February 2015 Archive

  • Bill Watterson's newest 15 panel cartoon strip.
    Whatever happened to Watterson?
    Profiling • 2 Feb 15
    Notoriously media-shy cartoonist Bill Watterson features in the comic-strip documentary film “Stripped”, to be screened at Design Indaba FilmFest 2015. >
  • Los Angeles food truck chef and restaurateur Roy Choi chats to actor/writer/director Jon Favreau on the set of "Chef" in which he plays a Los Angeles food truck chef and restaurateur.
    Keep on truckin'
    Profiling • 5 Feb 15
    The "godfather" of the Californian food truck movement is coming to Cape Town. It’s a good thing we’ll have 14 food trucks on tap. >
  • "Coming to the City" (2011), a site-specific mosaic artwork by Clive van den Berg in Nando's Kings Cross London restaurant.
    South African creativity's unlikely ambassador
    Q&A • 6 Feb 15
    As Nando's prepares to ramp up its support for local design, co-founder Robbie Brozin tells us what chicken and creativity have to do with one another. >
  • Project Phoenix protagonist Roger.
    How art helped a former gangster rise from the ashes
    Dialogues • 9 Feb 15
    Project Phoenix is a film about a former member of the feared South African Numbers Gang and how creativity helped turn his life around. >
  • Stories of Our Lives.
    Telling Kenya's queer stories
    Q&A • 9 Feb 15
    We chat to the filmmakers of "The Stories of Our Lives" who risked their personal safety to depict the everyday lives of gay Kenyans. >
  • Proposed reblocking for Ruimsig as part of Informal City.
    Building with communities
    Q&A • 12 Feb 15
    26'10 South Architects work to upgrade informal settlements by changing the physical, as well as emotional, landscape of the place. >
  • Projection by Duce Duce.
    Music for your eyeballs
    Q&A • 12 Feb 15
    Anthea Duce, or "Duce Duce" as she is known on the underground bass music scene, interprets music in live projections that mix found footage with graphics. >
  • Emerging Creative 2015 Jennifer Bradley and one of her block-printed Damn Good Looking designs.
    Reflections on design
    Q&A • 16 Feb 15
    In this exclusive interview, Jennifer Bradley reveals how her hunt for a mirror was the start of her brand Damn Good Looking. >
  • One of Wired magazines “27 of the Most Inspiring Designs From 2014”: Michael Bierut’s overhaul of the MIT media lab logo.
    A special relationship
    Profiling • 17 Feb 15
    Lauded New York City-based graphic designer Michael Bierut returns to emcee the Design Indaba Conference for the sixth time. This year, he’ll present as well. >
  • The Shift is teaching design skills to communities in need.
    #MakeChange: Imparting design wisdom in shifts
    Q&A • 18 Feb 15
    The Shift is making change one sustainable design at a time with tutorial films and toolkits for communities in need. >
  • Stephen Lawrence Centre facade.
    Behind Adjaye's facades
    Q&A • 22 Feb 15
    Oliver Hardt, director of "David Adjaye - Collaborations" at Design Indaba FilmFest, on getting to know the architect's work through the eyes of others. >
  • "Into Tomorrow"
    Paul du Toit public artwork unveiling in Cape Town
    Q&A • 27 Feb 15
    We interview Lorette du Toit about her husband's bronze sculpture and bench being unveiled on 28 February 2015, on the corner of Bree and Shortmarket Streets. >
  • Catherine Ash.
    Playing with clay
    Q&A • 28 Feb 15
    In this interview, we chat with Catherine Ash about ceramics in the contemporary age. >