a better world through creativity
Home
About Design Indaba
Design Indaba News
Projects
Press Room
Emerging Creatives
News & Features
Design News
Africa Now
Creative Work
Interviews
Next Generation
Design Frontiers
African Design
Design Activism
Videos
Conference Talks
Video Archive (2006 – present)
Designer Directory
Our database of African and international creatives and companies making waves in the design world.
Search
Watch
Craft debate: Paul Priestman
Design News
>
Craft
Industrial designer and Design Indaba 2006 speaker, Paul Priestman weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Alex Steffen
Design News
>
Design Thinking
Editor of Worldchanging.com and Design Indaba 2007 speaker, Alex Steffen weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Elsie Nanji
Design News
>
Creative Economy
Creative director and Design Indaba 2004 speaker, Elsie Nanji weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Christine Moosmann
Opinion
>
Craft
Editor of Novum magazine, a Design Indaba media partner, Christine Moosmann weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Nkhensani Nkosi
Design News
>
Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fashion designer, Design Indaba Expo exhibitor and Design Indaba 2008 speaker, Nkhensani Nkosi weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Professor Neil Gershenfeld
Design News
>
Information Design
Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms and Design Indaba 2007 speaker, Professor Neil Gershenfeld weighs in on the craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Sean O’Toole
Design News
>
Craft
Editor of Art South Africa, Design Indaba Expo exhibitor and media partner, Sean O'Toole weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Frederico Duarte
Design News
>
Craft
Design writer and Design Indaba media partner, Frederico Duarte weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft Debate: Stefan Sagmeister
Design News
>
Craft
Graphic designer and Design Indaba 2003 speaker, Stefan Sagmeister weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Frauke Stegmann
Design News
>
Graphic Design & Illustration
Graphic and porcelain designer, and Design Indaba Expo exhibitor, Frauke Stegmann weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Design News
>
Craft
Product designers and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participants, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec weigh in on the craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Inga Sempé
Design News
>
Craft
Product designer and Design Indaba 2006 speaker, Inga Sempé weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Marisa Fick-Jordaan
Design News
>
Craft
Designer, development consultant and Design Indaba Expo curator and exhibitor, Marisa Fick-Jordaan weighs in on the craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Lauren Shantall
Design News
>
Craft
Deputy editor of Elle Decoration SA, Design Indaba Expo curator and media partner, Lauren Shantall weighs in on the craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Maxim Velčovský
Design News
>
Craft
Product designer, DI2008 speaker and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participant, Maxim Velčovský weighs in on the craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Geraldine Fenn
Design News
>
Fashion & Jewellery Design
Jeweller and Design Indaba Expo curator and exhibitor, Geraldine Fenn weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Craft debate: Satyendra Pakhalé
Design News
>
Craft
Industrial designer, DI2006 speaker and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participant, Satyendra Pakhalé weighs in on the craft debate.
1 Feb 09
Watch
Save the designer 5.5
Q&A
>
Product Design
Anthony Lebossé of Paris’s 5.5 designers explains how they are undoing the very basis of their profession.
1 Nov 08
Watch
SA: The US of Africa
Lookbook
>
Graphic Design & Illustration
Durban-based graphic designer Garth Walker has created a politically incorrect new exhibition for the Saint-Etienne Design Biennale.
1 Nov 08
Watch
Power art
Lookbook
>
Graphic Design & Illustration
Design Indaba alumnus Luba Lukova releases a portfolio of political posters.
1 Nov 08
Watch
Sharing is caring
Opinion
>
Interaction Design
Based on a currency of sharing, cyberspace is resurrecting community and equality writes digital scholar Philipp Schmidt.
1 Nov 08
Watch
Exquisite scales
Design News
>
Product Design
Commonwealth is uncovering a new kind of beauty by reapplying architectural rigour to smaller scale cross-disciplinary design.
1 Nov 08
Watch
Fear of flying
Q&A
>
Interaction Design
Thrill engineer Brendan Walker talks about the psychological, biological and narrative elements that feed kicks.
1 Nov 08
Watch
$100 000 prize for Design Indaba 10x10
Design News
>
Design Thinking
MMA Architects won the Curry Stone Design Prize for their ingenious solution to the Design Indaba 10x10 low-cost housing challenge.
1 Nov 08
Pages
« first
‹ previous
…
413
414
415
416
417
…
next ›
last »
From the Archives
Flipping the script
Design News
•
6 Feb 22
Pandemic lockdowns inspired Mina Kasirifar’s multifunctional sensory furniture for kids
>
Setting down roots
Design News
•
6 Feb 22
DRIFT’s LED-lit Tree of Ténéré finds a permanent home in Dallas, Texas
>
Paying homage to the matriarchy
Design News
•
6 Feb 22
Nokukhanya Charity Vilakazi’s work explores the power of the stories African grandmothers tell their grandchildren.
>
Light my wire
Design News
•
6 Feb 22
A contemporary spin on telephone wire weaving makes for a range of mesmerising pendants.
>
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
1995
Sign up to our newsletter
Sign up to Design Indaba Weekly for the latest design news and inspiration. Sign up to Design Indaba News for updates on Design Indaba events and projects.
Email Address
Design Indaba (select one or both)
Weekly editorial newsletter
Festival and event updates
Submit work
Africa is Now
Hopes and Impediments
Design News
·
9 May 25
Lagos to Stockholm
Design News
·
7 Mar 25
Kéré designs tribute to visionary leader
Design News
·
20 Feb 25
Design Activism
BIG x FREEDOM
Design News
·
28 Feb 25
A New Dawn
Design News
·
20 Feb 25
Sensing Nature
Design News
·
30 Jan 25
Twitter
Follow @designindaba
Tweets by @designindaba