February 2006 Archive

  • Design Indaba 2006
    Design Indaba Conference 2006
    Festival News • 20 Feb 06
    Coverage of the multi-disciplinary design, carbon-neutral event, held on the tip of Africa. >
  • Design Indaba 2006 Commercial
    Design Indaba Campaigns • 19 Feb 06
    The official commercial for Design Indaba 2007. Created by Jupiter Drawing Room. >
  • Design Indaba 2006
    Design Indaba 2006
    Festival News • 19 Feb 06
    A taste of Design Indaba 2006, through the eyes of exhibitors, speakers, sponsors and participants. >
  • Speak your mind at Design Indaba 2006
    Festival News • 8 Feb 06
    GET YOUR MONEY BACK at the 2006 Design Indaba Conference! >
  • Moving on up
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    Going high-tech isn't always the answer to rural transport problems. Sometimes the way forward lies with simple yet sustainable solutions. >
  • Design Philistines?
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    Does South Africa have a design culture? Not really, opines award-winning industrial designer Bernard Smith. >
  • illustration by Christoph Niemann
    From the archives: Head for humour
    Q&A • 1 Feb 06
    Christoph Niemann's pictures paint a thousand witty words. In this interview, we profile the illustrator's more serious side. >
  • A new visual taal
    Next Generation • 1 Feb 06
    The next generation of "alternatiewe" Afrikaners is creating a glorious, guilt-free visual language for the South Africa of their tomorrow. >
  • Contact lens
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    Making contact, even if only momentarily, with the subject in front of her lens gives upcoming portrait snapper Sarah Nankin her focus. >
  • Sold!
    Festival News • 1 Feb 06
    If cash is king, then the Design Indaba Expo 2006 will be a right royal affair, what with a record number of buyers due to attend. >
  • Matali on herself
    Design News • 1 Feb 06
    Both valuable and useful, the collectable creations of French product designer Matali Crasset are climbing their way into design history. >
  • Wordplay
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    Well-known anthropologist and author, Marc Augé writes about why Matali Crasset's work is hard to define in words. >
  • Next, please!
    Next Generation • 1 Feb 06
    After longstanding complaints about a dearth of fresh talent in the industry, a new wave of product designers has at last emerged. >
  • Red hot
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    The first African company to win a coveted Red Dot Design Award proves that South Africa has the potential. >
  • Story teller
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    Design brings stories to life. Or so says Yves Béhar, whose own tale is made up of one brand success story after another. >