2021 Archive

Run(a)way success: Lukhanyo Mdingi

Q&A • 15 Apr 21

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Lukhanyo Mdingi is competing on the international luxury stage. >
Arch for Arch

Q&A • 16 Apr 21

Piyushi Kotecha, CEO of the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation talks to Design Indaba founder, Ravi Naidoo on how and why the Arch for Arch was created. >
Skinny LaMinx Chats to us about a New Collaboration Inspired by the Sea Point Promenade

Q&A • 20 Apr 21

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Heather Moore has based her new Skinny LaMinx range on one of Cape Town’s most celebrated seaboard spaces. >
We Interview Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mpho Vackier in TheUrbanative’s New Homecoming Collection

Q&A • 7 May 21

A collaborative collection birthed during lockdown brings together designers from different disciplines to celebrate home, and the continent. >
MBOISA Nominee Chris Soal’s New Art Installation at NIROX Takes his Work to a New Scale

Q&A • 31 May 21

Rising star Chris Soal’s large-scale sculptural works are the next step in his creative evolution. >
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: Having drawn since childhood, Robert Mapomane now hopes to compete on a global stage

Q&A • 21 Jun 21

Part of the Class of 2021, Robert Mapomane’s ambition has been further fuelled by the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: A skilful sidestep saw the creation of furniture design firm DEFT Studios

Q&A • 21 Jun 21

Architecture graduates Zani Alberts and Martin Tallie formed DEFT as a creative outlet. >
We spoke to #DI Emerging Creative Lerato Lodi about spirituality and her art

Q&A • 28 Jun 21

Rising artist Lerato Lodi combines traditional African spirituality and contemporary Western practices. >
Hair all about it! We interview #DI Emerging Creative Nikiwe Dlova on her hair art

Q&A • 28 Jun 21

Nikiwe Dlova brings together head and heart. >
Storytelling informs #DI Emerging Creative Lithemba Nziweni’s photography

Q&A • 5 Jul 21

#DI Exclusive: We chat to Lithemba Nziweni about his approach to his craft >
Designing for queer kids, #DI Emerging Creative Tristan Shaun Henry uses fashion as socio-political commentary

Q&A • 5 Jul 21

We chat to Tristan Shaun Henry about creating LGBTQIA+ awareness through fashion. >
Discover how #DI Emerging Creative Nhlakanipho Mashinini explores difficult subject matter in our exclusive interview with the young digital artist

Q&A • 12 Jul 21

As a way to make sense of chaos, Nhlakanipho Mashinini layers different artistic techniques. >
We interview #DI Emerging Creative Alizwa Mnyatheli on her otherworldly art

Q&A • 12 Jul 21

Self-taught artist Alizwa Mnyatheli’s work poetically explores various mediums. >
#DI Emerging Creative Chifunilo Mulusa talks to #DI on giving back & African luxury

Q&A • 19 Jul 21

A timeless aesthetic is Milan-trained Chifunilo Mulusa’s design foundation >
We chat to #DI Emerging Creative Azee Tanzi on tailoring and timeless fashion

Q&A • 19 Jul 21

Azola Tanzi’s clothing career is tailor-made for her >
We chat to #DI Emerging Creative Kgothatso Malatjie about her emotionally charged multimedia work

Q&A • 26 Jul 21

Kgothatso Malatjie uses different artforms to express herself her emotions >
We chat to #DI Emerging Creative Kgothatso Malatjie about her emotionally charged multimedia work

Q&A • 26 Jul 21

Kgothatso Malatjie uses different artforms to express herself her emotions >
We chatted to #DI Emerging Creative Thando Phenyane about his wide-ranging influences

Q&A • 2 Aug 21

Thando Phenyane’s artworks pay homage to his architectural and art studies. >
#DI Emerging Creative Fiona Davhana talks appreciating the natural, expressing womanhood and being her own muse

Q&A • 9 Aug 21

Creativity as a form of healing and body positivity >
#DI Emerging Creative Chelsea Robin Ingham chats to us about printmaking

Q&A • 9 Aug 21

Chelsea Robin Ingham on printmaking, coloured culture and ‘imposter syndrome’ >
#DI Emerging Creative Buhle Qabaka chats to us about music icons, popular culture, and old-school cartoons

Q&A • 16 Aug 21

Bold illustrations and breaking boundaries >
#DI Emerging Creative Caleb Pillay chats to us about meaningful design and social media’s influence

Q&A • 25 Aug 21

Caleb Pillay’s dream brand collaboration is out of this world. >
Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas

Q&A • 1 Sep 21

Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas >
With a 2021 Red Dot award in hand, former #DI Emerging Creative, George Gibbens showcases in Milan

Q&A • 7 Sep 21

George Gibbens exhibits his Slank Occasional Chair at Milan Design Week from 5-10 September 2021 >

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