dat in Amsterdam te koop is, is van Nederlandse makelij. Mariette de Haan vond in Afrika design dat opwindend, vrij, kleurrijk, ruig en gemixt is.

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11.05

Enjin

Design by Ubuntu

Billionaires are not as rare as they used to be. When one sits on the stairs next to you at Design Indaba (he came in late and could not find a seat) the rebel in you smirks.

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01.06

WGSN Homebuildlife

HBL Interview: Natalie du Toit of Indigi Designs

During this year's Design Indaba in South Africa, WGSN-homebuildlife came across the work of new design brand Indigi Designs. We loved their mix of traditional South African colour and pattern with characterful, contemporary forms, and we spoke to Indigi Design's founder Natalie Du Toit to find out what inspires her collections.

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19.05

MSN Business

Opening a window into the design heart of Africa

Another reason was that after seeing the Global Africa Project, Ravi Naidoo who heads up The Design Indaba in Cape Town, had invited its curators, Lowery Sims and Leslie King Hammond, to address both the prestigious Design Indaba Conference as well as make a presentation to Expo participants at the February show.

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18.05

Fast Company

Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré Repurposes European Techniques for his Native Country

African-born architect Francis Kéré gets big results by mixing a little mud with a lot of heart.

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25.02

Proudly Afrikan

LADUMA NGXOKOLO’S DESIGN INDABA

As usual, the exclusive South African expo managed to collect the most inspiring leaders of contemporary art and design from around the world. One of the most memorable speakers for me was our own Laduma Ngxokolo.

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28.04

Clear Magazine

New Urban Gardening Sensation Wallflowerᵀᴹ Vertical Garden Vows to Green the Concrete Jungle

Wallflowerᵀᴹ Vertical Garden, designed by Haldane Martin, is a modular planter system designed to enable city dwellers to grow veggies and other plants on vertical walls – greening the concrete jungle!

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21.04

EgoDesign

Creative Celebration at DI2011 Expo in Cape Town

Design Indaba Expo 2011 was more than a showcase of local creativity, it was a celebration of design, culture, innovation and fun.

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25.02

Marshall Hinds

GRAPHIC LAMINATES

The annual Design Indaba is always a place of innovation and creative discussion and this year’s (2011) was no exception with a host of fascinating keynote speakers, a film festival and the Design Indaba Expo – a hotbed of activity for many a creative and retail talent.

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Lucire

In living colour

Design Indaba, the hands-on, break-out fashion and lifestyle expo, keeps the youth, energy and optimism of the “new South Africa” relevant nearly two decades into the country’s new era.

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Fast Company

New Shakespeare Stamps Put The Bard's Drama Onto Teeny Stage

Professional designers learn early to work within constraints: time, budget, materials, price. But the team at the London graphic arts firm hat-trick design has a special knack for a particularly daunting creative challenge: delivering big design on a tiny canvas.

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12.04

Silicon Cape Initiative

TECH & THE DESIGN INDABA: Taking stock of our creative enterprise potential

The recent Design Indaba highlighted the creative elements of South Africa’s entrepreneurial culture. With some tech exhibitions and a keynote address from Google’s Robert Wong, any of us familiar with California could easily have felt were at a high tech US convention.

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