2015 Archive

When the model becomes the medium

Inside View • 7 Jan 15

How do you collaborate with someone who speaks another language? Swiss designer Laurence Stoffel tells us how she overcame the culture barrier. >
Under the mango trees

Inside View • 8 Jan 15

Switzerland-based product designer Béatrice Durandard discovers on a trip to Africa that an inability to communicate can lead to taking more risks. >
How to work with Nike, Gatorade and Redbull: former Starbucks design VP Stanley Hainsworth on stretching global brands

Inside View • 26 Feb 15

The former VP global design at Starbucks and co-founder of Seattle-based agency Tether, Stanley Hainsworth >
Emily Oberman: 10 things I’ve learnt

Inside View • 27 Feb 15

Graphic designer Emily Oberman’s Design Indaba Conference presentation highlights 10 things she has learnt from 20 years at SNL. >
Advice for young designers (part one)

Inside View • 2 Mar 15

Wise words for aspiring creatives from some of the most globally acclaimed design professionals. >
A comic spread

Inside View • 3 Mar 15

South African comics are becoming progressively more prominent on the global storyboard. >
Advice for young designers (part two)

Inside View • 5 Mar 15

More wise words for aspiring creatives from some of the most globally acclaimed design professionals. >
Dan Wieden: Digital revolution will ‘transform us or render us inert’ – The Drum

Inside View • 12 Mar 15

Dan Wieden who coined the Nike tagline 'Just Do It' spoke to The Drum following his appearance at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
Girl power

Inside View • 12 Mar 15

Local creator Danelle Malan is using her XX chromosome power to push the male-dominated comics universe further. >
A hustler and champion of local comics

Inside View • 19 Mar 15

Loyiso Mkhize tells us about his local superhero comic, “KWEZI”, which he hopes will become a phenomenon. >
The rapid prototyping of policy

Inside View • 20 Mar 15

Christian Bason, CEO of the Danish Design Centre, tells us how governments are turning to designers to help them be more nimble in their policy making. >
Q&A: Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe

Inside View • 8 Apr 15

The duo behind Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe may be partners in business and love, but their creative differences also fuel their work. >
Burning Man founding member Larry Harvey speaks at Design Indaba 2015 – Designboom

Inside View • 23 Apr 15

Larry Harvey reflects on the impact the annual Burning Man festival offers those who experience it. >
How Anatomy Design broke into the European market

Inside View • 8 May 15

Anatomy Design has two lights in the collection of new Danish brand Karakter. Andrea Kleinloog tells us what it took to get into the European market. >
What The Rug Company tells us about luxury today

Inside View • 20 May 15

There’s luxury in locality for the British designer rug producer, but a roster of the world’s most acclaimed designers doesn’t hurt either. >
Marian Bantjes: Why I judge and why I don't enter design awards

Inside View • 25 May 15

In the first of 3 blog posts Marian Bantjes, famous for creating typography in sugar, gives us the inside scoop on design competitions. >
Marian Bantjes: Inside design awards

Inside View • 26 May 15

In the second of three blog posts, Canadian designer Marian Bantjes talks about the process of judging a design competition. >
Tips for entering design awards

Inside View • 27 May 15

In the last of three blog posts, Marian Bantjes gives us her tips on entering design competitions. >
5 tips for young architects from Thorsten Deckler

Inside View • 3 Jun 15

Thorsten Deckler, the co-founder of 26’10 South Architects, says sharpening your creative skills starts with looking outside the industry. >
It’s the end of the office as we know it

Inside View • 10 Jun 15

The future of office design is flexible and open, say designers Stanley Felderman and Nancy Keatinge. But first our buildings need to adapt. >
Designing books is like a religion, says Henrik Nygren

Inside View • 24 Jun 15

This award-winning Swedish graphic designer on his obsession with archiving his work and his unconventional path into design. >
Jackie Burger on curated fashion experiences

Inside View • 1 Jul 15

Former editor at ELLE South Africa Jackie Burger offers insight into a changing retail landscape that calls for more personalised consumer experiences. >
Gaelen Pinnock and the dystopian city

Inside View • 8 Jul 15

Architect-turned-artist Gaelen Pinnock investigates the spatial divisions and urban dystopias in Cape Town. >
Pepe Marais shares his takeaways from judging at Cannes

Inside View • 15 Jul 15

The co-founder of creative agency Joe Public discusses the various dynamics shaping the advertising industry right now. >

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