• Africa. Now.
    Africa. Now.
    Exhibits & Awards
    Africa. Now. is a series of annual exhibitions and curated content by Design Indaba surveying creative work being produced across the continent right now. >
  • The Shining Girls by Lorenzo Nassimbeni.
    The Shining Girls
    The Shining Girls charity art show, inspired by Lauren Beukes's novel, features work by top SA creatives. Proceeds from sales will benefit Rape Crisis. >
  • Nicholas Hlobo at Design Indaba 2013.
    Nicholas Hlobo on understanding his own culture
    Nicholas Hlobo explores, through sound and images, the construction of his own sense of understanding about the self, one’s country, family, culture and more. >
  • Zesty 2014 Diary by Schwarzie™.
    Full colour
    The Schwarzie sisters have designed a 2014 diary, with the wish that people will live life in full colour every day of the year. >
  • Your Street Live Challenge runner-up Eduvator.
    Your Street Live Challenge runner-up Eduvator
    Eduvator is a crowdsourcing platform that encourages citizens to make a small contribution that will lead to a big change. >
  • Oscar Diaz at Design Indaba Conference 2013.
    Oscar Diaz on form and meaning
    For Oscar Diaz design happens at the intersection where culture and commerce meet. >
  • Yarn bombing in Cape Town by Isabeau Joubert.
    Mother City yarn bombing
    Cape Town texture designer and yarn bomber Isabeau Joubert shares her thoughts on handcraft in the urban space. >
  • Isabeau Joubert.
    Isabeau Joubert
    Isabeau Joubert is a Cape Town-based texture designer and yarn bomber. >
  • Encounter Mara brochure by K&i.
    Africa illustrated
    K&i design studio have designed a selection of brochures for the Tuli Wilderness Camp and Encounter Mara that highlights the beauty of Africa. >
  • Daan Roosegaarde at Design Indaba Conference 2013.
    Daan Roosegaarde on creating techno poetry
    “I’m a hippie with a business plan”, says artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde on his approach to design, making what he calls “techno poetry”. >
  • Your Street Live Barrack Lane
    Barrack Lane, the winning proposal in the Your Street Live challenge, is an idea to turn a forgotten lane in Cape Town into a dynamic space. >
  • "In Context" exhibition by Western Cape Furniture Initiative.
    Context & insight
    The Western Cape Furniture Initiative's exhibition and trade show consider the state of contemporary furniture and lighting design in South Africa. >
  • Open Design
    Taking place from 21 to 31 August 2013, Open Design Cape Town is a multidisciplinary event aimed at making design and design thinking more accessible. >
  • Seraka
    Call for entries: Exhibition on African design
    Design Indaba invites designers and innovators from across Africa to participate in a major exhibition at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
  • Product spotlight: Knit bags by Lulu K
    Lulu K's knitted bags emphasise the value of handcrafted design, while also promoting skills development among women from disadvantaged communities. >
  • Alex Chen at Design Indaba Conference.
    Alex Chen on the possibilities of a line
    Combining his love of music, drawing and coding, Alex Chen creates interactive works that turn chaotic things into something beautiful and charming. >
  • Masashi Kawamura
    Masashi Kawamura: Making new ways of making things
    Masashi Kawamura is interested in designing new ways to design and experimenting with ways to combines technology and storytelling. >
  • Masashi Kawamura at Design Indaba Conference 2013.
    Masashi Kawamura on doing different things with technology
    “By making things differently you’ll get something different (no duh)”. Masashi Kawamura explains how this approach informs his creative work. >
  • Lamp by Jan Douglas.
    Family of furniture
    Jan Douglas's collection of bespoke, low-tech furniture combines utility with a narrative element that draws on his Afrikaans heritage. >
  • Pony Desk by Y Tsai
    Pony Desk by Y Tsai
    The Pony Desk by Y Tsai offers children a desk, chair and storage unit in one. The container library at Vissershok Primary was recently gifted with 30 of them. >
  • Aimee Lottering for Brown Paper iPad/Tablet Sleeve by WREN design.
    Paper sleeves
    WREN's iconic PPC Cement Laptop Bags now have a sibling! Welcome the Brown Paper iPad/Tablet Sleeve to the family of beautifully upcycled bags. >
  • Bright Talks Cape Town.
    Brightest
    Bright Talks gave audiences a chance to gain insight into the advertising world. Here's a look a the day's inspiring and motivating presentations. >
  • Bright Talks.
    A bright day
    The inaugural Bright Talks seminars took place in Cape Town yesterday. The audience was left inspired, motivated and ready to make a creative difference. >
  • Mandela Day 2013 in Blikkiesdorp
    Mandela Day 2013
    On Mandela Day 2013 – Madiba's 95th birthday, on 18 July – we paid a visit to the community of Blikkiesdorp, outside Cape Town. Here's what we got up to. >

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