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Surprise attack

Festival News • 27 Feb 15

There were rumours, there were tweets, there were reported sightings around town days before and finally, putting paid to it all – there was the Daddy G DJ set! >
Getting away from the normal

Festival News • 26 Feb 15

Day Two at Design Indaba brought us ideas about the importance of playfulness and how design and creativity can benefit deeply from the input of others. >
Designers rattling the cage of industry

Festival News • 25 Feb 15

Day One at Design Indaba Conference offered diverse viewpoints on the art of going it alone. >
Nedbank's ‘Wet Socks Challenge’

Festival News • 25 Feb 15

A small idea can make a big difference. Your imagination can move a nation. Your creative solution can shape the world. >
Create something to make the world better. Make. Change.

Festival News • 25 Feb 15

We can all use creativity to improve our lives and the lives of those around us. Design Indaba's 2015 campaign celebrates this and the people who do. >
Design Indaba FilmFest 2015: Trailers

Festival News • 18 Feb 15

Thirteen movies to inspire and entertain you, covering hip hop, architecture, comics, newspapers, gay life, fashion, art forgery, photography and folk art. >
Fashion DNA Showcase

Festival News • 15 Feb 15

A call to action to recruit South Africa's young fashionistas into the world of the local fashion industry. >
Sponsored content: News that moves

Festival News • Duration: 00:05:43 • 14 Feb 15

In May 2013, eNCA officially entered the online space with the launch of eNCA.com. >
Saint Laurent

Festival News • 13 Feb 15

This film documents the birth of the fashion powerhouse and the turbulent life of its iconic designer, Yves Saint Laurent. >
Don’t miss out on Design Indaba Simulcast in your city!

Festival News • 13 Feb 15

If you've missed out on booking for Design Indaba Conference there is still a chance to attend the Simulcast in Cape Town, Joburg, Durban, PE or Potchefstroom. >
Protecting your design property

Festival News • 10 Feb 15

Adams and Adams, legal partners to Design Indaba, advise on how best to protect your designs through trademarks, copyrights and patent protection. >
David Adjaye – Collaborations

Festival News • 10 Feb 15

This documentary by Oliver Hardt offers a portrait of the British-Ghanaian architect through the eyes of his clients and collaborators. >
Help for the homeless

Festival News • 9 Feb 15

Design Indaba’s 2015 creative campaign Make. Change., in partnership with The Jupiter Drawing Room and The Haven, aims to improve the lives of the homeless. >
Project Phoenix

Festival News • 9 Feb 15

Roger, a former member of the dreaded Numbers Gang, is marked with the tattoos from his days in the gangs. He reforms his life with the help of a tattoo artist. >
Make. Change. Design Indaba 2015 TV commercial

Festival News • 8 Feb 15

Watch the TV commercial (TVC) for Design Indaba's 2015 Festival campaign, Make. Change. >
Li Edelkoort presents "Vanities – The Mythology of Self" and "Activewear"

Festival News • 6 Feb 15

Get a headstart on 2016 trends in garments, textiles and colour – as envisioned by trend guru Li Edelkoort – at her upcoming seminar in Cape Town and Joburg. >
Hip hop and haute couture and Calvin & Hobbes

Festival News • 2 Feb 15

Design Indaba FilmFest 2015 returns to South Africa's oldest indie cinema with a lineup of all South African premieres, and soon-to-be announced world premiere. >
Doodle for a difference at Design Indaba Expo

Festival News • 30 Jan 15

Unleash your creative juices and get doodling with Design Indaba and 1000 Drawings. >

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Reaping the benefits of Design Indaba initiatives

• 23 Oct 14

Entrepreneurial expo exhibitors create direct and indirect jobs and income from business orders and sales to the public adds to GDP. >
Adams & Adams is Business Day BASA Award winner

Adams & Adams • 27 Aug 14

Law firm Adams & Adams is the winner of the “Sponsorship In-Kind Category” of the 17th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, for their sponsorship of Design Indaba. >
Zeitz Museum by Thomas Heatherwick

• 31 Jul 14

Icon's Christopher Turner writes about Thomas Heatherwick's plans for the first contemporary African art museum on the continent unveiled at Design Indaba 2014. >
Le Cap, World Design Capital 2014

• 15 Jun 14

Design Indaba and #Anotherlightup feature in IDEAT magazine's June 2014 edition. >
Design Indaba 2014: Sagmeister, Obrist and Hulme among our audio bites

It's Nice That • 2 Apr 14

It's Nice That features audio interviews in "Five Minutes With…" some of the speakers from Design Indaba 2014. >
Design Indaba 2014: Day 3

It's Nice That • 9 Mar 14

It's Nice That published rolling coverage from Design Indaba Conference. Here's Editor-in-Chief Rob Alderson's take on day three. >
Design Indaba 2014: Day 2

It's Nice That • 8 Mar 14

It's Nice That published rolling coverage from Design Indaba Conference. Here's Editor-in-Chief Rob Alderson's take on day two. >
Design Indaba 2014: Rolling coverage from Cape Town's big design event

It's Nice That • 7 Mar 14

It's Nice That published rolling coverage from Design Indaba Conference. Here's Editor-in-Chief Rob Alderson's take on day one. >

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