February 2018 Archive

Brogues and High Tops: Where African and colonial influences collide in style

Design News • Duration: 00:03:46 • 14 Feb 18

Sylvester Chauke tells us why he nominated this design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >
A Cape Town art gallery is shifting perspectives on animation as fine art

Design News • 15 Feb 18

A look inside an animation-focussed art platform in Cape Town that was inspired by a sense of not belonging. >
Path of the Upright: Spiritual identity woven into textile design

Design News • Duration: 00:02:33 • 15 Feb 18

Stefania Morland tells us why she nominated this artwork for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >
The Kewtown Primary School Project

Design News • Duration: 00:02:41 • 15 Feb 18

Suzelle DIY tells us why she nominated this children’s library for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >
Meet five women who are innovating in design, material biology and beyond

Design News • 15 Feb 18

These are just some of the 14 women who spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2018. >
Tutu 2.0 Pendant Light: The chandelier inspired by fashion and dance

Design News • Duration: 00:01:50 • 15 Feb 18

Thabisa Mjo tells us about the inspiration behind this design which has been nominated for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >
Spanish artist Núria Farré on her hyper-realistic paintings as self-portraits

Design News • 16 Feb 18

“Being realistic is not what interests me the most; it’s just my natural way to paint, something accidental.” >
Music nomad Alec Lomami talks cultural exchange on the African continent

Design News • 16 Feb 18

The rapper, producer and DJ was on the 2018 Nightscape at Design Indaba stage. >
Ethnographer extraordinaire Martha Cotton will speak at Design Indaba 2018

Design News • 16 Feb 18

The Chicago-based design researcher is one of this year’s star speakers. >
Thomas Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA wins Cultural Architecture Award

Design News • 16 Feb 18

ArchDaily has named this design a winner of the 2018 Building Of The Year Awards. >
Zaki Ibrahim on her new album, family and her approach to music

Design News • 18 Feb 18

"We wanted to deliver an uncompromised album and build it from osmosis of our emotional and spiritual experience..." >
Lebo Mashile premiered her theatre piece on Saartjie Baartman at Design Indaba 2018

Design News • 19 Feb 18

She was joined on stage by Anne Masina to perform Saartjie vs. Venus, a play that boldly interrogated aspects of black feminine identity. >
Zach Lieberman combines fine art and code to create futuristic realities

Design News • 19 Feb 18

The Design Indaba 2018 speaker is at the forefront of art and technology. >
Edel Rodriguez on protesting the Trump era through art

Design News • 21 Feb 18

The Cuban-born illustrator brings his Trump-era protest art to Design Indaba Conference 2018. >
Filmmaker Sunu Gonera opened Design Indaba 2018 with a moving talk on afrofuturism

Design News • 21 Feb 18

"I believe that afrofuturism perfectly merges the past and the present of African culture in order to birth a brighter future." >
Peter Veenstra unveils Dome of Plants project for Cape Town

Design News • 22 Feb 18

Centrally positioned on Luthuli Plaza, a green Dome of Plants will offer an inviting garden-like space for local urban events. >
Best Moments of Day 2 of Design Indaba Conference 2018

Design News • 23 Feb 18

Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up. >
Hugh Masekela Gallery launched at the finale of Design Indaba Festival 2018

Design News • 23 Feb 18

Design Indaba and the Zeitz MOCAA honoured the late legend in a stunning tribute on the Conference stage. >
Best moments of the final day of Design Indaba Conference 2018

Design News • 23 Feb 18

And that's a wrap! Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered the last day of conference. >
Es Devlin on creating visual voices for stars like Kanye West, Beyonce and Adele

Design News • 26 Feb 18

Devlin shared never before seen sketches with the Design Indaba audience and gave a deeper insight into her process. >
In the Shadow of the Pyramids explores memory and identity in Egypt

Design News • 27 Feb 18

A long-term personal look at how the everyday citizens of Egypt and how things have changed in years since the Arab Spring. >
On prioritising walking as a way to design cities differently

Design News • 27 Feb 18

“Designing walkable cities enables us to start with the street – the essence of the city.” >
Hyphen Labs is using VR to create safe spaces for women of colour

Design News • 28 Feb 18

This VR project began when Ashley Baccus-Clark realised that there is no sunscreen that caters to her skin tone. >
Campbell Addy is disrupting the homogeneity of stock photography

Design News • 28 Feb 18

The photographer’s partnership with Getty Images is diversifying their imagery. >

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