Interviews | Design Indaba

The multipotentialite side of life

Q&A > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Graphic Design & Illustration

Design Indaba Emerging Creative Nuraan Khan wants to make beautiful, functional design accessible to everyone >

1 May 22
Where science and fiction meet

Q&A > Product Design

Kuang-Yi Ku, a former dentist turned speculative designer and artist, explores a fictional future where termites and humans live in harmony >

1 May 22
Design thinking writ large

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

Moeko Selebalo’s considered simplifications distil the very essence of what it means to be alive >

24 Apr 22
A virtual leap for the lab

Q&A > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design / Interaction Design

Self-taught game developer Mbangiso Mabaso employs augmented and virtual reality to enliven the science lab for learners >

17 Apr 22
Handle with care

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography

Nandipha Yanta’s artwork focuses on self-care for Black women >

10 Apr 22
Text messaging

Q&A > Art & Photography

‘Tentative Words Change Everything’ is a new outdoor sculpture exhibition by British artist Nathan Coley >

10 Apr 22
Futureworld

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

Kyle Kemink’s typo/graphic artwork pushes the boundaries of creative exploration >

3 Apr 22
On the map

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft

Kutlwano Angela Monyai uses paint, crochet and fabric to embody the Black female experience >

28 Mar 22
Hip-hop architecture

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Architect Sekou Cooke draws inspiration from hip-hop culture for his designs >

28 Mar 22
Feminine mystique

Q&A > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Fikile Sokhulu pursues femininity in fashion >

20 Mar 22
Fired up

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

We chat to Julia Duduzile Mohanoe on swopping accountancy for art >

13 Mar 22
Melting pot

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Buhle Nkalashe’s powerful artworks are steeped in isiXhosa, isiZulu and Ndebele traditions >

6 Mar 22
Still lives

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography

Arron Nathan Moos’s moving, contemplative portraits bring the lives of others sharply into focus. >

4 Mar 22
#DI Exclusive: Timothée Mion tells us how to take out the trash

Q&A > Product Design

We probe Mion’s concept for clearing space debris >

17 Nov 21
How Re-roll Station is helping African fashion entrepreneurs launch their brands globally

Q&A > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

We chat with the brains behind Re-roll, Kesiena Harry and Cher Potter >

16 Nov 21
#DI Emerging Creative Ntobeko Nxumalo shares how he “just did” his Zulu-centric concept for Nike

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

How the Swoosh can be used to celebrate Zulu cultural heritage >

16 Nov 21
Meet minimal Mandi – the brainchild of #DI Emerging Creative, Magrietha Labuschagne

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Furniture brand founder Magrietha Labuschagne on leaving law, and other things… >

8 Nov 21
#DI Exclusive: Naba Abolova’s Zenhlanhla Myeni on retelling the narrative of township youth

Q&A > Art & Photography

The Emerging Creative chats to us about addressing the gaps in mainstream media >

19 Oct 21
Bag some time with former #DI Emerging Creative and Mebala founder, Tlhalefang Moeletsi

Q&A > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

The brain behind the rising leather bag brand shares his journey >

5 Oct 21
#DI Emerging Creative Pule Magopa tells us about how graffiti shaped his artistic career

Q&A > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

A Design Indaba exclusive on personal ID, artistic challenges and mixed media >

29 Sep 21
#DI Emerging Creative Boitumelo Thindiza on how fashion influences her work

Q&A > Art & Photography

The photographer shares her no-rules approach to creating >

22 Sep 21
#DI Emerging Creative Tebogo Lethuba chats with us about his artistic transition and a new comic book

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

This young designer illustrates a promising future >

15 Sep 21
We say yay! Former #DI Emerging Creative, Russell Abrahams aka Yay Abe on his Adidas collabs

Q&A > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Illustration sensation Yay Abe chats about his growth since the programme and landing his dream collaboration >

8 Sep 21
With a 2021 Red Dot award in hand, former #DI Emerging Creative, George Gibbens showcases in Milan

Q&A > Industrial Design

George Gibbens exhibits his Slank Occasional Chair at Milan Design Week from 5-10 September 2021 >

7 Sep 21

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