Articles

Big in Brazil
Frederico Duarte sits down with Brazilian designer Marcelo Rosenbaum to unpack a celebrity status beyond the boundaries of design.
Wall wide open
In the north-west of SA, a wall is being built, an open-ended celebration of the skills and artistry of the people, writes Neil Stemmet.
Str.smarts
Wooster Collective founders Marc and Sara Schiller discuss the coming-of-age of street art and its significance to the cities it populates.
20:10 recall
As the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010 looms on the horizon, Comedian Louw Venter takes a look at how South Africa will remember "the world".
Fever pitch
When it seems that one man's life has been divinely designed to create the logo for Africa's biggest even, can we call it only destiny?
The beautiful religion
Photographer Jessica Hilltout shows that the beautiful game of soccer goes beyond the confines of stadiums and the glare of the paparazzi.
Hope 2.0
The FIFA 20 Centres for 2010 exemplify how world sustainability can be underwritten by Africa’s bountiful endurance.
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The World Cup is a golden opportunity for South Africa to show off so Marine Leblond goes beyond the budgets of our new stadiums.
Past-life digital dreams
Nadine Botha speaks to Troika whose experiments and installations raise questions about the real function of technology.
The craft factory
Leonard Shapiro explains South Africa’s craft enterprises are reaching self-sufficiency and hankering for the next level: Industrialisation.
Here there
Richard Hart writes about his curation of Them-and-Us, a poster project that brings together African and European graphic artists.
Protofarm 2050
Design Indaba will be presenting Protofarm 2050 at the ICSID World Design Congress in Singapore from 23 to 25 November.
Amusing ourselves to death
Stuart McMillen presents a cartoon visualisation of two of the best-known futurist doctrines.
Stillife
Photographer Ross Garrett and stylist Caroline Olavarrieta evoke an austere vision of the future pastoral.
Sky’s the limit
Batandwa Alperstein evaluates the pros and cons of vertical farming.
Space explorer
Frank Tjepkema tells Design Indaba about the new frontiers of design.
Crop share actionism
Designer Amy Franceschini tells Design Indaba how to turn a keyboard into a pitchfork.
Transhuman metamorphosis
Design Indaba speaks to designer Revital Cohen about her design provocations.
The don of design
Designindaba.com caught up with Massimo Vignelli in Cape Town and discovered a man for whom design is a way of life.
Soil soul
Multiple award-winning designer David Davidson believes gardening is as good for our minds as it is for the planet.