Creative Work | Design Indaba

Cape Town architect Ilze Wolff is up for emerging architect of the year award

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Wolff's work is as concerned with social transformation as it is with documenting Cape Town's architectural heritage. >

9 Feb 18
Self-taught Icelandic painter on expressing a new alphabet using colours

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy

Katrin Fridriks’ work will be featured as part of Pascal Janssen's gallery offering at the Cape Town Art Fair this month. >

8 Feb 18
The Urchins is taking the craft of crochet to a new level

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

Where biomimicry, cultural weaving and lots of polyester strands meet. >

8 Feb 18
Niger-based architect Mariam Kamara to be mentored by Sir David Adjaye

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

The two architects will work together for two years as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. >

8 Feb 18
Nightscape at Design Indaba will be an urban night festival to remember

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

From pop-up galleries, exhibitions, exclusive music performances and food experiences, we have something for everyone! >

7 Feb 18
SurgiBox brings safe surgical spaces to harsh environments wherever and whenever

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

“The idea of SurgiBox is to take the operating room and shrink it down to just the patient’s size.” >

6 Feb 18
Meet the 9 Global Graduates that presented at Design Indaba Conference 2018

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

These young graduates presented projects that speak to the water crisis, the power of sound, social entrepreneurship and so much more. >

6 Feb 18
A home designed to make water conservation a way of life

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

University students create a water-efficient and energy-efficient home to combat drought. >

6 Feb 18
Joias is a product line that merges Belgian and Brazilian craftsmanship

Design News > Craft / Product Design

This project merges crafts, social engagement, design and human contact. >

6 Feb 18
Design Indaba Conference will be simulcast across several South African cities

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Music & Sound Design

Joburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Potchefstroom will have venues that will be simulcasting the conference. >

5 Feb 18
Quicksee is making eye care accessible, affordable with low-cost tech

Design News > Design Activism

“We couldn’t train 100,000 new optometrists, but we could look at the technologies available and re-engineer them to be lower cost and easier to use.” >

5 Feb 18
Set designer Es Devlin will take to the stage at Design Indaba 2018

Design News > Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

Her set designs lifted audiences into new ways of experiencing musicians like Adele, Beyonce, U2 and Kanye West on tour. >

2 Feb 18
Memory Shop gives a new twist to fine dining

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

The exhibition and dining experience is collaboration between fashion designers, graphic designers, interior designers and ceramicists. >

1 Feb 18
Designer Thebe Magugu explores escapism in his latest collection

Lookbook > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

"I started to imagine a woman taking to the great outdoors, to escape the burdens and noise of urban living." >

1 Feb 18
The value of place and heritage with Yassine Morabite

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design

We caught up with the quirkily styled Moroccan artist to talk about his ever evolving career. >

30 Jan 18
Dyslexia: The typeface that replicates the effect of reading disorders

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“Like in any case, only once a problem is fully understood can it be solved,” says the designer. >

29 Jan 18
Digi Lab Africa aims to train aspirant digital creatives for free

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Product Design

The programme is looking for creatives who want to work in the digital music, animation, virtual reality and film world. >

26 Jan 18
40 South African creatives to watch

Design News > African Design

Curious as to what Cape Town’s creative scene might look like in years to come? Look no further. >

23 Jan 18
American architect Josh Greene on why he chose to work in Rwanda

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

"It’s not just simply design, it’s a whole process that has really been enlightening for me.” >

22 Jan 18
Johannes Torpe talks us through his process

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Product Design

The self-taught designer works within the fields of interior design, product design, industrial design and architecture. >

19 Jan 18
Films to watch at the Design Indaba Festival 2018

Design News > Film & Animation

An inner-city festival, Nightscape is partner to the annual Design Indaba Conference 2018. >

19 Jan 18
Brenda Livoi on leading Kenya’s largest innovation hub

Design Frontiers > African Design / Industrial Design

The Gearbox mechanical lead chats to us about creating more space for women in the African tech sector. >

19 Jan 18
Marko Ahtisaari on the Open Music Initiative and paying musicians fairly

Design News > Music & Sound Design

"The motivation is that music is such a universal thing. Creators need to be able to make an income," says Marko Ahtisaari. >

19 Jan 18
My Tova, the children's backpack that unfolds into a school desk

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Durban-based designer Nicki van den Aardweg says she wanted to make it easier for children who don't have access to a school desk. >

18 Jan 18

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