Craft | Design Indaba

From scrap to robot: This unlikely creation is one man's livelihood

Design News > African Design / Craft

I’ve always been good with my hands, says South Africa's “Robot Man”. >

12 Dec 18
Bongeka Ngcobo

The creative using her craft to tell stories about herself and those around her. >

29 Nov 18
Madri Scherman

This Stellenbosch graduate went from molecular science into designing her own luxury handbag range. >

16 Nov 18
What can AI do for you?

Festival News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Daniel Ting Chong uses creative coding to create collaborative artwork for Design Indaba 2019. >

26 Oct 18
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzales wants to make packaging disappear

Design Frontiers > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Product Design

The Design Indaba 2019 speaker is the co-founder of Skipping Rocks Lab – the company behind the biodegradable water-filled bead to replace plastic bottles. >

25 Oct 18
AGI Open Mexico ends on a fun, moving and experimental note

Design Frontiers > Craft / Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

Sarah Snaith takes us through the highlights of this year's conference which was recently held in Mexico City. >

9 Oct 18
Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society

Design News > Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew." >

4 Oct 18
Hannah Barry has helped to revolutionise the art scene in Peckham, South London

Design Frontiers > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism

Now the gallerist and curator will be joining us on stage at next year’s Design Indaba Conference. >

3 Oct 18
A' Design Awards & Competition is calling for submissions

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

The awards aim to highlight, advertise and advocate good design, designers and design-oriented companies. >

20 Sep 18
Threads of Peru shines a spotlight on traditional Quechua weaving culture

Design News > Craft / Creative Economy

The non-profit organisation economically empowers skilled women artisans from Peru. >

19 Sep 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
9 creatives to look out for this Women's Month

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

To celebrate Women's Month, we're highlighting the work of some of our former participants in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >

6 Aug 18
3 creatives on the importance of dabbling in different sectors

Design News > African Design / Craft / Creative Economy

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creatives reflect on their journeys since leaving the incubator programme. >

25 Jul 18
Finding our humanity and breaking barriers through artistic intervention

Festival News > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism

The global travelling exhibition Tolerance comes to Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg >

17 Jul 18
How I got here: Edel Rodriguez

Festival News > Craft / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Creative Review's Salonee Gadgil speaks to Design Indaba Conference speaker, Edel Rodriguez >

17 Jul 18
The world’s most awarded “Adman” to headline at Design Indaba Conference 2019

Festival News > Craft / Creative Economy

Global advertising superstar David Droga will take centre stage at the renowned Design Indaba Conference. >

16 Jul 18
Visi favourites: Design Indaba 2018

Festival News > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism

Here is a selection of just some of the inspiring things we saw and heard about during the three-day festival of creativity in Cape Town. >

16 Jul 18
The untold history behind William Kentridge’s most ambitious project to date

Design News > Art & Photography / Craft / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

“The colonial logic toward the black participants could be summed up by: ‘Lest their actions merit recognition, their deeds must not be recorded’.” >

12 Jul 18
Zambian fashion entrepreneur on prints, nostalgia and the importance of finding synergy

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft / Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Lucy Mulima started Aya Goods after years spent working in fashion, PR and media. >

5 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
The Living Chair celebrates the beauty of imperfection

Product Spotlight > Craft / Product Design

Carpenter reinterprets his father’s iconic rocking chair design with flawed salvaged wood. >

23 Jun 18
Heartworks: Storytelling through crafts and embroidery

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft

Helle Vibeke Jensen and Tina Ratzer’s Heartworks workshop inspires out-of-the-box thinking. >

15 Jun 18
Designer Ini Archibong on merging myth and reality to create The Secret Garden

Talks > Craft / Product Design

The ECAL graduate spoke about overcoming a difficult time, his design process and the importance of fulfilling a higher purpose. >

11 Jun 18
This young South African artist uses the everyday dinner plate as a canvas

Video Interviews > African Design / Craft

Duma Mtimkulu was one of 40 young exhibitors at Design Indaba 2018. Entries for 2019 are now open. >

4 Jun 18

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