Cape Town | Design Indaba

South African photographer takes us into one of Cape Town’s oldest traditions

The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival is an annual celebration of renewal in Cape Town, South Africa. >
#DesignIndaba2017: Grid appointed as brand agency!

Stop the press, Design Indaba has appointed a new brand agency! >
Grid Worldwide Branding and Design

Creative Agency

Grid Worldwide is the new brand agency for Design Indaba Festival, appointed in 2016 for the 2017 annual festival of creativity. >
South African jewellery designer Stacy Beukes on the value of community

We talk to the South African jewellery designer behind the brand A Ring To It. >
An interview with Ulfah Davids – the First Lady of Twobop

In conversation with the designer behind the brand’s very first women’s collection. >
5 sustainable fashion brands

We highlight five brands making clothes ethically >
Chat with Lauren Beukes

Ever wanted to pick the brain of South Africa’s most acclaimed young writer? Here’s your chance. >
A love letter to words with Naresh Ramchandani

Writer and word-lover Naresh Ramchandani shares his eight favourite words at Design Indaba Conference 2016. >
Early Bird tickets for Design Indaba 2017 are sold out!

Full-price Conference and Simulcast ticket sales are now open. >
The miniature embroidered portraits of Danielle Clough

The artist that reproduces the faces of strangers with needle and thread. >
Kent Lingeveldt

Product Designer

Cape Town-based skate legend Kent Lingeveldt makes custom decks from a workshop in Woodstock. >
How to make a city more malleable with Turner Prize winners Assemble

Paloma Strelitz and James Binning, two members of the Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble, talk about how to make a city a playground of possibilities. >
Clara Mar Hernández López on sustainable solutions for architecture

The Spanish architect talks adaptive architecture in a fast-paced world. >
Clara Mar Hernández López talks adapting architecture to better suit society’s needs

We need to look at all the possibilities, says the Spanish architect. >
Kalahari Bushmen: Photographs that celebrate culture

Photographer Chanel Sophia Oosthuizen presents a series of images that capture the profoundly peaceful life of the Kalahari bushmen. >
Interactions between the body and space with FOS

Danish artist-cum-designer Thomas Poulsen, also known as FOS, plays with the interactions between the human body and the space it occupies. >
Chat with Kent Lingeveldt

What do you want to know about Cape Town-based longboard skater and shaper Kent Lingeveldt? >
Designing for the bigger picture with Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe

It’s all a matter of perception. >
Pimp My Street Kitchen rebrands informal street food vendors

Being Frank, a collective of three South African designers, is hoping to transform three informal food vendors into well-branded, mobile food trailers. >
Fun over function with product designer Jaime Hayón

Whimsical Spanish designer Jaime Hayón explores materials and storytelling through products he creates with a childlike sense of fun. >
Jaime Hayón: Curiosity is the designer's greatest tool

Curiosity is the designer's third eye, says quirky Spanish product designer Jaime Hayón. Without it there is no creativity. >
A conversation with Jabu Nadia Newman: filmmaker, photographer and feminist

We chat to the woman behind the explosive webseries The Foxy Five. Jabu and her cast will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017. >
Trauma and the neuroplasticity of the human brain with Naama Schendar

Global Graduate Naama Schendar explores identity and trauma through a design project that encourages enhanced empathy. >
Dope Saint Jude

Musician

A queen, activist and all-around Cape Townian boss. >

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