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Dialogues

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  • Project Phoenix protagonist Roger.
    How art helped a former gangster rise from the ashes
    Dialogues > Film & Animation
    Project Phoenix is a film about a former member of the feared South African Numbers Gang and how creativity helped turn his life around. >
    9 Feb 15
  • Robin Rhode & Mpumelelo Mcata (BLK JKS). Illustration – Katrin Coetzer.
    Inside Out: Robin Rhode & Mpumelelo Mcata (BLK JKS)
    Dialogues > Music & Sound Design
    "Could we live here?” South African visual artist Robin Rhode chats to BLK JKS guitarist Mpumelelo Mcata over Skype about life in three major capitals. >
    29 Jun 14
  • Inside Out: Spoek Mathambo & Xander Ferreira
    Inside Out: Spoek Mathambo & Xander Ferreira
    Dialogues > Music & Sound Design
    Over a Skype call, South African musicians Spoek Mathambo and Xander Ferreira (Gazelle) talk about the changing landscape of making music in South Africa. >
    28 Jun 14
  • Peet Pienaar & Heidi Chisholm. Illustration – Katrin Coetzer.
    Inside Out: Peet Pienaar and Heidi Chisholm
    Dialogues > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration
    Graphic designers Peet Pienaar and Heidi Chisholm talk about Africa's connection to their work and living abroad. >
    27 Jun 14
  • Andrew Whitehouse and Matthew Bull. Illustration Katrin Coetzer.
    Inside Out: Andrew Whitehouse & Matthew Bull
    Dialogues > Creative Economy
    Two South African admen move to New York to start an agency. The punchline? Why not. >
    26 Jun 14
  • Don Albert and Amanda Laird Cherry. Illustration - Katrin Coetzer.
    Inside Out: Don Albert & Amanda Laird Cherry
    Dialogues > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Two great South African creative exports – an architect and a fashion designer – discuss the challenges of flexing their creative muscles on the world stage. >
    25 Jun 14
  • Ai Weiwei. 2010. Photo: Gao Yuan.
    Ai Weiwei: In the face of uncertain futures
    Dialogues > Art & Photography / Design Thinking
    Here is Paul D Miller's exclusive interview with Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, as it appeared in the latest edition of Origin magazine. >
    25 Jul 12
  • Pork neck with bulrushes, violets and malt. From Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine. Photo by Ditte Isager. Courtesy of Phaidon Press, www.phaidon.com
    René Redzepi + Marije Vogelzang
    Dialogues > Food Design
    Marije Vogelzang chats to René Redzepi of Noma Restaurant about MAD Foodcamp, creativity, intuition, fingers, social media and being part of the future. >
    16 Nov 11
  • Paola Antonelli + Marion Nestle
    Paola Antonelli + Marion Nestle
    Dialogues > Food Design
    Paola Antonelli and Marion Nestle discuss the problems with the current food system and how creatives are interpreting this. >
    16 Nov 11
  • Luyanda Mpahlwa + Mokena Makeka
    Dialogues > Architecture & Interiors
    Mokena Makeka and Luyanda Mpahlwa chat about using public space, culture, fun and romance to create an African architectural identity. >
    15 Aug 11
  • Maarten Baas + Christien Meindertsma
    Dialogues > Craft / Product Design
    Maarten Baas and Christien Meindertsma have known each other since their Design Academy Eindhoven student days. >
    15 May 11
  • Massimo Morozzi + Fernando Campana
    Dialogues > Product Design
    Massimo Morozzi first saw the Vermelha chair by the Campana Brothers in 1997 in a magazine. Thirteen years later… >
    1 Feb 11
  • Heath Nash + Hella Jongerius
    Dialogues > Craft / Product Design
    From the icy global hub of Berlin in Germany and the sunny backwaters of Coffee Bay in South Africa, Hella Jongerius and Heath Nash met on Skype. >
    1 Feb 11
  • KarlssonWilker + Stefan Sagmeister
    Dialogues > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karlsson of KarlssonWilker met while working for Stefan Sagmeister and now reunite as equals. >
    1 Feb 11
  • Art is... whatever. Poster by Milton Glaser | School of Visual Arts |
    Milton Glaser + Massimo Vignelli
    Dialogues > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Two fathers of contemporary design, Milton Glaser and Massimo Vignelli draw on decades of experience in their dialogue. >
    1 Feb 11
  • Jurgen Bey + Richard Hart
    Dialogues > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design
    Over a video call between Durban and Amsterdam, graphic designer Richard Hart meets product designer Jurgen Bey. >
    1 Feb 11
  • Harry Pearce + Simon Sankarayya
    Dialogues > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration
    Life experience is more important than design theory for friends Simon “Sanky” Sankarayya and Harry Pearce’s work. >
    1 Feb 11
  • HIM Public Theater poster by Paula Scher
    Paula Scher + Dana Arnett
    Dialogues > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Dana Arnett of VSA Partners and Paula Scher of Pentagram have been eyeing each other’s work since the 1990s. >
    1 Feb 11
  • Yves Béhar + Jens Martin Skibsted
    Dialogues > Industrial Design / Product Design
    Yves Béhar attended one of Jens Martin Skibsted’s Biomega presentations over ten years ago, the beginning of a cross-continental friendship. >
    1 Feb 11
  • Fernando Gutierrez + Ross Lovegrove
    Dialogues > Architecture & Interiors / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design
    Long-time friends Ross Lovegrove and Fernando Gutiérrez look past the obvious difference in dimension of each other’s work. >
    1 Feb 11
  • Happy camper
    Dialogues > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration
    Sean O’Toole spoke to Shubhankar Ray, whose collaborative partners have included some of the world’s most successful fashion brands. >
    1 Nov 03
  • Dunhill eau de toilette
    Mary, Mary, quite conversant
    Dialogues > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design
    Mary Lewis, creative director of Lewis Moberly in Britain, speaks on design like the savant she is. Joanne Thomas interviews her. >
    1 Aug 03
  • Life in design
    Dialogues > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design
    Sean O'Toole spoke to Sir Terence about his extraordinary achievements, asking him how he would like to be remembered one day. >
    1 Feb 03
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