2012 Archive

Design Indaba Conference 2012 roundup

Festival News • 31 Dec 12

In case you missed any of the creative magic, here are the highlights from Design Indaba Conference 2012. >
Parked for life

Design News • 31 Dec 12

Jasper Morrison's range of outdoor furniture, "Park Life" is set to become a garden staple. >
Design a new world

Digital News • 30 Dec 12

Design is the source code to change the 21st Century, says Ravi Naidoo. >
Li Edelkoort calls for entries

Festival News • 28 Dec 12

Renowned trend forecaster brings her curatorial vision to Design Indaba Expo – and she wants you to be part of it. >
Chris de Beer on designing jewellery with a cultural inspiration

Talks • Duration: 00:17:20 • 28 Dec 12

Chris de Beer designs jewellery that reflects the traditional colours and patterns of Zulu culture. >
Magical luminosity

Design News • 28 Dec 12

Tom Dixon's latest pendant lights take inspiration from the designer's love of molten glass creations. >
Reduce and refine

Design News • 27 Dec 12

One SodaStream Source could save 550 plastic bottles per household per year. That's enough reason to let the bubbles flow! >
Piet Hein Eek on respecting material, technique and craftsmanship

Talks • Duration: 00:34:47 • 26 Dec 12

Piet Hein Eek is devoted to creating products with a special attention to detail and quality. >
Wall of colour

Design News • 26 Dec 12

Consumed with colour and exuberance, Adam Levin's exhibition "A Meal of Colour" is encouraging people to investigate their relationship with colour. >
Dine in style

Design News • 24 Dec 12

With sophistication and style, Jaime Hayón has designed the interior of Le Sergent Recruteur restaurant in Paris. >
Splintered wood

Design News • 22 Dec 12

Nendo's latest collection of furniture resembles splintered wood in an elegant style. >
John Bielenberg on why thinking wrong is right

Talks • Duration: 00:30:28 • 21 Dec 12

John Bielenberg believes in thinking wrong to do right. Here he discusses his projects that drive positive change. >
The loaves and the women

Design News • 21 Dec 12

Abbott Miller has designed branding for Hot Bread Kitchen, emphasising the bakery's mission to empower women through the baking of bread. >
Spiralling tower

Design News • 20 Dec 12

Adding a significant structure to the Phoenix skyline, BIG Architects blend form and function for the "Phoenix Observation Tower". >
Coined Underground

Design News • 20 Dec 12

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the London Underground the Royal Mint has struck two new coins, one of them designed by BarberOsgerby. >
Tomorrow's sky

Design News • 19 Dec 12

Mathieu Lehanneur's project "Tomorrow is another day" gives hospital patients a sense of hope through seeing the sky of the future. >
John Bielenberg: We need to think of design as a process, rather than an artefact

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:08 • 19 Dec 12

John Bielenberg talks about Project M, Common and design as a process, rather than an artefact. >
Border free

Design News • 19 Dec 12

The first exhibition by Design without Borders looks into the effectiveness of using design and creativity to address issues in developing countries. >
A new identity

Design News • 18 Dec 12

Harry Pearce fuses history and modernity in creating a confident new identity for one of Britain's oldest institutions. >
Triggerfish: Adventures in Zambezia behind the scenes

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:15 • 14 Dec 12

Take a look behind the scenes of Adventures in Zambezia, South Africa's first feature-length animation film. >
Lively forest

Design News • 14 Dec 12

Jason Bruges Studio has designed an installation that engages and interacts playfully with young patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. >
Lover, lost

Design News • 13 Dec 12

"lost lover" is the title of Faith47's most recent work at Design Miami 2012. >
We love new work

Festival News • 13 Dec 12

Launch your product at Design Indaba Expo and you could win the R50 000 Innovation Award. >
Eddie Opara on creating three-dimensional designs

Talks • Duration: 00:44:00 • 12 Dec 12

Eddie Opara believes that a sense of identity is the most important thing one can hold on to. >

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