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#DesignIndaba2017: Grid appointed as brand agency!

Design Indaba News • 20 Dec 16

Stop the press, Design Indaba has appointed a new brand agency! >
Salvaging construction waste with StoneCycling

Creative Work • 6 Dec 16

This Dutch startup collects demolition debris and recycles it for new buildings. >
Design Indaba founder shares a new way of thinking

Design Indaba News • 20 Oct 16

Ravi Naidoo sits down with Wanted Magazine and tells why, to differentiate, we must be led by design. >
New collection by South African designer Rich Mnisi

Creative Work • 14 Sep 16

R by RICH MNISI: We share the latest lookbook from emerging South African designer Rich Mnisi. SS17 is a new collaboration with local celebrity Maps Maponyane. >
The Purpose Hotel hopes to change the world while you sleep

Creative Work • 10 Aug 16

The Purpose Hotel is designed to change the lives of everyone involved in the design, by connecting all of the products, furniture and fittings to a cause. >
Tracing the origins of Pokémon Go

Creative Work • 10 Aug 16

Pokémon Go, the product of American software developers Niantic and The Pokémon Company of Japan, is the love child of GPS tech and insect hunting. >
The ethical company turning plastic bottles into functional travel bags

Creative Work • 9 Aug 16

For Hamilton Perkins, one man's trash is literally another's treasure >
LA strikes silver with the Liquid Shard

Creative Work • Duration: 2:20 • 9 Aug 16

Los Angeles citizens add shimmer to outdated public park with a massive installation called "Liquid Shard". >
Sistaaz of the Castle: Colourful transgender fashion in Cape Town

Creative Work • Duration: 4:57 • 8 Aug 16

Dutch artists Jan Hoek and Duran Lantink depict transgender sex workers in bouyant fashions. >
The clothing designed to sense unseen pollution

Creative Work • 5 Aug 16

In collaboration with UK scientists, artist Kasia Molga created garments that are able to measure the surrounding air quality. >
Welcome to Germany is a cellphone app for refugees

Creative Work • 16 Mar 16

A smart application provides migrants with much-needed information about life in Germany. >
MBOISA: Bottles become building material thanks to their modular design

Interviews • Duration: 00:03:55 • 5 Jan 16

Bottle2Build Schools is a South African initiative that upcycles modular bottles to address the shortage of classrooms in the country. >
The Media Campaign for South African Creatives

Design Indaba News • 15 Dec 15

Your designs could be featured in the best local and international design media – all you need to do is send us your latest and greatest creative work! >
Trailer: The Workers on the power of digital interactions

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:01:40 • 21 Jul 15

The Workers is a London-based digital design studio that challenges expectations of what is possible in the digital realm. >
Creative Collab ignites the Durban creative community

Design Indaba News • 28 May 15

KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts and Imagination Factory present Creative Collab Durban 2015, powered by Design Indaba. >
Design Indaba Turns 20 – Real Estate Magazine

Design Indaba News • 23 Apr 15

10 of the most memorable design moments at Design Indaba 2015 by Real Estate Magazine >
"It's the end of fashion as we know it," says Li Edelkoort

Interviews • 6 Mar 15

Fashion is dead, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has declared. Dezeen editor Marcus Fairs interviews Li Edelkoort. >
Denim fashion retailer G-Star Raw woos female audience in latest campaign

Creative Work • 28 Feb 15

G-Star Raw is preparing to launch a marketing push to engage female consumers with the brand. >
Dreams of design activism at Design Indaba 2015

Design Indaba News • 10 Feb 15

Afritorial features Design Indaba 2015 and what to expect from it. >
Meet Design Indaba's Ravi Naidoo, the man who helped bring the World Cup to SA

Design Indaba News • 9 Feb 15

Cape Talk Bruce Whitfield interviews Design Indaba creator, Ravi Naidoo. >
Design Indaba presents William Kentridge’s ‘Refuse The Hour’

Design Indaba News • 9 Feb 15

Between10and5 features William Kentridge's masterpiece, happening this month as part of Design Indaba Festival 2015. >
Official Design Indaba Festival 2015 app out now

Design Indaba News • 20 Nov 14

Download our mobile app to be the first to receive Design Indaba Festival updates and keep programme information at your fingertips. >
Make. Change: A DIY sleeping bag for the homeless

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:34 • 3 Nov 14

Meet Jo Maxwell, an ordinary citizen who prototyped a sleeping bag made of newspaper and plastic bags that has been distributed to more than 20,000 people. >
Design Indaba — from event to institution

Design Indaba News • 28 Oct 14

Design Indaba is at an interesting stage of its development as it develops from an event to a design institution, with activities through-out the year. >

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