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SMS answers from Lowery Stokes Sims

Design News • 15 Mar 11

The creative mind behind the renowned Global Africa Project, Lowery Stokes Sims answers the SMS questions sent to her during Design Indaba. >
SMS answers from Fibra

Design News • 14 Mar 11

Bruno Temer from Brazilian sustainable design studio Fibra answers SMS questions about palm bi-products and funding innovation. >
Six point two

Design News • 14 Mar 11

The second part of Stiaan Louw’s Six series examines shifting male sexuality in an African context. >
SMS answers from Oded Ezer

Design News • 14 Mar 11

Few things can make typography as exciting as Oded Ezer seems to naturally make it. Here he answers SMS questions sent during Design Indaba. >
Masking time

Design News • 13 Mar 11

It could be a beating heart, or a blinking kitty head. Is it real, or an illusion? Here’s more about Zoltan Kecskemeti’s concept clock. >
Classy cuisine and ceramics

Design News • 13 Mar 11

Porcelain master David Walters has created select crockery and other pieces for top South African restaurants. >
Rebellious jewellery

Design News • 12 Mar 11

Alina Alamorean has an unconventional approach to jewellery design, influenced by her upbringing and architect parents. >
Portable shelter

Design News • 12 Mar 11 • Sponsored Content

The Cocoon is a portable shelter for the homeless, which hopes to bring a bit of relief to their dire circumstances. >
DI2011: Mass freeze at V&A Waterfront

Design News • 11 Mar 11 • Sponsored Content

On a sunny Sunday in February 2011, the area around the Clock Tower at the V&A Waterfront came to a standstill. >
SMS answers from Jens Martin Skibsted

Design News • 11 Mar 11

In a Springbok rugby jersey Jens Martin Skibsted campaigned for more bicycles in cities at Design Indaba. Here he answers SMS questions. >
Design geometry

Design News • 11 Mar 11

Dror Benshetrit unveiled the QuaDror at the Design Indaba Conference recently, an innovation that is set to redefine construction. >
Layer by layer

Design News • 10 Mar 11

Part hardware product, part iPhone app… Peel will change the way you watch TV. >
SMS answers from David Kester

Design News • 10 Mar 11

Design Council chief executive David Kester answers the questions sent to him during the recent Design Indaba Conference. >
SMS answers from Jen Bilik

Design News • 10 Mar 11

Boisterous business woman Jen Bilik of Knock Knock answers the SMS questions sent to her during Design Indaba Conference. >
SMS answers from &Union

Design News • 10 Mar 11

Pioneers of boutique eating experiences, Rui Esteves and Brad Armitage of &Union answer the SMS questions sent during Design Indaba. >
SMS answers from Ben Fry

Design News • 9 Mar 11

Ben Fry employs design to help make complex data more understandable and accessible. He answers SMS questions sent during Design Indaba. >
Wall parrot

Design News • 9 Mar 11

British design studio Airside's Parrot could look funky against your wall. >
SMS answers from Charlie Todd

Design News • 9 Mar 11

Improvisation maestro Charlie Todd, best known for causing scenes of joy and chaos, answers SMS questions sent to him during Design Indaba. >
Torch bearers

Design News • 9 Mar 11

BarberOsgerby have been appointed to design the London 2012 Olympic Torch. >
SMS answers from Daddy's World

Design News • 8 Mar 11

Cape Town-based creative entrepreneurs Jody Aufrichtig and Nick Ferguson answer the SMS questions sent during Design Indaba Conference. >
Cardboard creations

Design News • 8 Mar 11

Michael Hansmeyer’s Subdivided Columns may be the most intricate object ever fashioned out of cardboard. >
Where did we park?

Design News • 8 Mar 11

Paula Scher’s latest project helps to manage the incredible frustration often experienced when you can’t remember where your car is parked. >
SMS answer from Michael Wolff

Design News • 8 Mar 11

Design and branding stalwart Michael Wolff answers a SMS question about his creative process, sent to the Design Indaba Conference line. >
SMS answers from Kiran Bir Sethi

Design News • 7 Mar 11

Designer, teacher and education reformer Kiran Bir Sethi answers the SMS questions addressed to her during Design Indaba Conference 2011. >

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Hollywood calling

Q&A • 16 Aug 22

This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking >
Community living

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum >
Star quality

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022 >
Mr Sandman

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions >

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