• VPUU bus
    Mandela Day in Monwabisi Park
    A revamped bus rolled into the informal settlement of Monwabisi Park to educate and entertain the area's underprivileged children. >
  • Studio One Eighty Nine's Spring Summer 2014 Collection.
    Fashion takes flight
    Two New Yorkers started an ethical fashion line made in Ghana – and found more opportunity to do good on the ground. >
  • Hannerie Visser
    Hannerie Visser
    Creative Director
    Founder and creative director of Studio H, Hannerie Visser is the food experience curator for Design Indaba Festival 2018. >
  • Nanette Veldsman
    Nanette Veldsman
    Jewellery Designer
    Nanette Veldsman is a jewellery designer and lecturer at Stellenbosch University. She is the jewellery curator for Design Indaba Expo 2015 >
  • Robyn Cooke
    Robyn Cooke
    Fashion Curator
    Fashion editor and blogger, Robyn Cooke is the curator for the Fashion sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015. >
  • Jepchumba
    Jepchumba
    Digital Artist
    Digital artist and founder of African Digital Art, Jepchumba is the curator for the Digital and Communications sectors at Design Indaba Expo 2015. >
  • Ilze Wolff
    Ilze Wolff
    Architect
    Architect Ilze Wolff is the curator for Architecture and Built Environment Curator at Design Indaba Expo 2015. >
  • Elbé Coetsee
    Elbé Coetsee
    Social Entrepreneur
    Elbé Coetsee, a proponent of craft and social entrepreneurship, is a curator for the Handmade sector at Design Indaba 2015. >
  • Anthony Shapiro
    Anthony Shapiro
    Ceramicist
    Ceramicist and executive director of Art in the Forest, Anthony Shapiro is the curator of the Handmade sector for Design Indaba Expo 2015. >
  • Victoria Wigzell
    Victoria Wigzell: Raising up the undercurrents
    This up-and-coming South African artist tells us how her move from Johannesburg to Switzerland has impacted her work. >
  • Harvest mural by Faith47 lit up at night. Photo by Rowan Pybus @Makhulu_
    Support #AnotherLightUp on Mandela Day
    If you haven't found your Mandela Day project yet, here is an opportunity to get involved and make a real difference in the lives of local citizens. >
  • SPARK shaker co-developed by Sudha Kheterpal.
    Bright spark
    Faithless percussionist Sudha Kheterpal wants to shake up the world to create clean energy for people without access to electricity. >
  • Marcello Serpa.
    Marcello Serpa: Believe in it to sell it
    See why veteran Brazilian adman Marcello Serpa believes that using a product is crucial to create effective advertising for it. >
  • Rwandan Heraldry by George Pericles Creative Think-Tank.
    Lookbook: Rebranding Rwanda
    George Pericles Creative Think-Tank proposes a visual identity for Rwanda's provinces based on traditional patterns. >
  • Twist by Mathieu Rivier.
    Mathieu Rivier: Light fantastic
    Swiss interaction designer Mathieu Rivier's mesmerising work uses light and digital technology to delight. >
  • Design Indaba Expo 2015
    Design Indaba Expo 2015
    Exhibition
    Experience the best of African creativity at Design Indaba Expo at the CTICC from 27 February to 1 March (Exclusive Buyers Day 26 February 2015). Skip the queues and buy tickets online. >
  • Julie Lasky. Image: Katrin Coetzer.
    Outside In: Julie Lasky
    Columnist and editor Julie Lasky gives us a firsthand account of her journey of first discovering South African design. >
  • Design Afrika vessels
    Woven vessels by Design Afrika
    Unusual material combinations give these traditional woven vessels a contemporary twist. >
  • Custom Racing Bikes by Calvin Botha.
    Next Generation: Calvin Botha
    Meet the bicycle-mad designer who is one of only three builders of fully customisable carbon frames in the world. >
  • Erik Spiekermann
    Hello, I am Erik – The German Letterman
    Gestalten.tv interviews German typographer Erik Spiekermann who is rediscovering his love for letterpress after 30 years of designing fonts. >
  • Braaitjie by Dieter Zermatten
    Braaitjie by Dieter Zermatten
    A pint-sized ‘braai’ hopes to reinvent South Africa’s obsession with barbecuing meat outdoors. >
  • Hot Topic
    The world's most pressing problems?
    If there were a global design agency stationed at the UN bringing governments, NPOs and designers together, what issues would it address? >
  • Bogosi Sekhukhuni Image: Jonx Pillemer.
    Bogosi Sekhukhuni: Taking back technology
    This young South African artist uses digital technology to create positive icons of African humanity. >
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    Don't underestimate how handy these three humble (and free) tools can be, says our digital product manager, Sarah Jayne Fell. >

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