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Conversa+ions

Design Indaba magazine’s 10th birthday edition teams up past and present speakers to discuss design and life.


Long-time friends Ross Lovegrove and Fernando Gutierrez look past the obvious difference in dimension of each other’s work.

Life experience is more important than design theory for friends Simon “Sanky” Sankarayya and Harry Pearce’s work.

From the icy global hub of Berlin in Germany and the sunny backwaters of Coffee Bay in SA, Hella Jongerius and Heath Nash met on Skype.

Over a video call between Durban and Amsterdam, graphic designer Richard Hart meets product designer Jurgen Bey.

Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karlsson of KarlssonWilker met while working for Stefan Sagmeister and now reunite as equals.

Massimo Morozzi first saw the Vermelha chair by the Campana Brothers in 1997 in a magazine. Thirteen years later…

Two fathers of contemporary design, Milton Glaser and Massimo Vignelli draw on decades of experience in their dialogue.

Dana Arnett of VSA Partners and Paula Scher of Pentagram have been eyeing each other’s work since the 1990s.

Roger Ballen’s photographs defy socio-political explanation and other verbalisations of meaning. It’s an existential journey.

Yves Béhar attended one of Jens Martin Skibsted’s Biomega presentations over 10 years ago, the beginning of a cross-continental friendship.

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