South Africa | Design Indaba

Sunu Gonera on working in Hollywood and why afrofuturism is not a new trend

“I think people are just trying to define what’s already happening on the ground.” >
How this Cape Town publication is disrupting the way we write about food

“To us, the story of a street food vendor running a successful hole-in-the-wall shop is just as valid as a story about a celebrated chef." >
Vukuzenzele is a digital puzzle game helping to redesign informal settlements

The game uses the concept of re-blocking to reimagine the layout of an informal settlement in order to create better access to basic services. >
MaXhosa launches rug collection and appoints new creative director

Changes are afoot for the acclaimed South African fashion brand. >
On how South Africa's small, forgotten towns inspired Five Fingers for Marseilles

"The idea of a South African Western was probably sparked from the numerous road trips we were doing around the country at the time.” >
Thabisa Mjo on using bold product design to tell stories

"I consider design a form of story-telling and design is the medium through which those stories are told." >
Thandiwe Msebenzi uses photography to expose the consequences of misogyny

"I am harassed at least five times a day, 35 times per week...Now imagine what that must do to one psychologically.” >
13 crafty creatives of product, interiors and industrial design

Insects, bottle caps, shapes and colours, are just some of the inspirations behind the work of these 2018 Emerging Creatives. >
Photographs capture the dangerous practice of wine collecting in Namibia

The palm wine collectors in Namibia risk their lives for their cultural practice. >
6 young visual artists on our radar

Photography and Filmmaking from the eyes of this years Emerging Creatives. >
On creating unique ceramics out of sand collected from all over the world

Lonny van Ryswyck talks about using sand from the depleted Theewaterskloof Dam to make the Design Indaba 2018 speakers gift, her process and more. >
Morag Myerscough's design converted at Cape Town primary school to inspire kids

This project extends the life of ‘Embrace the Unknown’, the structure that was erected at Design Indaba Festival 2018. >
Could wastewater biorefinery help in the Cape Town water crisis?

As we observe World Water Day, Cape Town's management of a severe drought is an example of what's to come. >
Cape Town entrepreneur is designing a new language around menstruation

Entrepreneur Zizipho Ntobongwana challenges everything from the packaging to ads to sustainability. >
14 graphic designers to watch

These up and coming visual artist showed us a sneak peak into the future of graphic design in South Africa. >
Young scientist develops possible solution for shack fires

Gabriella Mogale’s innovation won gold at the 2017 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists. >
Meet the future of South African fashion

These are the young creatives in the fashion industry who formed part of our Emerging Creatives programme for 2018. >
27 young South African creatives to watch

Part of our Emerging Creatives 2018, these are just some of the young designers you should have on your radar for South African talent. >
Code artist Zach Lieberman launches Weird Type in collaboration with Design Indaba

“How does typography change when it is spatial, when we can move around it and it exists in 3D space?” >
Art as an exploration of the self and an interrogation of the world with Buhlebezwe Siwani

"I’ve always said if art doesn’t engage socially what are you making it for?" >
Thomas Heatherwick on why the Zeitz MOCAA is unlike any other museum

“Some of the most incredible work is done on this continent and it felt bonkers that many of those artists have to relocate to other parts of the world” >
Two Cape Town brothers on starting one of the world's biggest online learning platforms

"Rather than tearing down the structures that exist, it is far better to use the best of the old and the best of the new." >
Lebo Mashile breathes inner life into the story of Saartjie Baartman

“For the first time, Saartjie's life as an artist and as a performer – because she defined herself as an artist – made a lot of sense to me." >
Here are some highlights from Design Indaba 2018!

This year's Design Indaba was a multi-sensory event that brought together creatives from all over the world. >

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