Creative Economy | Design Indaba

Lucas De Man on being a creator and following your gut

Talks > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

“Designing shows that there’s so many possibilities because there is no one truth. There is power in not knowing.” >

26 Apr 19
Kagiso Lediga on storytelling, failure and staying true to who you are

Talks > Craft / Creative Economy / Film & Animation / Interaction Design

“You need to be honest when you’re telling your story…it has to be a truth from inside.” >

23 Apr 19
On blockchain and art

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Creative Economy

The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft. >

19 Apr 19
Olof Schybergson on the influence of design on our society

Talks > Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

"With the help of technology, with the help of design, we are improving the world". >

18 Apr 19
Harmonia Rosales is creating new narratives around the classic art paintings

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

"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure." >

18 Apr 19
Keenan Wyrobek on saving lives with drones

Talks > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Product Design

“Doctors shared with us their torment at losing patients they knew how to save. They knew the treatments. They just didn’t have the supplies.” >

15 Apr 19
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez on tackling the world’s problems with creativity

Talks > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design / Information Design / Product Design

Gonzalez shares his method to coming up with creative solutions to everyday problems. >

12 Apr 19
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
The eco-friendly benefits of a busted smartphone

Design News > Creative Economy / Product Design

“This project takes the seemingly catastrophic moment in which the smartphone breaks as an opportunity to redefine the value of the expired object.” >

11 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
Dave Hakkens on tackling the planet's waste

Talks > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Product Design

“When I start something I like to start with a problem.” >

5 Apr 19
David Droga on why he is still optimistic about advertising

Talks > Creative Economy / Film & Animation

“Linear and logical people make the world go round, but it’s the creative people who make it worth living in." >

4 Apr 19
Wanuri Kahiu on using film to talk about Africans as joyful and radiant

Talks > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Film & Animation

“I realised that there is more images and more stories of joy than there is of remorse,” Kahiu says of her search for African stories of joy. >

3 Apr 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
Jalila Essaïdi’s project turns cow dung into textiles

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Designer and entrepreneur Jalila Essaïdi says we have an untapped natural resource in manure. >

14 Mar 19
Dezeen Awards 2019 are encouraging African designers to enter

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

Dezeen Awards is the benchmark for international design excellence and the ultimate accolade for architects and designers everywhere. >

11 Mar 19
Keenan Wyrobek presents his revolutionary drone system at Design Indaba Festival 2019

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

The world's only drone delivery service gets life-saving medical supplies and blood to the most remote and difficult to reach places on Earth. >

27 Feb 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
GoGirlsICT is preparing the next generation of coders in South Sudan

Design Frontiers > African Design / Creative Economy / Information Design

The initiative was founded to help fight stereotypes among the youth, especially girls and women using ICT. >

20 Feb 19
Reform Studio

Reform is an award-winning design studio based in Cairo, Egypt. >

18 Feb 19
designboom

Founded in Milan in 1999, designboom is the world's first and most popular digital architecture and design magazine. >

14 Feb 19
Omenka

Omenka is Africa’s premium art, business and luxury-lifestyle magazine. >

14 Feb 19

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