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Step onto the Emerging Creatives launchpad...

With just under a month to enter Emerging Creatives 2014 we showcase our campaign posters that feature some of the programme's success stories >
The Fleet sails into (Cape) Town

Fourteen local designers have set up their wares on Buitengracht Street as a one-stop Christmas-list shop. >
Cape architecture awards

The Cape Institute for Architecture (CIA) announces the seven winners of its 2013 Award for Architecture. >
Sitting Pretty presents . . .

South African online retailer Style36 launches its inaugural store within a store on Monday featuring Cape Town label Sitting Pretty. >
Matthew Carter on untypical typefaces

In his talk at Design Indaba 2013, type designer Matthew Carter gives insight into the creation of unusual typefaces. >
One month remaining to apply For Emerging Creatives

Step onto the Emerging Creatives Launchpad and take your talent to new heights. >
Lauren Fowler: Emerging Creatives Q&A

This week’s featured Emerging Creative is graphic designer and illustrator Lauren Fowler, who was part of the programme at Design Indaba Expo in 2011. >
Steam 1886

#FilmFestFridays presents "Steam 1886", a fantasy video showcasing the fashion and lifestyle of a possible 19th century steam culture. >
Paula Scher on creativity as a small defiant act of misbehaving

"Small breakthroughs and how they came to be" was the theme for Paula Scher’s presentation at Design Indaba Conference 2013. >
Design Indaba Expo 2014: First Editions

Design Indaba Expo is offering a new feature called “FIRST EDITIONS” for exhibitors who want to unveil a new piece and have a presence at the event. >
Daniel Ting Chong: Emerging Creatives Q&A

This week’s featured Emerging Creative is graphic designer Daniel Ting Chong, who was part of the programme at Design Indaba Expo in 2008. >
Your Street Live winner The Greenpop Mountain Road Rest Nest & Nursery

The Greenpop Mountain Road Rest Nest and Nursery will provide Woodstock residents with an eco-friendly space to be proud of. >
Creativity on the continent

The African Creative Economy Conference, taking place in Cape Town from 3 to 6 October, will look to ways of unlocking the continent's creative potential. >
Wael Morcos on using typography to preserve language

Wael Morcos explains how typography can be used to give a new meaning to something that might otherwise be generic. >
Bland Hoke and Howard Chambers on cities working for people.

Bland Hoke and Howard Chambers explore how design can transform cities, making them more dynamic and turning them into real community assets. >
Nelly Ben Hayoun: Design is all about passion and ambition

At Design Indaba Conference 2013, Nelly Ben Hayoun chats to Michael Bierut about her project The International Space Orchestra. >
Hundred thousand & more

The Petting Zoo app, with animations by Christoph Niemann, has had more than 100 000 downloads since its launch at Design Indaba 2013! >
Expo 2014: Buyer registration now open

Register as an official Design Indaba Expo 2014 buyer to take advantage of great benefits – and get exclusive access to the very best of South African design. >
Buyers Day 2014 at Design Indaba Expo

Other Events • Special

Registered buyers are invited to attend an exclusive Buyers Day, which takes place the day before the Expo opens to the public. >
Gerard Back

Furniture Designer

Gerard Back is the owner of design company Mila, and a curator for Design Indaba Expo's Furniture and Homeware sectors. >
Pete Case

Creative Director • Brand Specialist

Pete Case is a creative director, CEO and founder of Gloo Digital Design, and a curator for Design Indaba Expo. >
Mugendi K M'Rithaa

Industrial Designer • Educator • Curator

Mugendi K M'Rithaa is an industrial designer, educator and researcher at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and a curator for Design Indaba Expo. >
Verna Jooste

Jewellery Designer

Verna Jooste is a jewellery designer, lecturer at the Stellenbosch University’s Department of Visual Arts and curator for Design Indaba Expo. >
Bryan Ramkilawan

Educator • Fashion Curator

Bryan Ramkilawan is chief executive officer of the Cape Town Fashion Council and on the curatorial panel of Design Indaba Expo. >

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