Craft | Design Indaba

SA artist uses cow dung to explore questions on perception and aesthetics

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Mawande Ka Zenzile explains how his reliance on intuition has made his work a lot more honest over the years. >

12 Apr 19
Yuri Suzuki on combining his passion for music and design

Talks > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design

The Japanese sound designer shares how he finds “order in the noise.” >

11 Apr 19
How ostrich feathers are uplifting Oudtshoorn's economy through design

Talks > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

Pascale Theron's work looks at breathing life into the vulnerable ostrich farming industry in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. >

8 Apr 19
Sir David Adjaye designs memorial in honour of Hugh Masekela

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Urban & Landscape Design

The Masekela family, in collaboration with Design Indaba, will be unveiling a memorial pavilion during youth month. >

4 Apr 19
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." >

1 Apr 19
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. >

25 Mar 19
Lemn Sissay on the importance of daily acts of creativity

Video Interviews > Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Sissay talks to us about taking creative risks and where he finds inspiration to write a new poem every morning. >

20 Mar 19
A vote for ‘beauty’: What does it mean to you?

Design News > African Design / Craft / Creative Economy

As Design Indaba 2019 kicks off, voting for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa is still open! Make your choice now. >

27 Feb 19
A' Design Awards & Competition - Last Call for Entries

Design News > Craft / Creative Economy / Industrial Design

Entries for the A' Design Awards close on February 28 >

20 Feb 19
Studio Propolis

Studio Propolis is a Nairobi-based design workshop set up by husband and wife team, Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner. >

18 Feb 19
ArchDaily

ArchDaily is proudly driven to help architects design a better world >

14 Feb 19
AIGA

Eye on Design publishes stories about the world's most exciting designers—and the issues they care about. >

13 Feb 19
Domus

Domus. Empowering inspirational thinkers. Since 1928. >

13 Feb 19
Come experience Nightscape, the Creative Village at Design Indaba

Festival News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

There is no need to book, and entry to Nightscape is absolutely free – come enjoy the design exhibitions, film, installations, curated retail and live music. >

12 Feb 19
Love for design and design for love

Design News > Art & Photography / Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration

Design and art direction duo Leta and Wade's work is a feast for the senses. >

11 Feb 19
South African design driving social change

Festival News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design

Meet the young creatives taking on the world through Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives programme in 2019. >

4 Feb 19
It’s election time: Vote for the country’s fittest design

Festival News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Creative Economy / Information Design / Product Design

This February, the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa will be decided by public vote. >

4 Feb 19
Design Indaba 2019 – design activism and creativity takes center stage

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Urban & Landscape Design

This year's speakers include David Droga, architects Dong Ping-Wong and Annabelle Selldorf. and filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu. >

1 Feb 19
The Golden Age of 3D Printing: Innovations Changing the Industry

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

3D printing itself is no longer a new technology, but that hasn’t stopped researchers and innovators around the world from coming up with new applications. >

1 Feb 19
IKEA launches ÖVERALLT collection during Design Indaba Festival

Festival News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Creative Economy / Industrial Design / Product Design

The limited-edition ÖVERALLT collection was launched on 27th February 2019 at the place where it all started – Design Indaba Festival. >

1 Feb 19
Pascale Theron

Pascale Theron was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, but recently graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. >

30 Jan 19
Danish designer Johannes Torpe on the power of design to create universes

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Creative Economy / Industrial Design

“To create a universe around our products we actually have to take it out into the hands of the people who have to use it." >

21 Jan 19
Creatives that shape cultural narratives

Design News > Craft / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation

These Design Indaba 2019 speakers are using their wells of creativity to define culture in a myriad of magical ways. >

19 Dec 18
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

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