Architecture & Interiors | Design Indaba

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
Annabelle Selldorf

Architect and founder of Selldorf Architects >

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

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

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

10 Aug 18
Advice from past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / 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
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
Design Indaba x Radisson Blu Hotel

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors

Design Indaba Conference 2018 delegates can take advantage of this special accommodation offer >

2 Aug 18
Designing for urban mobility means learning from the past and predicting for the future

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Trans Utopias is an exhibition which explores the way we design our transport systems in the past, present and for the future. >

25 Jul 18
HUT: Architecture concept for a spiritual community

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

This Italian design group has conceptualised a meditative hub for Tanaf Village, Senegal. >

20 Jul 18
Can you deliver affordable housing while increasing the quality?

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

The Casas Melhoradas aims to do this in Maputo where 80 per cent of the population is estimated to be living in informal settlements. >

19 Jul 18
Peter Veenstra to build dome of plants at Design Indaba venue in Cape Town

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Dutch landscape architect Peter Veenstra has revealed plans to build a plant-covered bamboo sphere in Cape Town's Luthuli Plaza. >

17 Jul 18
5 key trends from Design Indaba

Festival News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

And what brands can learn from Africa's most creative conference. >

16 Jul 18
Design Indaba 2018: A festival of optimism in the face of ecological turmoil

Festival News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Design Indaba 2018 once again lured a roster of international designers, filmmakers, musicians and other artists to Cape Town. >

16 Jul 18
How can we adjust our world to accommodate an ever-expanding global population?

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

These interventions could help relieve the enormous pressures felt by cities in a crowded world. >

11 Jul 18
When a natural disaster occurred in Chile, Alejandro Aravena and his team set out to rebuild the city

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The architect tackles the reconstruction of a city through public participation. >

9 Jul 18
World’s largest 3D printed structure unveiled at Venice Biennale

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

The Cloud Pergola was envisioned as a paradigm for what architecture should stand for in the 21st century. It will be on show until 25 November. >

6 Jul 18
4 projects that cleverly integrate digital fabrication into architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Digital fabrication is helping companies build homes in 24 hours while also helping to build local entrepreneurship. >

4 Jul 18
The A’ Design Award and competition is open for entries

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

The awards aim to advance society through good design. >

26 Jun 18
What a cup of tea teaches us about the value of water

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Shaakira Jassat's ThirTEA for One project highlights the hidden footprint in the lifecycle of the products we consume. >

26 Jun 18
Iwo Borkowicz on creating a new model for social housing in Cuba

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

The Polish architect presents a workable solution for both residents and tourists. >

25 Jun 18
Tropical themed, woven blankets by designer Lilian Martinez

Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

“Craftsmanship is really important to me because it’s the only way that I can reconcile introducing more things and objects into the world.” >

9 Jun 18
Cleansing the air with clever anti-pollutant roof tiles

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

It is now possible to reduce the effect of fossil fuel burning with this simple smog-busting building material. >

8 Jun 18
The Vietnamese community centre made of thatch and bamboo

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The structures were built using only bamboo pegs and rope and no metal joints. >

5 Jun 18
How architecture shapes national identity and helps us understand history

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

“We shape our buildings, and afterwards, our buildings shape us.” >

30 May 18

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