February 2015 Archive

  • Piñatex by Carmen Hijosa. Image: rca.ac.uk
    Tanning leather from pineapples
    Design Frontiers • 10 Feb 15
    In a world where sustainability is high on the agenda, Carmen Hijosa is looking to pineapples as the future of textiles. >
  • Adams & Adams are the legal partners to Design Indaba.
    Protecting your design property
    Festival News • 10 Feb 15
    Adams and Adams, legal partners to Design Indaba, advise on how best to protect your designs through trademarks, copyrights and patent protection. >
  • Lesedi Mogale. Image: Lesedi Mogale
    Experiments in the darkroom
    Next Generation • 11 Feb 15
    In this exclusive interview, military man and photographer Lesedi Mogale exposes a little of himself as he talks books, porn and using a disposable camera. >
  • Top, left to right: Ackeem Ngwenya, Tia Blassingame, Tyler Pratt, Carla Kreuser; bottom, left to right: Teresa van Dongen, Doremy Diatta, Kathryn Fleming, Marc Dubois.
    Meet the graduates of 2015
    Design Frontiers • 11 Feb 15
    Here are the eight recent design school graduates who will present their work Pecha Kucha-style at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
  • The Boomslang
    All about beauty
    Festival News • 11 Feb 15
    Sunday Times features Design Indaba's Most Beautiful Objects In South Africa. >
  • A-Z architectural city guide by Blank Ink Designs.
    Inked cities
    Lookbook • 12 Feb 15
    Founder of Blank Ink Shaun Gaylard is sketching the architectural fabric of urban centres one limited-edition city guide at a time. >
  • 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. >
  • Book Now For The Design Indaba Simulcast
    Don’t miss out on Design Indaba Simulcast in your city!
    Festival News • 13 Feb 15
    If you've missed out on booking for Design Indaba Conference there is still a chance to attend the Simulcast in Cape Town, Joburg, Durban, PE or Potchefstroom. >
  • "Project Diaspora" by Omar Victor Diop.
    Self-portraits of Africa's past
    Lookbook • 13 Feb 15
    Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop is a prolific image-maker with one eye on history and the other on contemporary popular culture. >
  • Take Five.
    Take Five
    Take Five • 14 Feb 15
    The interview with Nando’s co-founder Robbie Brozin ranked double extra hot as the most read story this week. >
  • Cape Town Fashion Council aspires to set the standard of African Fashion Design.
    Fashion DNA Showcase
    Festival News • 15 Feb 15
    A call to action to recruit South Africa's young fashionistas into the world of the local fashion industry. >
  • Cape Town ceramicist Kate Rosenberg's Africa-inspired vase from The Berg Collection, left; surrounded by some of her own pieces, as well as a collection of work by Imiso Ceramics and Light from Africa/Art in the Forest, middle; putting the finishing touches to a hand-built vessel vase, right.
    The Berg Collection by Kate Rosenberg
    Product Spotlight • 15 Feb 15
    Cape Town ceramicist Kate Rosenberg translates the handwoven grass baskets of her childhood into oversized black clay vessel vases. >
  • Bombo Stool for Magis by Stefano Giovannoni.
    The multiplier effect
    Design News • 15 Feb 15
    Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni is the man behind what is undoubtedly the most instantly recognisable bar stool in the world. >
  • 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. >
  • Take Two at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Fresh starts
    Design Frontiers • 16 Feb 15
    The Take 2 exhibition at Design Indaba Expo will showcase designers who have given waste products a “do-over”. >
  • Two weeks to enter A'Design Awards
    Design News • 16 Feb 15
    Don't miss out on your chance to enter this international juried competition – late application expires 28 February! >
  • Photo by Shereen Mohamed.
    Creative collectives in Africa
    Lookbook • 16 Feb 15
    "Africa Is Now 2015", a Design Indaba project, introduces five groups in Angola, Egypt, Senegal and Kenya producing some of the most exciting work in Africa. >
  • William Kentridge's "10 Drawings for Projection".
    A fortunate witness
    Design News • 17 Feb 15
    Matthew Kentridge's new book gives readers an intimate insight into his brother William’s creative process. >
  • Ukhamba collection: Fan Lamp by Mema Designs.
    Fan Lamp by Mema Designs
    Product Spotlight • 17 Feb 15
    Mema Designs has used the time since debuting its “Ukhamba” lamp prototype at “Africa is Now” last year to refine the Fan Lamp: each one individually handmade. >
  • 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. >
  • Paper Planes exhibtion at Design Indaba Expo
    "Paper Planes" takes flight
    Lookbook • 18 Feb 15
    South African illustrators and graphic designers give traditional mythology and folklore a fresh coat of paint for the inaugural “Paper Planes” exhibition. >
  • Fonts for the Future by Joe Public.
    #MakeChange: The future of fonts
    Design News • 19 Feb 15
    Creative agency Joe Public’s latest fund-raising initiative has galvanised 200 scholars from a school in Soweto to create a new designer alphabet. >

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