2018 Archive

Oliber helps people with partial or total atrophy of the hands

Next Generation • Duration: 00:07:18 • 14 Dec 18

Chilean design graduate Bárbara López designed a low-cost tool to give new hands to those in need. >
If the Moon made music, how would it sound?

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:10:19 • 5 Dec 18

University of Iceland graduate Halldór Eldjárn uses images and algorithms to create otherworldly tracks at a click of a button. >
Meet the design graduate who created her own coffin

Next Generation • Duration: 00:08:58 • 26 Nov 18

Confronted with the mortality of not only her body but the world, Shaina Garfield found healing in the subject of death. >
Basic Income Cafe uses coffee as a metaphor for the flow of money

Design News • Duration: 00:08:45 • 15 Nov 18

“Visitors are provoked to experience the underlying economic models first hand." >
0.9 grams of brass: A brass paper clip that symbolises a cow’s life

Next Generation • Duration: 00:06:06 • 14 Nov 18

See how graduate student Adelaide Lala Tam uses this project as a metaphor for the life cycle of a cow. >
Scribble is a touch-activated joystick for semi-autonomous driving

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:00:00 • 6 Nov 18

Currently there is no middle ground between the car taking the wheel or its driver, this is where Scribble comes in. >
Unpacking graphic design with Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast & more

Design News • Duration: 00:03:22 • 4 Oct 18

These industry elites drop some priceless gems after illustrious careers in graphic design. >
Five past Design Indaba speakers on how they perceive product design

Design News • Duration: 00:02:44 • 27 Sep 18

Watch Design Indaba Alumni give their take on what it means to make quality functional products. >
Fernando Laposse's Totomoxtle shortlisted for the 2018 Beazley Designs of the Year

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:48 • 12 Sep 18

"The world market has forced the price of corn to reduce drastically. This has made traditional methods of harvesting corn not economically viable anymore." >
Zach Lieberman on using human gestures to bring his work to life

Talks • Duration: 00:29:40 • 27 Aug 18

The coder and artist speaks on his collaboration with Design Indaba and projects that have stayed close to him. >
Graphic designer Natasha Jen poses six questions for design thinkers

Talks • Duration: 00:26:22 • 21 Aug 18

During her Design Indaba Conference talk she expands on her thinking since declaring: Design Thinking is Bullshit. >
Morag Myerscough on transforming spaces with colour and embracing the unknown

Talks • Duration: 00:25:55 • 20 Aug 18

The London-based designer takes us through her work that’s added colour to hospitals, public spaces and more. >
Landscape architect Peter Veenstra on the importance of bringing nature into our cities

Talks • Duration: 00:33:08 • 17 Aug 18

Veenstra, of LOLA Landscapes, talks us through three projects including the Dome of Plants, planned for the City of Cape Town. >
Lonny van Ryswyck on the importance of looking after our diminishing resources as designers

Talks • Duration: 00:24:28 • 16 Aug 18

In her 2018 Design Indaba Conference talk she takes us through her projects including, A World of Sand, where people donated sand from all over the world. >
Martha Cotton on the growth and influence that design has on business

Talks • Duration: 00:23:24 • 15 Aug 18

“My clients have started to really look towards the way me and my design colleagues look at the world and solve problems." >
Graphic designer extraordinaire, Tony Brook, on his studio’s creative journey

Talks • Duration: 00:00:00 • 13 Aug 18

The founder of Spin Studio shares his creative wisdom with the Design Indaba audience. >
Ensamble Studio on building flexible, stackable spaces and working with nature

Talks • Duration: 00:40:47 • 7 Aug 18

"When we look at nature we want to learn from it, we want to build with it." >
Edel Rodriguez on childhood, nationalism and a nation on fire

Talks • Duration: 00:40:21 • 6 Aug 18

The Cuban-born illustrator was dubbed "America’s Illustrator-In-Chief" by Fast Company. >
Jonathan Dotse makes Virtual Reality experiences in Accra

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:16 • 18 Jul 18

Jonathan Dotse is a social entrepreneur, technology evangelist, and science-fiction writer living in Accra, Ghana. He also tinkers in virtual reality. >
When a natural disaster occurred in Chile, Alejandro Aravena and his team set out to rebuild the city

Talks • Duration: 00:53:50 • 9 Jul 18

The architect tackles the reconstruction of a city through public participation. >
AGI: On the importance of hosting this year's event in Mexico

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:08:50 • 6 Jul 18

Nikki Gonnissen, Paul Cox and Alejandro Magallanes discuss graphic design, borders and moving the conference from the US to Mexico. >
Talking cultural clashes and interrogating stereotypes with Gerhard Human

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:21 • 28 Jun 18

Armed with a prying nose for truth and sense of humour, this artist delves into contentious social assumptions in vibrant style. >
The psychological effects of sound with Nicolás Kisic Aguirre

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:11:42 • 27 Jun 18

The Peruvian designer’s open-source projects are a combination of sound, architecture, and the mind. >
What a cup of tea teaches us about the value of water

Talks • Duration: 00:08:07 • 26 Jun 18

Shaakira Jassat's ThirTEA for One project highlights the hidden footprint in the lifecycle of the products we consume. >

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