2016 Archive

The Venus Bushfires on storytelling and bridging the middle

Talks • Duration: 00:14:59 • 11 Mar 16

Helen Isibor-Epega, who performs as The Venus Bushfires, is an optimist, dreamer and musical storyteller who uses her art to build bridges across cultures. >
Rich Mnisi on building a fresh fashion brand in South Africa

Talks • Duration: 00:06:29 • 13 May 16

South African designer Rich Mnisi shares his creative journey (catwalk included) as part of the Global Graduates selection at Design Indaba Conference 2016. >
Pia Nyakairu on products that help form connections

Talks • Duration: 00:06:41 • 16 May 16

Ugandan industrial designer Pia Nyakairu shares her work on products that aid connection as part of Design Indaba’s Global Graduates programme. >
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Thomas Chapman on reconnecting a fractured city

Talks • Duration: 00:25:28 • 17 May 16

South African architect Thomas Chapman is fixing the past using layers of new design. >
Tony Gum on nourishing and celebrating your personal art

Talks • Duration: 00:08:23 • 18 May 16

Still an undergraduate, Tony Gum calls herself an “artist in learning” and talks about how she is still learning to celebrate and understand her art. >
Twins Cartoon on comics as power, beauty and expression

Talks • Duration: 00:23:32 • 20 May 16

Identical twin brothers Mohamed and Haitham El-seht are at the heart of Egypt’s creative scene. >
Studio [D] Tale on design activism and innovation within existing systems

Talks • Duration: 00:21:57 • 23 May 16

Social impact designers Studio [D] Tale talk about innovating within informal economies and interventions in existing, sometimes backward, systems. >
Dominic Wilcox on thinking your way out of the normal

Talks • Duration: 00:30:48 • 7 Jun 16

Here's a taster from the whimsical, stirring talk from British product designer Dominic Wilcox on how to hunt for new ideas in the everyday. >
Margaret Calvert on work and play over 60 years in graphic design

Talks • Duration: 00:27:34 • 15 Jun 16

South African-born graphic designer Margaret Calvert, OBE is best known for the signs she helped design for Britain's roads. You can now watch her full talk. >
Benjamin Hubert on how to redesign the way you work to make a bigger, better impact

Talks • Duration: 00:39:34 • 21 Jun 16

Design by numbers. British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert shares a bit of data about his journey through the design industry. >
Kazuya Kawasaki on biohacking the fashion industry

Talks • Duration: 00:06:44 • 24 Jun 16

Speculative designer and Keio University student Kazuya Kawasaki grows new materials for the fashion industry. >
Sou Fujimoto on multi-layered and conceptual architecture

Talks • Duration: 00:24:17 • 28 Jun 16

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto’s philosophical body of work explores architecture that doesn’t dictate any particular behaviour to its users. >
Francois Knoetze on representations of waste and consumer culture

Talks • Duration: 00:07:00 • 5 Jul 16

Performance artist Francois Knoetze's trash monsters are a bleak and beautiful reflection of our consumer culture and the waste it creates. >
Basia Dzaman on the intersection of robotics and creativity

Talks • Duration: 00:08:42 • 11 Jul 16

A Polish student from the School of Form in Poznań, Poland has designed a robotic arm that reimagines the lost art of snutki. >
Christophe Guberan on textiles that transform

Talks • Duration: 00:07:53 • 26 Jul 16

Swiss product designer Christophe Guberan presents as one of Design Indaba's Global Graduates on active textiles. >
Fred Gelli on designing an Olympic identity that connects anyone and everyone

Talks • Duration: 00:33:33 • 4 Aug 16

Co-founder of Tátil Design Fred Gelli talks about the award-winning firm’s ten design principles and what inspired the Olympic and Paralympic logo. >
How Far From Home on over 100 000 kilometres of creative enlightenment

Talks • Duration: 00:29:32 • 10 Aug 16

South Africans Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger abandoned the comforts of home to reinvigorate their creativity. >
Snask on the power of provocative branding

Talks • Duration: 00:38:22 • 23 Aug 16

Stockholm-based creative agency Snask is known for rockstar-inspired, pink, provocative designs. >
Alex McDowell on telling stories that shape the future

Talks • Duration: 00:38:20 • 1 Sep 16

A veteran of the cinematic arts, renowned designer Alex McDowell believes that storytelling has the power to influence design. >
Lava Lab on the millennial renaissance

Talks • Duration: 00:32:57 • 9 Sep 16

Members of Amsterdam-based studio Lava Lab, Cecilia Martin and Klasien van de Zandschulp are risk takers with a deliberately disruptive approach to work. >
Yogita Agrawal on design for impact in India

Talks • Duration: 00:06:35 • 22 Sep 16

Design Indaba Global Graduate Yogita Agrawal shares two of her projects: a wearable that uses human movement to power a light and a soap pen to improve hygiene. >
NB Studio on being brave, bold and creatively courageous

Talks • Duration: 00:25:45 • 30 Sep 16

London-based creative agency NB Studio created a theatrical only-at-Design Indaba experience with a play that reveals the tensions at a design pitch. >
Turn Table: The Anatomy of a Pitch

Talks • Duration: 00:40:56 • 30 Sep 16

In the most creatively courageous way, London-based creative agency NB Studio wrote a play of their Design Indaba Conference Talk. >
Through the eyes of a chef with Elena Arzak

Talks • Duration: 00:27:57 • 7 Oct 16

The restaurants of San Sebastián, Spain are home to Michelin stars and gastronomy and Arzak is no different. >

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