Cape Town | Design Indaba

Emerging Creatives 2018

Exhibition

Design Indaba presents the Emerging Creatives Class of 2018 in an exhibition that showcases the talents of our local rising design stars. >
Design Indaba Nightscape 2018

Music

Design Indaba Festival 2018 presents a celebration of sound and sight in a festival of music, performance and exhibitions on the Artscape Piazza. >
Design Indaba Conference 2018

Conference

The highlight of the creative calendar, the Design Indaba Conference brings together the people using design and innovation to create a better world. >
Design Indaba Festival 2018

Festival

Every year the Design Indaba Festival curates a pioneering programme of speakers, music artists, film and design exhibitions, showcasing the best of the global and African creative industries. >
Snøhetta unveil Arch for Arch project at Design Indaba 2017

The Oslo-based architects designed the physical tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu. >
Olafur Eliasson on label-free impactful design

“I am more interested in the consequences that my work has than how to label my work,” said the multidisciplinary designer. >
Craig Dykers and Thomas Chapman discuss the Arch for Arch

"This project represents the power and strength of the people who overcame odds," says Dykers. >
Africa Rising

Publications & Art Projects

Co-edited by Gestalten and Design Indaba, Africa Rising is a book that celebrates creativity and design in Africa and the rise of new talent on the continent. >
Kate Moross on her unorthodox approach to work and what she considers good design

The multi-talented creative talks starting a business and what makes her visual style different. >
On making meaningful work, rebranding a country

"Design is not about designing a nice logo and putting some nice colours on it," said award-winning designer Nathan Reddy. >
There's more to a chair, says Yinka Ilori who uses furniture as a vessel

"...chairs contribute to a sense of belonging and community. People know it’s not from Nigeria, but it’s associated with people who are African. It’s ours.” >
Winy Maas on the future of cities

In case you’ve ever wondered how architecture combined with engineering and design can impact the future of cities. >
Comms designer Arjun Harrison-Mann on dialogue, design and activism

When the UK cut benefits to disabled people, this RCA graduate found a way to give those affected their own platform. >
#RightsNotGames makes protesting accessible for disabled people

Arjun Harrison-Mann talks ethical design at the Design Indaba Festival 2017. >
Airbnb co-founder on designing Olympic-sized trust between strangers

Joe Gebbia, co-founder and chief product officer at Airbnb chats to us on the role of design in their success. >
Thomas Chapman on the creation of the Arch for Arch project

The architect and urban designer talks about this momentous project to honor Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu. >
From dreaming up stories to starting a movement with Buhle Ngaba

We catch up with the woman taking stories to where they're needed most. >
Carina Bonse on developing the Swimming In It campaign to new heights

The Global Grad chatted with us about the challenges of educating the masses about Cape Town’s less than pristine beaches. >
Exposing the fecal danger in our picturesque beaches with Carina Bonse

“People are concerned about what they put in their bodies, yet don’t know the effect that wastewater can have on their health.” >
The Maitland Institute is changing perspectives on how audiences engage with art

This Cape Town space is departing from the clinical, one-way-communication aspect of the modern art gallery. >
Blinky Bill talks socially conscious music and breaking free of genre constraints

The former Just a Band frontman gets in depth about the power of music. >
A return to our primordial roots with Stanislaw Trzebinski

“In spite of our total reliance on the natural world, we have become almost blind to it,” says the artist. >
Blinky Bill brings African musical expression to the Design Indaba stage

The Kenyan musician, producer and DJ doesn’t care what African music is ‘supposed’ to sound like. >
Isabel Mager on how the making of tech devices carry untold human value

This designer explores design mechanisms broadly and how they affect culture and way of life. >

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