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Kagiso Lediga
Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film director.
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31 Oct 18
Where would the South African comedy scene be without Kagiso Lediga?
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Creative Economy
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The filmmaker, actor and comedian behind some of the country's most loved comedy shows and films will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2019.
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31 Oct 18
What can AI do for you?
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African Design
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Daniel Ting Chong uses creative coding to create collaborative artwork for Design Indaba 2019.
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26 Oct 18
Filmmaker and photographer Senay Berhe's unbounded approach to creativity
Design Frontiers
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Creative Economy
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Film & Animation
“I see myself as a tool to create. So what you put in, is what you get out. If I am doing well or doing something I love I feel that will be what comes out."
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11 Oct 18
Five things to know about Ane Crabtree, the latest Design Indaba 2019 speaker
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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She’s known as the designer of all of our favourite apocalyptic TV shows like Westworld and The Handmaid’s Tale.
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10 Oct 18
Damon Davis explores Ghana's slave past and its impact on black America
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African Design
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Film & Animation
“...the world tells us that our identity doesn’t matter and our story doesn’t matter and our lives don’t matter.”
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24 Sep 18
Roshnee Desai is pushing for a research-led approach to design in India
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The importance of designing for the everyday person, and democratising design.
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12 Aug 18
Wanuri Kahiu
Film director, producer, and author.
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8 Aug 18
The innovative, unconventional and inspiring work of Droga5
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Film & Animation
Ahead of David Droga’s talk at Design Indaba 2019, we take a look at some of the more impactful work from his agency.
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26 Jul 18
Award-winning director Siphiwe Myeza-Mhlambi on his approach to storytelling
Design Frontiers
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Film & Animation
“I want everything that l do to allow me to change the world."
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19 Jul 18
From Design Indaba to a youthful population: Africa is on (creative) fire!
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Music & Sound Design
At WGSN last week, we held intense seminars and workshops sharing trends from our global editors, and, from these, one thing became certain:
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16 Jul 18
The untold history behind William Kentridge’s most ambitious project to date
Design News
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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’.”
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12 Jul 18
Nadir Bouhmouch is filming the longest protest in Morocco’s history
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African Design
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Film & Animation
“The first victims of climate change, of the environmental injustice are poor people.”
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19 Jun 18
Making the music video great again
Design Frontiers
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Film & Animation
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Music & Sound Design
As musicians continue to push the boundaries visually, we examine the evolution of their relationship with film.
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5 Jun 18
This British Nigerian artist's films celebrate the full spectrum of blackness
Design Frontiers
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Film & Animation
Seye Isikalu’s work thoughtfully captures black bodies on screen.
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24 May 18
VR tool takes viewers inside Gaza to create empathy for those affected by oppression and war
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Design Activism
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Product Design
"By leveraging breakthrough technologies, such as virtual reality, we can create solidarity with those who are normally excluded"
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16 May 18
Letters from a Birmingham Girl
Design News
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Film & Animation
A documentary about intersectionality, identity and family.
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11 May 18
Sunu Gonera on finding his voice, afrofuturism and making heroes out of ordinary people
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African Design
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In this opening talk of Design Indaba 2018 that brought the audience to its feet, the filmmaker talks about his career high and lows.
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1 May 18
This design festival is stitching together India's design community
Design Frontiers
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"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."
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30 Apr 18
Six creative crowdfunding projects worth supporting this April
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From a wordless graphic novel to a project to turn an olive farm into a retreat for creatives and even a project turning plastic into homeware.
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12 Apr 18
This film explores the legacy of colonial architecture in the Congo
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
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Film & Animation
The Tower – A Concrete Utopia explores the social afterlives of colonialist infrastructure in the Congolese city of Kinshasa.
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11 Apr 18
Salooni creates a judgement-free space at festivals to discuss black hair
Design News
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African Design
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"We want women who leave the Salooni to feel beautiful and to feel celebrated."
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10 Apr 18
On how South Africa's small, forgotten towns inspired Five Fingers for Marseilles
Design News
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Film & Animation
"The idea of a South African Western was probably sparked from the numerous road trips we were doing around the country at the time.”
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6 Apr 18
6 young visual artists on our radar
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Photography and Filmmaking from the eyes of this years Emerging Creatives.
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30 Mar 18
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