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Christien Meindertsma on her affinity for raw materials
Talks
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Her thoughtful exploration of materials such as wool and flax sees Christien Meindertsma creating gorgeously ethical design.
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23 Aug 11
Dror Benshetrit on collaboration, reinvention and transformation in cross-disciplinary design
Talks
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Industrial Design
Dror Benshetrit launched his QuaDror structural support system at Design Indaba 2011.
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23 Aug 11
Javier Mariscal on what creativity can do – a puppet show
Talks
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Film & Animation
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Interaction Design
Javier Mariscal asks and then shows, with live animation, what creativity can do.
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19 Aug 11
Robert Wong: How Google is adding humanity to technology
Talks
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Creative Economy
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Interaction Design
Robert Wong shows how Google is positively impacting people’s lives by adding humanity to technology.
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18 Aug 11
Sonja Bäumel
Talks
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Interaction Design
Fashion designer Sonja Baumel talks about growing clothes out of the bacteria on your skin.
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15 Aug 11
Michael Edwards on incentivising kids by turning it into a game
Talks
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Interaction Design
Michael Edwards talks about incentivising kids by turning it into a game.
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12 Aug 11
Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto on satire and ZA News
Talks
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Film & Animation
ZA News is the result of a long-term collaboration between political cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (aka Zapiro), and producer Thierry Cassuto.
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2 Aug 11
Oliver Hermanus on his film "Shirley Adams"
Talks
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Film & Animation
Filmmaker Oliver Hermanus talks about the construction of characters for his film "Shirley Adams".
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1 Aug 11
Tomas Kral
Talks
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
ECAL graduate Tomas Kral talks about designing a luxury tea set for his graduation project and integrating craft and industrial design.
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27 Jul 11
Stefan G Bucher
Talks
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Graphic Design & Illustration
While his brain may not be a team player, Stefan G Bucher works to get out of his head.
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27 Jul 11
Thomas Thwaites on making a toaster from scratch
Talks
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Industrial Design
Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites investigates how one would go about making a toaster from scratch.
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22 Jul 11
Design guru Bruce Nussbaum means business
Talks
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
Design is a powerful tool for adding economic and social value to business, says Bruce Nussbaum.
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21 Jul 11
"Design Samurai" Manabu Mizuno on the possibilities of design
Talks
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Manabu Mizuno likes to refer to himself as a design samurai, in a very positive sense.
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13 Jul 11
William Drenttel on design's global impact
Talks
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Promoting social entrepreneurship and applying design innovation to impact the world is what creativity is about for the William Drenttel (1953-2013).
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13 Jul 11
Harry Pearce on useful uselessness in graphic design
Talks
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Conundrums, dreams and fluttering butterflies. Harry Pearce talks about his graphic design process.
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7 Jul 11
Mark Shuttleworth on the benefits of open-source
Talks
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Creative Economy
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Interaction Design
South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth talks about the Ubuntu Project, a free, open-source Linux-based operating system.
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6 Jul 11
Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West
Talks
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré.
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30 Jun 11
Wooster Collective and Faith47 on street art
Talks
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Urban & Landscape Design
Street art is about activism and intervention and should be embraced and celebrated, says Wooster Collective and Faith47.
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12 Apr 11
Ronan Bouroullec on design hits and disasters
Talks
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Product Design
The French designer gets candid about their most popular pieces and reveals which designs bombed.
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5 Apr 11
Martin Kruger on urban architectural projects in Cape Town
Talks
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
Architect Martin Kruger talks about urban architectural projects in and around Cape Town.
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30 Mar 11
Tord Boontje on nature and creativity
Talks
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Craft
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Product Design
Design is intricately linked to making, creativity and the future says Tord Boontje.
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29 Mar 11
Handspring Puppet Company: Engineers of emotions
Talks
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Interaction Design
Handspring Puppet Company believe that puppeteers are engineers of emotions.
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3 Mar 11
Taku Satoh on packaging design
Talks
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Product Design
Taku Satoh talks about retaining packaging design elements that characterise a product.
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9 Feb 11
Henning Rasmuss
Talks
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Architecture & Interiors
Henning Rasmuss talks about the SharpCity project that celebrates and promotes South African architecture.
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2 Feb 11
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