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Lauren Mackler on stories and storytelling

There are different artistic formats through which to tell stories in a visual way, discovers Lauren Mackler. >
Revital Cohen on how technology affects the human body

Revital Cohen considers how technology affects biology by focussing specifically on the human body. >
Arno Mathies on luxury and industrial design

Arno Mathies talks about luxury, industrial design and the influences in his own work. >
Jon Stam: designing for and from personal memory

Jon Stam shares six projects he created that all have the common theme of “designing for and from personal memory”. >
Roger Smythe: imagining dreams and ideas into reality

Roger Smythe explains that when Masters and Savant Worldwide was established, they wanted to give both their clients and team an incredible experience. Roger Sm >
Piyush Pandey on his Ministry of Fun in advertising

In his hilarious presentation, Piyush Pandey pays tribute to the greatest design of all – the heart – and talks about using humour and emotion. >
Visualising the city

Experimenting with data and transport route design, Black Hat and Nimbus show that there’s more to an urban environment than architecture. >
Han Feng talks fashion

From Nanjing to New York, fashion designer Han Feng talks about making it big, costume design and Asian influences in Western fashion. >
Pray, Demetrios and Hustwit on film and its role in design

Filmmakers Gary Hustwit, Doug Pray and Eames Demetrios engage in dialogue with Michael Bierut about making movies that deal with design and its possibilities. >
Marcelo Rosenbaum on cultural heritage in design

Understanding and incorporating cultural heritage and traditions is a key feature in Marcelo Rosenbaum’s designs. >
Michael Bierut: five lessons on graphic design

In graphic design it is essential to consider the needs of the people that are going to be living with the design, says Michael Bierut. >
Karin Fong designs title sequences

In her entertaining talk Karen Fong shows how designing title sequences for films is about making transitions from the everyday to the fantastical. >
Alejandro Aravena's low-cost housing solutions

Looking to low-cost housing solutions, Alejandro Aravena propagates the building of half a good house. >
Kiran Bir Sethi does it for the kids

Feel it, imagine it, do it and then share it. That’s what Kiran Bir Sethi is urging children to do to make the world a better place. >
Redesigns for iconic brands

Design Indaba and Foodcorp Consumer Brands present a design competition challenging students to reimagine the packaging of iconic SA food brands. >
Zunette Mulder Jewellery

Jewellery Designer

Cape Town designer Zunette Mulder creates handmade jewellery and also reuses and recycles antique pieces. >
Dan Fuller

Jewellery Designer

Established in 2004 by Daniel Fuller and manufactured in Cape Town, this unconventional range of jewellery and fashion accessories is edgy yet affordable. >
Christien Meindertsma on her affinity for raw materials

Her thoughtful exploration of materials such as wool and flax sees Christien Meindertsma creating gorgeously ethical design. >
Dror Benshetrit on collaboration, reinvention and transformation in cross-disciplinary design

Dror Benshetrit launched his QuaDror structural support system at Design Indaba 2011. >
Design Indaba Conference 2012

Conference

Design Indaba 2012 includes the Design Indaba Conference and Simulcast from 29 February to 2 March 2012, and Design Indaba Expo from 2 to 4 March 2012. >
Javier Mariscal on what creativity can do – a puppet show

Javier Mariscal asks and then shows, with live animation, what creativity can do. >
Robert Wong: How Google is adding humanity to technology

Robert Wong shows how Google is positively impacting people’s lives by adding humanity to technology. >
Sonja Bäumel

Fashion designer Sonja Baumel talks about growing clothes out of the bacteria on your skin. >
Luyanda Mpahlwa + Mokena Makeka

Mokena Makeka and Luyanda Mpahlwa chat about using public space, culture, fun and romance to create an African architectural identity. >

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