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Here's why the changing advertising agency hasn't scared David Droga

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

“Logical people make the world go round, but creative people make it worth living in.”

24 Aug 18
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Selva Hernandez on design and independent book publishing in Mexico

Design News > Information Design

“Studying design allowed me to design books. After more than twenty years designing for cultural institutions, I decided to open my own label.”

23 Aug 18
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Here are our not-to-be-missed A’ Design Award winners

Design News > Product Design

The global platform has announced its best designers and designs for 2017 to 2018.

22 Aug 18
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Design Indaba alumni V. Sunil and Mohit Jayal are injecting creativity into India's spaces

Design News > Creative Economy

In what may be their most ambitious project yet, Motherland have embarked on the task of reinventing a city.

22 Aug 18
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Architect Dong-Ping Wong to speak at Design Indaba 2019

Design News > Industrial Design

With several companies under his belt, Dong-Ping Wong’s work represents a new wave of architecture.

21 Aug 18
00:26:22

Graphic designer Natasha Jen poses six questions for design thinkers

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

During her Design Indaba Conference talk she expands on her thinking since declaring: Design Thinking is Bullshit.

21 Aug 18
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A New Zealand company is making raincoats out of recycled fibres

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The Humble Raincoat is made of recycled plastic bottles.

20 Aug 18
00:25:55

Morag Myerscough on transforming spaces with colour and embracing the unknown

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

The London-based designer takes us through her work that’s added colour to hospitals, public spaces and more.

20 Aug 18
00:33:08

Landscape architect Peter Veenstra on the importance of bringing nature into our cities

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

Veenstra, of LOLA Landscapes, talks us through three projects including the Dome of Plants, planned for the City of Cape Town.

17 Aug 18
00:24:28

Lonny van Ryswyck on the importance of looking after our diminishing resources as designers

Talks > Product Design

In her 2018 Design Indaba Conference talk she takes us through her projects including, A World of Sand, where people donated sand from all over the world.

16 Aug 18
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What does it take to make it as a creative?

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

We looked to a new book by Creative Nestlings to find some clues from women featured in the book.

16 Aug 18
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Gale Maimane on her new short film, starring Zoe Modiga, called Me

Design News > Music & Sound Design

“We wanted to make a piece that encapsulates fashion and music in a skilful way. A tender way. A femme way.”

15 Aug 18
00:23:24

Martha Cotton on the growth and influence that design has on business

Talks > Design Thinking

“My clients have started to really look towards the way me and my design colleagues look at the world and solve problems."

15 Aug 18
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Rajni Perera’s embellished photography explores identity alongside surreal dreamworlds

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

“After all, immigrants are the first travellers in time and space.”

14 Aug 18
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Architect Annabelle Selldorf announced as Design Indaba speaker for 2019

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

The founder of Selldorf Architects’ design language is quietly classic and highly considered.

14 Aug 18
00:00:00

Graphic designer extraordinaire, Tony Brook, on his studio’s creative journey

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

The founder of Spin Studio shares his creative wisdom with the Design Indaba audience.

13 Aug 18
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Indian artists interpret what Urdu will look like in 2050

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

'Will young girls drop Rumi bombs on the 2050 version of social media to passive aggressively call out lousy lovers?"

13 Aug 18
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Somali Architecture students are stitching back the country's built heritage digitally

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

The collective has been invited to represent the country at this year's London Design Biennale.

12 Aug 18
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Roshnee Desai is pushing for a research-led approach to design in India

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

The importance of designing for the everyday person, and democratising design.

12 Aug 18
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Bridging the gap between architecture and entrepreneurship in Lesotho

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

Daniela Gusman talks about the project as well as their international architecture competition, Rise In The City.

10 Aug 18
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Morag Myerscough's Design Indaba installation brings vibrant colour to two Cape Town schools

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Design Indaba worked with stakeholders including SeeSawDo on two projects giving a second life to the Embrace the Unknown installation.

8 Aug 18
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Advice from past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Here's what illustrator Daniel Ting Chong, director Anthony Silverston, artist Paul Senyol and furniture designer Neil Grantham have to say.

8 Aug 18
00:40:47

Ensamble Studio on building flexible, stackable spaces and working with nature

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

"When we look at nature we want to learn from it, we want to build with it."

7 Aug 18
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Check out the creatives participating in this year's GrigriPixel workshop

Design Frontiers > African Design

The annual programme is developing a wealth of experimental practices through inter-continental collaboration.

7 Aug 18

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