Design Indaba Film Festival

Design Indaba Film Festival

At the Labia on Orange from 19 February to 4 March, the participating directors will also be presenting "Documenting Design" at the Design Indaba Conference.

Latest Snippets

Thomas Thwaites answers all at DI2010
"But Thomas, did it make good toast?" was the unanimous question following Thomas Thwaites's graduate Pecha Kucha presentation at DI2010.
Michael Bierut answers all at DI2010
Maverick design writer, graphic designer and snappy conference MC, Michael Bierut answers DI2010 audience questions.
Stefan G Bucher answers all at DI2010
Stefan G Bucher – monster god, kerning extraordinaire and sometime designer – answers SMS questions from the DI2010 audience.
11th winner of Let It Out! campaign
On Friday 26 February the first 10 members were announced, following which votes were collected for the final “Peoples Vote” winner.
2010 Most Beautiful Object in SA announced.
What is beautiful to you? Voted for by visitors to the Design Indaba Expo, the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa is...
Cape Town Design Route goes beyond the walls
The Design Indaba Expo has shown you the best in design, but you’re craving more? Pick up the Cape Town Design Route.
Martha Stewart at Design Indaba Expo
Design Indaba and Woolworths present domestic diva Martha Stewart on Saturday 27 February 2010. Book at Computicket.

Conference

Bookings open for Young Designers Simulcast
Students and young designers are again invited to book for the Young Designers Simulcast at the 2010 Design Indaba Conference.
The Bouroullec Brothers at DI2010
Innovation and originality are the calling cards for Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
Solve it all with Harry Pearce at DI2010
Visual puns and typographic riddles have long been a creative addiction for Harry Pearce.

Expo

Vespa Takeone Video Challenge
Enter the Vespa Takeone Video Challenge online now and stand a chance to win a new Vespa LX.
Design Indaba Expo even bigger in 2010
An unabated festival of South African creativity will explode from 26 to 28 February 2010 at the CTICC.
First 10 winners of Let It Out! announced
We present the first 10 superstars of the national creative team. The 11th will be announced on Sunday, after the public have voted by SMS.

Project

10x10 Low Cost Housing Project
Design Indaba 10x10 Low-Cost Housing offers affordable, attractive and innovative responses to the urgent need to house the urban poor.
Protofarm 2050
Design Indaba presented Protofarm 2050 at the ICSID World Design Congress in Singapore from 23 to 25 November.
Free Range
Free Range was born to open a world of design to a market not normally catered for by professional designers.

Article

Space explorer
Frank Tjepkema tells Design Indaba about the new frontiers of design.
Crop share actionism
Designer Amy Franceschini tells Design Indaba how to turn a keyboard into a pitchfork.
Soil soul
Multiple award-winning designer David Davidson believes gardening is as good for our minds as it is for the planet.

News

Faith47: Activism through art
Drive around Cape Town and you're bound to spot Faith47’s exceptionally visual and engaging graffiti on a wall somewhere.
Lucy Orta exhibits a land without borders
Lucy Orta doesn’t just stand by and watch the world change. She creates the change she wants to see.
Tom Dixon launches Utility
British lighting and furniture design maverick Tom Dixon have once again taken steps in innovation with their latest collection, Utility.