Design Indaba Archive

  • Bracket Light by Thingking
    Bracket Light by Thingking
    Product Spotlight • 13 Jul 11
    Simple and versatile, Thingking's Bracket light can be used in a variety of interesting ways. >
  • Designer pop-up shop hits Cape Town
    Digital News • 13 Jul 11
    Pop Shop, inspired by Design Indaba, is a temporary store with some of the finest lust-have designer products upon local shores. >
  • "Design Samurai" Manabu Mizuno on the possibilities of design
    Talks • Duration: 00:31:56 • 13 Jul 11
    Manabu Mizuno likes to refer to himself as a design samurai, in a very positive sense. >
  • William Drenttel
    William Drenttel on design's global impact
    Talks • Duration: 00:39:28 • 13 Jul 11
    Promoting social entrepreneurship and applying design innovation to impact the world is what creativity is about for the William Drenttel (1953-2013). >
  • Free voices
    Design News • 12 Jul 11
    Voices in Freedom is a collection of posters that celebrate the independence of Mexico. >
  • Home and heart
    Design News • 12 Jul 11
    Show that home is where the heart is with a sustainable concept for the Eco Design Competition. >
  • Instant fix
    Design News • 11 Jul 11
    The Bike Fixtation is like a vending machine for cyclists, where they can both fix their bikes and grab a snack for themselves. >
  • Striking
    Design News • 11 Jul 11
    A striking campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi draws attention to the work of the Volunteer Wildlife Services in rescuing animals from fires. >
  • Essentially organic
    Design News • 11 Jul 11
    Luxurious, sustainable and gorgeous, Pacific Perfumes rethinks organic scents and its packaging. >
  • Maths-inspired
    Design News • 10 Jul 11
    anOtherArchitect’s Hedronics chair is based on the mathematical polyhedron concept. >
  • Road side
    Design News • 10 Jul 11
    Dave Southwood’s N1 collection of photographs captures the essence of the National Road One in South Africa. >
  • Transcendental Wayfaring
    Design News • 9 Jul 11
    Dylan Culhane’s first solo exhibition in London, Transcendental Wayfaring, considers the natural beauty of his native South Africa. >
  • Tube hotel
    Design News • 9 Jul 11
    A tubular, pyramid-like hotel targets budget travellers in Mexico. It comes with a spectacular view and is built with recycled concrete. >
  • Balloon mania
    Design News • 8 Jul 11
    Soccer players, wearable fashion and Da Vinci, here's what it looks like in latex balloon. >
  • Common love
    Design News • 7 Jul 11
    Share your community-changing ideas for the common good. >
  • For Men
    Design News • 7 Jul 11
    In an array of beautiful and natural fabrics, Stiaan Louw presents a collection of favourite pieces at the White Box Showroom in Jo’burg. >
  • Harry Pearce
    Harry Pearce on useful uselessness in graphic design
    Talks • Duration: 00:44:23 • 7 Jul 11
    Conundrums, dreams and fluttering butterflies. Harry Pearce talks about his graphic design process. >
  • Plywood paintings
    Design News • 7 Jul 11
    Graphic design meets craftsmanship in Russian artist Aske’s Plywood artworks. >
  • Desk buddies
    Design News • 7 Jul 11
    The AZ desk grows with children, making it the ideal workspace for tots, tweens and teens. >
  • Coke live
    Design News • 7 Jul 11
    Billboards are everywhere, so what if they could absorb carbon dioxide? Cola-Cola and WWF have the right idea. >
  • Mark Shuttleworth on the benefits of open-source
    Mark Shuttleworth on the benefits of open-source
    Talks • Duration: 00:37:37 • 6 Jul 11
    South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth talks about the Ubuntu Project, a free, open-source Linux-based operating system. >
  • Fine hair
    Design News • 6 Jul 11
    Attraction/Aversion is a range of intricately designed necklaces. And they’re made from no ordinary material, human hair. >
  • Private Public
    Design News • 5 Jul 11
    Gary Van Wyk’s Private Public exhibition of photographic work is a visual diary of the situations he finds himself in. >
  • Sub-Saharan renegades
    Design News • 5 Jul 11
    With his Renegades body of work Frank Marshall examines the outcropping of a decisive heavy metal subculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. >

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