Cape Town

Toshiyuki Kita on user-friendly product design

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

Non-Profit Organisation

The Jigsaw Furniture Design Competition is an annual design challenge that aims to promote local designers and manufacturers. >
Pierre Cronje

Furniture Designer

Integrity, fine craftsmanship and pride have characterised the furniture designs of Pierre Cronje for the past 20 years. >
Heath Nash on sustainability within design

Plastic waste + hands + geometry = beautiful objects + employment, a system that Heath Nash has refined using other people's rubbish. >
Reggie Watts on performance, space, sound and culture

Performance and space can go a long way towards expressing thoughts and ideas, said Reggie Watts at the Design Indaba Conference 2007. >
Hideki Inaba on striking a balance between graphic design and commercial considerations

Graphic design should be something that’s easy to understand, almost instinctive, Hideki Inaba believes. >
Front on experiencing objects

Computers, explosions, robotics and animals are interesting elements that form part of Front’s design process. >
Chimpel

Fashion Designer

Chimpel is a range of luxury leather accessories that showcases the unique spirit and feeling of Africa in a fashionable way. >
Clementina van der Walt Ceramic Studio

Ceramicist

Clementina van der Walt Ceramic Studio produces both functional and decorative pieces. >
Spilt Milk

Fashion Designer

Spilt Milk is a proudly South African fashion brand based in Cape Town. >
Design Indabar 2010

Other Events • Design Indabar

Part bar, part art installation, the Design Indabar presented by Groslch was launched in November 2010. >
Oh Dear Megan

Jewellery Designer

Oh Dear Megan is a Cape Town-based jewellery studio that creates bold and expressive pieces. >
Ruudt Peters on enchantment in jewellery design

Enchantment, magic and communication are aspects of jewellery design that should not be neglected, says Ruudt Peters. >
Mark Dytham on using social networks to mobilise people

The time has come for designers to be more than just designers, Mark Dytham says. >
Design Indaba Expo 2011

Exhibition

Design Indaba Expo 2011 was more than a showcase of local creativity, it was a fun celebration of design, culture and innovation. >
Massimo and Lella Vignelli keep design simple, elegant and timeless

Design legends Massimo and Lella Vignelli talk about some of their famous designs of the past 50 years. >
Tobias Frere-Jones transforms typefaces

Typography needs to be investigated and played with, which certainly works for Tobias Frere-Jones. >
Design Indaba Expo 2009

Exhibition

Design Indaba Expo is a 100% local-is-lekker celebration of South Africa’s ingrained creativity. >
Design Indaba Expo 2010

Exhibition

Design Indaba Expo is a 100% local-is-lekker celebration of South Africa’s ingrained creativity. >
Stick in the mud

Add water to soil. Mix. Build house. Architect Malcolm Worby crusades the benefits of mud brick building, writes Delia de Villiers. >
Kurukuru-maki

A Heath Nash chair design that you can make at home. >
The bespoke comeback

A splurge of second generation bicycles have recently flooded the design wires. >
Afterfacts

In the future gallery of now, photographer Guido Schwarz turns the gaze to nostalgic artefacts that inspirit a second life. >
Second nature

Whatever we need to do to sustain our lives, nature already does, writes Beth Peterson. >

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