Interviews | Design Indaba

Classic: Minedumps and Tokoloshes

Video Interviews > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

In a 2015 interview, South African comics artists Ray Whitcher and Moray Rhoda talk about bringing the genre closer to home. >

19 Apr 17
Telling positive African stories through photography

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography

An interview with Senegalese photographer Abdoulaye Ndao. >

18 Apr 17
Eddie Opara: Always a work in progress

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

A brief jaunt through design, part three. Today we share a short interview with innovative graphic designer Eddie Opara. >

17 Apr 17
Free language education for the world

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Information Design

Tech entrepreneur Luis von Ahn created an app that enables anyone, anywhere to learn a language for free. >

12 Apr 17
Chat with Hugh Masekela

Video Interviews > African Design / Music & Sound Design

You take the wheel in an interview with the legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela >

5 Apr 17 / Brand Collaboration
Young, fashionable and made in Dakar

Video Interviews > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Three young fashion designers on being creative and running fashion houses in Dakar. >

10 Mar 17
The rhythm of weaving in Senegal

Video Interviews > African Design / Craft

French weaver and designer Johanna Bramble talks us through tradition and texture in her Senegalese studio. >

8 Mar 17
Wura-Natasha Ogunji on reclaiming the female voice through public performance

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography

The performance artist’s work explores the tense relationship between women, society, space and politics in Lagos. >

7 Mar 17
We chat to awe-inspiring artist Olafur Eliasson

Q&A > Art & Photography / Design Activism

We held a live Twitter Q&A with artist Olafur Eliasson ahead of his Design Indaba Conference talk. Here are his forceful and beautiful thoughts. >

23 Feb 17
Women in design: Five questions with three interior designers from Emerging Creatives 2017

Q&A > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

A QnA with three female interior designers about their designs and the industry. >

16 Feb 17
Brand this: Coca Cola, Spotify and Miss Piggy

Q&A > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

Fuelled by Oreos, coffee and talent – co-founder of brand consultancy Collins, Brian Collins talks a little more about life, work and inspiration in New York. >

15 Feb 17
NB Studio: From booze to babies to banks

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

We talk to Nick Finney and Alan Dye of NB Studio about their collaborative design process and some of the lessons they’ve learnt. >

9 Feb 17
What does it mean to be Nigerian?

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Trans-African photography project Invisible Borders looks into what it means to be African and in their project Borders Within investigate Nigerian identity. >

8 Feb 17
An interview with visual artist Robin Rhode

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography

The Cape Town-born, Berlin-based expat gives us a tour of his new exhibition ahead of his appearance at Design Indaba 2017. >

3 Feb 17
The Hawker’s Rocking Chair: A cross-pollination of ideas, styles and materials

Video Interviews > African Design / Craft

Arye Kellman tells us why he nominated this furniture design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17
Beauty is a quality inherent in anything, says Caroline Vieira

Video Interviews > African Design / Craft

Roger Ballen tells us why he nominated this ceramic design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17
Kariba: The mythology of the Zambezi river

Video Interviews > African Design / Film & Animation

Artwell Nwaila tells us why he nominated this film trailer for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17
Gqama Ntyatyambo: Capturing the dynamics of the modern woman

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography

Alinah Seloane tells us why she nominated this artwork for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17
The Butterfly Wall: Expressing the tension between preciousness and mundaneness

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography

Jo-Ann Strauss tells us why she nominated this art installation for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17
The Sankara Rug: Weaving the past into the future

Video Interviews > African Design / Craft

Bielle Bellingham tells us why she nominated the handcrafted Sankara Rug for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017, the Rug went on to win the public vote. >

1 Feb 17
The self-portraiture of South African photographer Mohau Modisakeng

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography

Nakhane Toure tells us why he nominated SA visual artist Mohau Modisakeng's sculpture for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17
A celebration of colour and subtlety in a Morocco-inspired dress

Video Interviews > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Victor Dlamini tells us why he nominated The Moroccan Magic Dress for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17
Functionality is key to the notion of beauty

Video Interviews > African Design / Product Design

South African celebrity chef Siba Mtongana tells us why she nominated a unique wooden backpack for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17
The beauty of sustainable design in Joe Slovo West Community Project

Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Hanneke Schutte tells us why she nominated this community upliftment project for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17

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