INSPIRE / MAGAZINE

Q106: Get your teeth into design

Celebrating multi-taskers, this edition looks at the different faces of South African design and the upcoming Design Indaba events.

The next generation of "alternatiewe" Afrikaners is creating a glorious, guilt-free visual language for the South Africa of their tomorrow.

Making contact, even if only momentarily, with the subject in front of her lens gives upcoming portrait snapper Sarah Nankin her focus.

Does South Africa have a design culture? Not really, opines award-winning industrial designer Bernard Smith.

Christoph Niemann's pictures paint a thousand witty words. In this interview, we profile the illustrator's more serious side.

Both valuable and useful, the collectible creations of French product designer Matali Crasset are climbing their way into design history.

Going high-tech isn't always the answer to rural transport problems. Sometimes the way forward lies with simple yet sustainable solutions.

After longstanding complaints about a dearth of fresh talent in the industry, a new wave of product designers has at last emerged.

The first African company to win a coveted Red Dot Design Award proves that South Africa has the potential.

If cash is king, then the Design Indaba Expo 2006 will be a right royal affair, what with a record number of buyers due to attend.

Design brings stories to life. Or so says Yves Béhar, whose own tale is made up of one brand success story after another.

Well-known anthropologist and author, Marc Augé writes about why Matali Crasset's work is hard to define in words.

The “Metropolis” edition of Design Indaba magazine considers the world’s expected urban influx and the future role design should play.

The Young Dreamers. Youth is wasted on the young. Youth is the future of culture.

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

It’s time to not only design the solution yourself, but do it yourself!