Nelson Mandela

Hugh Masekela

Born in 1939, South African trumpeter, bandleader, composer and lyricist, Hugh Masekela, is loved by jazz, bebop, funk and Afrobeat fans the world over. >

6 Feb 11
20Q: Nontsikelelo Veleko

Q&A > Art & Photography

She's still looking for a creative muse but she's fared exceptionally well without one. Photographer Lolo Veleko is just starting. >

30 Aug 10
Manabu Mizuno answers all at DI2010

Design News > Creative Economy

Creative director Manabu Mizuno’s presentation offered a gentle, reflective breath of fresh air. >

16 Mar 10
ZA News launches second season at DI2010

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Interaction Design

ZA News, SA’s most controversial online television show, returns for a second season and launches at Design Indaba 2010. >

19 Feb 10
20:10 recall

Opinion > Interaction Design / Creative Economy

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". >

9 Feb 10
Zapiro’s puppets find airtime online

Design News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

The satirical ZA NEWS puppet show created by Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto has finally found a way to broadcast – by going online. >

13 Nov 09
Fanfest proposal by Grid

Opinion > Creative Economy

"If the world were to play a match on Mars what colours would we be wearing?" ask Grid in their vision for the 2010 Fanfests. >

1 May 07
Why brand a nation?

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

Thebe Ikalafeng gets the inside track from the globe's leading nation branding specialists, Simon Anholt and Wally Olins. >

1 May 06
Selling SA: View to a thrill

Design News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy

HKLM uses a viewfinder to show brand South Africa at its best. >

1 May 06
Fashion revolution

Opinion > Fashion & Jewellery Design

After centuries of international copying, the past decade has proved revolutionary for SA fashion, writes Adam Levin. >

1 May 06
Do you care?

Design News > Design Activism

Well, Monkeybiz does! The local women's empowerment group recently won the United Kingdom's DoUKCare award alongside Nelson Mandela. >

2 Oct 05
A brand new Africa

Opinion > Creative Economy

Stereotypical associations of Africa are not exactly the kind of images that stimulate foreign investment and tourism. >

1 Aug 05
Where black and white melted into brown

Opinion > Creative Economy

Those seven days spent in South Africa, I rarely heard the word "apartheid", unless I spoke it myself. >

1 May 05
Icons of the South

Opinion > Design Thinking / Creative Economy

What does the South have to offer the world with regards icons? >

1 May 03
Shooting from the lip

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

James Victore is an independent graphic designer whose posters hang in many permanent collections around the world. >

1 May 02

Nelson Mandela

Pages

Top Features

Regulars

TwitterFollow @designindaba