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Conference Talks

Watch the full talks from Design Indaba's world-renowned 24-year Conference in this archive of videos going back to 2006.

From our archives: Michael Bierut on how to think like a designer
Conference Talks • Design Indaba Conference 2015 • Duration 00:39:15
Michael Bierut runs us through some of his major projects and the thought processes behind them: a rare opportunity to get into his award-winning mind.
  • Keith Helfet: The Joule electric car 00:21:35
    Keith Helfet: The Joule electric car
    Industrial Design / Product Design
    The inspiring design story of Joule is testament to the possibilities of South African industrial design.
    Design Indaba Conference 2009
  • 5.5 Designers 00:45:13
    5.5 Designers on sustaining great design
    Product Design
    5.5 designers talks about a product's lifecycle and ways in which design can intervene to make it more sustainable.
    Design Indaba Conference 2009
  • AdamsMorioka 00:43:02
    AdamsMorioka: what lies beneath
    Graphic Design & Illustration
    AdamsMorioka reveal what lies beneath the slick, ultra-cool veneer of designers.
    Design Indaba Conference 2009
  • Stephen Burks 00:30:22
    Stephen Burks recycles to inspire
    Craft / Product Design
    For Stephen Burks, design is about making things that can have a special connection to people.
    Design Indaba Conference 2009
  • Nathan Reddy on branding Watch
    Nathan Reddy Pecha Kucha
    Creative Economy
    Nathan Reddy, South Africa's most awarded brand specialist, explains his success in the manufacture of desirability.
    Design Indaba Expo 2009
  • Zapiro: The Mandela Files Watch
    Zapiro Pecha Kucha (part one): The Mandela Files
    Design Activism / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration
    The Mandela Files, by South Africa's best-loved and most widely known satirical cartoonist Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro), looks at Mandela as an icon and leader.
    Design Indaba Expo 2009
  • Zapiro: Polokwane Pirates 00:06:50
    Zapiro Pecha Kucha (part two): Polokwane Pirates
    African Design / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration
    This is the second part of Zapiro’s presentation at Design Indaba Expo 2009.
    Design Indaba Expo 2009
  • Geraldine Fenn 00:04:01
    Geraldine Fenn Pecha Kucha
    Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Jeweller Geraldine Fenn weaves narratives through small sculptural pieces, fashioned out of found objects.
    Design Indaba Expo 2009
  • Polyhedra Coffee table by Haldane Martin 00:03:14
    Haldane Martin Pecha Kucha
    Product Design
    Established South African furniture designer Haldane Martin discusses his work and inspiration.
    Design Indaba Expo 2009
  • Revital Cohen Pecha Kucha Watch
    Revital Cohen Pecha Kucha
    Interaction Design
    Royal College of Arts top graduate in interaction design, Revital Cohen presents her provocative work in Pecha Kucha format.
    Design Indaba Conference 2009
  • Revital Cohen Pecha Kucha Watch
    Revital Cohen Pecha Kucha
    Interaction Design
    Royal College of Arts top graduate in interaction design, Revital Cohen presents her provocative work in Pecha Kucha format.
    Design Indaba Expo 2009
  • Shunji Yamanaka on designing to make people happy 00:21:39
    Shunji Yamanaka on designing to make people happy
    Industrial Design
    Shunji Yamanaka discusses the contact point between art and science.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Karlssonwilker Inc on graphic design with humour 00:43:26
    Karlssonwilker Inc on graphic design with humour
    Graphic Design & Illustration
    Karlssonwilker enlighten listeners on the founding of their company and the designs they have created since 2000.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • 00:32:11
    Doshi Levien
    Product Design
    At the design intersection of culture and technology some very interesting things are possible, as Doshi Levien have discovered.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Toshiyuki Kita Design Indaba conference talk 00:33:39
    Toshiyuki Kita on user-friendly product design
    Product Design
    In Japan good design is regarded as a valuable resource. Toshiyuki Kita talks about this notion.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Hideki Inaba Design Indaba Conference Talk 00:24:08
    Hideki Inaba on striking a balance between graphic design and commercial considerations
    Graphic Design & Illustration
    Graphic design should be something that’s easy to understand, almost instinctive, Hideki Inaba believes.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Mark Dytham 00:44:02
    Mark Dytham on using social networks to mobilise people
    Architecture & Interiors / Interaction Design
    The time has come for designers to be more than just designers, Mark Dytham says.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Mirko Ilić 00:25:49
    Mirko Ilić on graphic design as social commentary
    Graphic Design & Illustration
    Graphic design can be used as an effective means of communication to comment on various social issues, Mirko Ilić illustrates.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Gerry Human 00:32:56
    Gerry Human on pushing the boundaries of advertising
    Creative Economy
    The purpose of advertising in South Africa, but also the rest of the world, is to push boundaries, says Gerry Human.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Gavin Rajah, Amanda Laird Cherry and Nkhensani Nkosi 00:32:37
    SA Fashion Panel: Gavin Rajah, Amanda Laird Cherry and Nkhensani Nkosi
    Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Three top South African fashion designers talk about their work, their influences, the state of the local industry and the discipline’s function.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Tucker Viemeister 00:35:42
    Tucker Viemeister: it always costs more not to design
    Industrial Design
    For Tucker Viemeister, design is about persuasion, inspiration and trust.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Maxim Velčovský 00:41:04
    Maxim Velčovský on communist philosophy and design
    Product Design
    Influenced by his "nice totalitarian childhood", Czech designer Maxim Velčovský talks about how this philosophy inspire his designs.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • 00:39:13
    Jakob Trollbäck
    Music & Sound Design
    Creativity is largely responsible for the type of lives we live today, which is a good thing, says Jakob Trollbäck.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Shin-ichi Takemura talk at Design Indaba 00:38:06
    Shin-ichi Takemura: how the internet can address social problems
    Information Design
    With the internet making real-time worldwide connections possible, it can be creatively applied to address social problems.
    Design Indaba Conference 2008
  • Keith Helfet: The Joule electric car 00:21:35
    Keith Helfet: The Joule electric car
    Industrial Design / Product Design
    The inspiring design story of Joule is testament to the possibilities of South African industrial design.
    Design Indaba Conference 2009

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