Craft | Design Indaba

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
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
Lebo Mashile on her life and how poetry and books became a lifeline

Talks > Art & Photography / Craft / Music & Sound Design

“Criss-crossing, jumping identities has been the story of my life.” >

9 May 18
This design festival is stitching together India's design community

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

"It was one of its kind in the Indian design history. I’m not aware of any other festivals organised on such a massive scale." >

30 Apr 18
13 crafty creatives of product, interiors and industrial design

Design News > African Design / Craft / Product Design

Insects, bottle caps, shapes and colours, are just some of the inspirations behind the work of these 2018 Emerging Creatives. >

2 Apr 18
On the future of food, fashion and eating our environmental problems away

Next Generation > Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design / Product Design

The world is changing rapidly, this means our fashion and food choices need to keep up. >

30 Mar 18
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | March 2018

Take Five > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Find out why this design made the cut in this month's crowdfunding round-up. >

14 Mar 18
Here are some highlights from Design Indaba 2018!

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

This year's Design Indaba was a multi-sensory event that brought together creatives from all over the world. >

7 Mar 18
10 reasons not to miss this year's Design Indaba Festival of Creativity

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Film & Animation / Food Design

From our speakers, to food experiences, special movie screenings and an urban music festival, there is something for everyone! >

17 Feb 18
Path of the Upright: Spiritual identity woven into textile design

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft

Stefania Morland tells us why she nominated this artwork for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >

15 Feb 18
Vote now for The Most Beautiful Object In South Africa 2018

Design News > African Design / Craft

Our search for a South African object that challenges the very definition of beauty has begun – take a look at this year’s 10 contenders! >

9 Feb 18
#DIonenightonly: Here's what to expect at Design Indaba's free public opening

Design News > Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

One of you could win double tickets to Nightscape at Design Indaba on 22-23 February! >

9 Feb 18
The Urchins is taking the craft of crochet to a new level

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

Where biomimicry, cultural weaving and lots of polyester strands meet. >

8 Feb 18
Self-taught Icelandic painter on expressing a new alphabet using colours

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy

Katrin Fridriks’ work will be featured as part of Pascal Janssen's gallery offering at the Cape Town Art Fair this month. >

8 Feb 18
Joias is a product line that merges Belgian and Brazilian craftsmanship

Design News > Craft / Product Design

This project merges crafts, social engagement, design and human contact. >

6 Feb 18
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | February 2018

Focus On > Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >

5 Feb 18
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | January 2018

Take Five > Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >

31 Jan 18
Renata Souza

Product designer. >

24 Jan 18
Lonny van Ryswyck

A designer that sits at the crossroads of creativity, science and nature. >

23 Jan 18
Jona Schilling

The 22 year-old hopes to add his contemporary ceramics to South Africa's design scene. >

18 Jan 18
Duma Mtimkulu

Duma Mtimkulu takes the art of ceramics with him on his way to succeeding >

18 Jan 18

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