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Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:35:21 • 6 Aug 14

It's more useful to think about branding as a messy creative process than as a pristine product, says Wolff Olins global CEO. >
Joy McKinney: Studies in awkwardness

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:12 • 31 Jul 14

This photographer puts herself in awkward social positions to challenge the socially accepted boundaries between people. >
Zeitz Museum by Thomas Heatherwick

Design Indaba News • 31 Jul 14

Icon's Christopher Turner writes about Thomas Heatherwick's plans for the first contemporary African art museum on the continent unveiled at Design Indaba 2014. >
The possibilities of bioprinting

Creative Work • Duration: 00:04:34 • 22 Jul 14

Now that 3D bioprinting is becoming a reality, speculative designer Agi Haines explores the possibilities of new and improved replacement organs. >
Victoria Wigzell: Raising up the undercurrents

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:07 • 16 Jul 14

This up-and-coming South African artist tells us how her move from Johannesburg to Switzerland has impacted her work. >
Marcello Serpa: Believe in it to sell it

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:04 • 15 Jul 14

See why veteran Brazilian adman Marcello Serpa believes that using a product is crucial to create effective advertising for it. >
Mathieu Rivier: Light fantastic

Interviews • Duration: 00:03:09 • 14 Jul 14

Swiss interaction designer Mathieu Rivier's mesmerising work uses light and digital technology to delight. >
Teshia Treuhaft: What a chair needs to be

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:33 • 7 Jul 14

The Rhode Island School of Design graduate collaborated with a dancer to map out the fundamentals of a chair. >
Ije Nwokorie: The changing currency of brands

Interviews • Duration: 00:05:04 • 4 Jul 14

The global CEO of Wolff Olins offers insights into changing approach to branding in an age where immediacy makes all the difference. >
Michel Rojkind on a design strategy to cope with overstimulation (trailer)

Conference Talks • 3 Jul 14

The Mexican architect shares three ways he wades through our world of chaos and flux to create award-winning work. >
Haroon Gunn-Salie: History's vigilante

Interviews • Duration: 00:05:13 • 3 Jul 14

Listen to the Cape Town-based artist talk about how he uses the city as his canvas to raise the ghosts of South Africa's past. >
Michel Rojkind: Buildings that go beyond the brief

Interviews • Duration: 00:06:35 • 2 Jul 14

Find out how Mexican architect Michel Rojkind uses a nifty design tool to help clients imagine so much more for their buildings. >
Jake Barton: Where space and storytelling meet

Interviews • Duration: 00:05:48 • 30 Jun 14

The interaction designer and founder of Local Projects tells us how technology is changing the ancient art of storytelling. >
Discovering an 89plus generation

Interviews • Duration: 00:03:45 • 26 Jun 14

89plus founders Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets along with Missla Libsekal explore what one half of the world's population is speaking about. >
Jody Brand: A fierce independence

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:25 • 25 Jun 14

'Born-free' photographer Jody Brand uses her work to wrestle free from South Africa's past and create an informal history of contemporary everyday life. >
Experimental Jetset: A provocative spirit

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:35 • 24 Jun 14

The Dutch trio that make up the graphic design studio Experimental Jetset talk about the influence of various movements on their work. >
Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding (trailer)

Conference Talks • 23 Jun 14

Here's a short taster of brand guru Ije Nwokorie's talk at Design Indaba Conference 2014. Watch the full talk by downloading the Design Indaba App now. >
Henrik Vibskov: Going the 'wrong' way

Interviews • Duration: 00:06:05 • 20 Jun 14

Idiosyncratic Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov talks about how making mistakes taught him to look at a project from a different perspective. >
Vinay Venkatraman: Data-driven innovation

Interviews • Duration: 00:05:06 • 19 Jun 14

The Copenhagen-based designer tells us why data and technology are fundamentally changing the way designers work. >
Juliana Rotich: What connectivity can do for Africa

Interviews • Duration: 00:05:02 • 18 Jun 14

Economic growth is just one effect greater connectivity can have in Africa, says the co-founder of Ushahidi in this interview. >
Mikal Hallstrup: Rethinking service design

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:02 • 11 Jun 14

The co-founder of Designit in Denmark illustrates the power of lateral thinking to improve the delivery of services. >
2014 Conference talks premiere on Design Indaba App

Design Indaba News • 10 Jun 14

Did you miss this year’s Conference? Do you want to revive the creative recharge you experienced? 2014 Conference Talks are being released today on our App! >
El Ultimo Grito: Our design is inherently contradictory

Interviews • Duration: 00:07:11 • 10 Jun 14

This Spanish design duo believe design occupies a grey space where you can be "both Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker at the same time". >
Nille Juul-Sørensen: Designing systems to solve social problems

Interviews • Duration: 00:05:20 • 5 Jun 14

The Danish designer implores his peers to step outside their comfort zone and design solutions for social ills. >

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