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Drawings of origin

Inspired by the oldest intact human fossil, Drawing on Origins is a body of creative work at the intersection of architecture and archeology. >
For the love of design

Design Indaba 2012 was a drool-worthy affair packed with colour, pattern and the best in local design. Here’s a recap of what went down... >
Where It's At: A Design Indaba publication

Publications & Art Projects

Guest edited by Richard Hart and designed by Disturbance, Where It's At is the first in a series of limited editions inspired by Design Indaba magazine. >
Carly Berger on sustainable housing solutions

Carly Berger investigates how green housing solutions can successfully be implemented in neighbourhoods. >
Renée Rossouw on finding her own identity through design

Renée Rossouw reveals how her inspiration from urban environments plays a fundamental role in her unique design process. >
Wild life

Inspired by the Big Five, Cath Price Ceramics are quirky, original and getting much love. >
Y Tsai on how to use design to make a social impact

Y Tsai uses his past and current projects to demonstrate how designers can make a dent in the universe by means of social improvement. >
Bjarke Ingels: Users are the experts in architecture

For Bjarke Ingels users are the experts when it comes to understanding how to design a building for a specific function. >
Bjarke Ingels on the expanded role of the architect

For Bjarke Ingels, architects are more than just designers of beautiful facades. He considers the expanded role of architects in contemporary society. >
Streetwise Design

The Your Street Challenge aims to bring design back into underprivileged communities through form and function. >
Opening windows to a "designer" career

Design Indaba’s advocacy programmes promoting the creative industries have propped up the local industry. >
Daisy do

"Sitting pretty" is just one of the things you'll be doing with Ronel Jordaan's new Daisy Stool, made of 100% Merino wool. >
FilmFest 2013

Film

The world’s best creativity and design premieres, all on one screen. 17 February to 3 March 2013. >
Product spotlight: Colour Africa Proverbs

Colour Africa Proverbs is a colouring book that depicts traditional African proverbs in a fun way. >
Heinrich Wolff: Architecture can make the world a better place

For Heinrich Wolff the role of architecture involves developing an agenda for social change. >
Heinrich Wolff on architecture as a force of social change

Heinrich Wolff considers post-apartheid architecture in South Africa and the new role of the architect. >
United Visual Artists on designing for emotional response

Inspired by the relationship between technology and nature, United Visual Artists design for an emotional response. >
Sasha Leon Sculpture & Jewellery

Jewellery Designer

Sasha Leon Sculpture and Jewellery creates a range of jewellery pieces and sculptured ornaments. >
City to city

Cape Town creatives band together for STAD, a pop-up in Jo'burg, and connect city-to-city in an atmosphere of creativity. >
Your Street Acre Road comes to life

Take a look at how far Cape Town Your Street winners, Acre Road, are in implementing their creative proposal. >
Troika on things that are tangible

Design trio Troika talk about artefacts that are never purely functional and bringing things from the real world into the virtual world. >
Celestial Living

Furniture Designer

Celestial Living is a Johannesburg-based company that specialises in modern furniture, ceramic pots and embroidered linen. >
Kirsten Goss

Jewellery Designer

Kirsten Goss London, winner of MBOISA 2012, is an international jewellery brand founded in London in 2002. >
Wintec Innovation

Wintec Innovation is a family-owned company responsible for the design, marketing and distribution of innovative architectural, interior and furniture products. >

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