Cape Town

Michael Wolff on keeping ideas disposable

Exercise your idea-creating capacity by throwing away good ideas. Michael Wolff explains how this works. >
The Curious Room

Artist • Product Designer

The Curious Room is a collaborative effort that aims to create something minimal and marvelous. >
Y Tsai

Architect

Cape Town designer Y Tsai takes a multidisciplinary approach to generating creative solutions in the field of furniture, interior design and architecture. >
Heinrich Wolff

Architect

Heinrich Wolff is an architect who believes architecture can and should be used as a force for social change, and to address issues of inequality. >
Porky Hefer

Product Designer

Porky Hefer is a designer, activist and agitator committed to promoting change. Hefer is a creative doer that believes in keeping things simple. >
Passport

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Primedia Broadcasting

Established in 1994, Primedia is a leading South African media group behind leading broadcasters that include 567 Cape Talk, LeadSA and KFM. >
Filmfest 2012

Film

Design Indaba's two-week Filmfest gives you affordable access to some of the world's best and most inspiring design films. >
Carla Fernandez: how heritage translates into fashion

With her Taller Flora label, Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernandez incorporates elements of her country’s heritage into the garments she designs. >
Lowery Stokes Sims on the Global Africa Project

Lowery Stokes Sims tells of the Global Africa Project, which unpacks the notion of a "global Africa" and its meaning in terms of art, design and craft. >
Fibra: Design as a tool to change perspectives

Fibra are using design as a tool to change perceptions and ultimately change the world. >
Adriaan Kuiters + Jody Paulsen

Fashion Designer

Adriaan Kuiters' clothing expresses understated style and painstaking craftsmanship in every detail. >
Charlie Todd on Improv Everywhere

Founder of Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd, talks about creating scenes of joy and chaos in public places to make people smile. >
Lindsay Kinkade on combining art, design and public policy

Lindsay Kinkade talks about using open-source methodology to make public policy, particularly the American healthcare system, more understandable. >
The Lovely Ones

Jewellery Designer

The Lovely Ones is the label of Cape Town-based jewellery artist Andrea Hopkins. >
CREATIVE CLUB: Bright sparks unite

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cowgirlblues

Fashion Designer

cowgirlblues is a design studio and dye-house specialising in the hand-crafting of merino wool and mohair. >
Unexpected transformations

Interior designer Tracy Lynch tells of her passion for finding the unexpected, her love for junk shops and the importance of heartfelt spaces. >
Mervyn Gers Ceramics

Ceramicist

Mervyn Gers Ceramics is internationally renowned for their exceptional ceramic tableware. >
Veldt

Design Studio

Veldt is a design company that is committed to stylish and eco-conscious living. >
The Paper Parrot

Take one woman, one laptop and loads of paper, add them together creatively and you get The Paper Parrot by Mieke Bredenkamp. >
simpleintrigue

simpleintrigue is a quirky design company by "maker of stuff," Keri Muller. >
Alberto Alessi: the godfather of Italian design

Poetry and art meet function in Alessi’s extensive range of consumer products. Alberto Alessi shares the story. >
Dirk van der Kooij on 3D printing and recycling

Dirk van der Kooij taught a robot to make comfortable chairs using 3D printing techniques and recycled plastic from discarded fridges. >

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