Design Indaba Archive

  • A new visual taal
    Next Generation • 1 Feb 06
    The next generation of "alternatiewe" Afrikaners is creating a glorious, guilt-free visual language for the South Africa of their tomorrow. >
  • illustration by Christoph Niemann
    From the archives: Head for humour
    Q&A • 1 Feb 06
    Christoph Niemann's pictures paint a thousand witty words. In this interview, we profile the illustrator's more serious side. >
  • Sold!
    Festival News • 1 Feb 06
    If cash is king, then the Design Indaba Expo 2006 will be a right royal affair, what with a record number of buyers due to attend. >
  • Contact lens
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    Making contact, even if only momentarily, with the subject in front of her lens gives upcoming portrait snapper Sarah Nankin her focus. >
  • Matali on herself
    Design News • 1 Feb 06
    Both valuable and useful, the collectable creations of French product designer Matali Crasset are climbing their way into design history. >
  • Wordplay
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    Well-known anthropologist and author, Marc Augé writes about why Matali Crasset's work is hard to define in words. >
  • Next, please!
    Next Generation • 1 Feb 06
    After longstanding complaints about a dearth of fresh talent in the industry, a new wave of product designers has at last emerged. >
  • Red hot
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    The first African company to win a coveted Red Dot Design Award proves that South Africa has the potential. >
  • Story teller
    Opinion • 1 Feb 06
    Design brings stories to life. Or so says Yves Béhar, whose own tale is made up of one brand success story after another. >
  • Wine wins
    Opinion • 1 Nov 05
    What happens when you grab a bunch of juicy Gauteng students and team them up with renowned graphics guru and self-confessed wino Ken Cato? >
  • Bling!
    Festival News • 1 Nov 05
    The Design Indaba Expo 2006 takes the crown for mounting the largest curated exhibition of contemporary South African jewellery to date. >
  • The bigger apple
    The bigger apple
    Opinion • 1 Nov 05
    What happens when you take an African-American designer from New York to Africa for the first time and expect him to work with crafters? >
  • De-colonising design
    Opinion • 1 Nov 05
    What would the design landscape of Africa look like if colonialism had never happened? Carl Harrison asks the tricky, pertinent question… >
  • Pieter Hugo
    Boss Hugo
    Lookbook • 1 Nov 05
    Photographer Pieter Hugo is rapidly climbing to the top of his game. >
  • He said, she said
    Design News • 1 Nov 05
    Award-winning duo Birsel+Seck also happen to design their lives together. >
  • Cultural nomad
    Q&A • 1 Nov 05
    The talents of the Indian-born, Amsterdam-based product designer Satyendra Pakhalé migrate happily from one design oasis to the next. >
  • Take design advantage
    Opinion • 1 Nov 05
    Would you bet money on South Africa getting ahead in the global design game? What is it that really holds the Third World back? >
  • David the Goliath
    Design News • 1 Nov 05
    A "starchitect" with an artistic vision, David Adjaye's London-based studio is winning some of the world's most prestigious commissions. >
  • Hi-Fidelity
    Design News • 2 Oct 05
    We're proud to present the work of Joey Hi-Fi, a design delinquent who's turning up the volume… >
  • Best? Better. Good!
    Festival News • 2 Oct 05
    If you want to attend the best conference in the world, you needn't leave the country - unless you're a non-South African, of course >
  • Spot on pots
    Design News • 2 Oct 05
    Leading South African ceramicists have been performing feats of clay abroad >
  • On the line
    Digital News • 2 Oct 05
    If new media is your message, then it's time to enter the Construction New Media Awards >
  • Coked up
    Design News • 2 Oct 05
    Coca-Cola gives itself - and us - a lift with designer bottles that ooze optimism >
  • Monkeybiz
    Do you care?
    Design News • 2 Oct 05
    Well, Monkeybiz does! The local women's empowerment group recently won the United Kingdom's DoUKCare award alongside Nelson Mandela. >

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