Film & Animation | Design Indaba

Blair Imani is writing Herstory

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Imani’s book is shining a light both on modern feminists and on marginalised people who are making a difference in the world. >

21 May 19
Congolese storyteller is breathing new life into African mythologies

Next Generation > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

Yamakasi's project, through the power of social media, helped bring together illustrators and colourists from Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo >

16 May 19
Federico Babina uses architecture to explain mental illness

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

Babina cleverly represents what different mental illnesses look like. >

29 Apr 19
Ane Crabtree’s labour of creative love

Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation

“What I do is act like a kind of connector or conduit of emotion. Emotion in words, in pace, in visuals across the screen.” >

25 Apr 19
Sierra Leonean artist explores identity and human expression

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

Ngadi Smart, a photographer from Sierra Leone, captures the diverse ways people express their identity. >

23 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
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
On being a young creative dealing with mental health

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

We spoke to past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives to unpack the way creativity and mental health co-exist in their lives. >

25 Mar 19
Malawian artist Samson Kambalu on the non-Western ways of crafting a narrative

Video Interviews > African Design / Film & Animation

The multimedia artist says there’s no such thing as a passive audience in Africa. >

15 Mar 19
Wanuri Kahiu talks Rafiki and being a reluctant activist

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation

"I am truly a creative. I start from a creative space and not from an activist space. I am like the most reluctant activist you will ever meet." >

1 Mar 19
Patricia Kihoro

Patricia Kihoro is a singer, actress, radio presenter, improv comedian and digital content creator. >

22 Feb 19
Samuel's Streets documents a radio show in Kinshasa run by homeless young people

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Film & Animation

#WorldRadioDay: Makhulu Productions' virtual reality film tells the story of how a homeless child found his voice on a Kinshasa radio show. >

13 Feb 19
Steph Foster

His work combines sound and music with visual media to tell stories of mass incarceration and reconciliation within urban communities. >

12 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
Kordae Henry explores mineral trade in the Congo using a sci-fi film

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

The filmmaker, architect and designer is set to speak at the 2019 Design Indaba Conference. >

7 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
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
Kordae Jatafa Henry

Creative Director and Artist Kordae Jatafa Henry lives and works in Los Angeles. >

30 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
Tandekile Mkize

Film and Photography >

29 Nov 18
The Indian woman behind some of Hollywood's blockbuster set designs

Design News > Film & Animation

Aashrita Kamath turned her love of narrative into a career. >

19 Nov 18
Lucas De Man uses art to help bring more social cohesion to our cities

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Film & Animation / Interaction Design

His latest project called EYE humanises the anonymous city by giving it eyes and offering visitors new perspectives. >

14 Nov 18
Lucas De Man

Artistic director of company: New Heroes >

13 Nov 18

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