2017 Archive

Molly Keogh: West African textiles, contemporary style

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:48 • 6 Jan 17

We talk to the designer behind the Accra-based fashion brand Osei-Duro. >
South African filmmakers reimagine an apartheid identity

Q&A • 12 Jan 17

Filmmakers Kelly-Eve Koopman and Sarah Summers on their new webseries Coloured Mentality >
Antoine Tempé: Documenting West African culture

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:10 • 13 Jan 17

French photographer Antoine Tempé has been living in Dakar, Senegal and works on portraits and documenting contemporary West African culture. >
Watch: South Africa's Spinach King talks healthy living

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:07:41 • 17 Jan 17

South African social entrepreneur Lufefe Nomjana, known as the Spinach King, opened the first health food cafe in Khayelitsha township. >
A new look at gangsterism in South African townships

Q&A • 20 Jan 17

A creative alternative to fighting gangsterism in South Africa. >
Meet the duo behind Original Swimming Party

Q&A • 26 Jan 17

We sit down with musicians Jeremy De Tolly and Thomas Glendinning. >
Design is not decoration: Advice from Pentagram partner Marina Willer

Q&A • 31 Jan 17

Marina Willer tells us about how film can be cathartic, why you shouldn't give up hope and shares some wise words from Dame Margaret Calvert. >
The beauty of sustainable design in Joe Slovo West Community Project

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

Hanneke Schutte tells us why she nominated this community upliftment project for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >
Functionality is key to the notion of beauty

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

South African celebrity chef Siba Mtongana tells us why she nominated a unique wooden backpack for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >
A celebration of colour and subtlety in a Morocco-inspired dress

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

Victor Dlamini tells us why he nominated The Moroccan Magic Dress for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >
The self-portraiture of South African photographer Mohau Modisakeng

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

Nakhane Toure tells us why he nominated SA visual artist Mohau Modisakeng's sculpture for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >
The Sankara Rug: Weaving the past into the future

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

Bielle Bellingham tells us why she nominated the handcrafted Sankara Rug for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017, the Rug went on to win the public vote. >
The Butterfly Wall: Expressing the tension between preciousness and mundaneness

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

Jo-Ann Strauss tells us why she nominated this art installation for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >
Gqama Ntyatyambo: Capturing the dynamics of the modern woman

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

Alinah Seloane tells us why she nominated this artwork for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >
Kariba: The mythology of the Zambezi river

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

Artwell Nwaila tells us why he nominated this film trailer for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >
Beauty is a quality inherent in anything, says Caroline Vieira

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

Roger Ballen tells us why he nominated this ceramic design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >
The Hawker’s Rocking Chair: A cross-pollination of ideas, styles and materials

Video Interviews • 1 Feb 17

Arye Kellman tells us why he nominated this furniture design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >
An interview with visual artist Robin Rhode

Q&A • 3 Feb 17

The Cape Town-born, Berlin-based expat gives us a tour of his new exhibition ahead of his appearance at Design Indaba 2017. >
What does it mean to be Nigerian?

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:03 • 8 Feb 17

Trans-African photography project Invisible Borders looks into what it means to be African and in their project Borders Within investigate Nigerian identity. >
NB Studio: From booze to babies to banks

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:06 • 9 Feb 17

We talk to Nick Finney and Alan Dye of NB Studio about their collaborative design process and some of the lessons they’ve learnt. >
Brand this: Coca Cola, Spotify and Miss Piggy

Q&A • 15 Feb 17

Fuelled by Oreos, coffee and talent – co-founder of brand consultancy Collins, Brian Collins talks a little more about life, work and inspiration in New York. >
Women in design: Five questions with three interior designers from Emerging Creatives 2017

Q&A • 16 Feb 17

A QnA with three female interior designers about their designs and the industry. >
We chat to awe-inspiring artist Olafur Eliasson

Q&A • 23 Feb 17

We held a live Twitter Q&A with artist Olafur Eliasson ahead of his Design Indaba Conference talk. Here are his forceful and beautiful thoughts. >
The rhythm of weaving in Senegal

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:14 • 8 Mar 17

French weaver and designer Johanna Bramble talks us through tradition and texture in her Senegalese studio. >

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