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Deliciously textured

Texture designer Isabeau Joubert's interest in handcrafts like knitting and crochet has led her to creating objects that introduce a new kind of materiality. >
VISI coverage of the Design Indaba Conference 2013

Shoe fetishes, dancing sperm, digital music instruments, architectural typography, design hacking and high-rise hell headline at the Design Indaba Conference. >
One Book highlights Design Indaba Expo 2013

One Book magazine in Chile covered their highlights of Design Indaba Expo 2013 for their Fall Issue. >
Roger Martin on leveraging design in business

At Design Indaba Conference 2007, Roger Martin discusses the difference between a design view of business and a business view of design. >
Richard Hart on the stuff of creativity

At Design Indaba Conference 2011, Richard Hart speaks about how the uselessness of a design can be poetic and beautiful. >
Design Indaba 2014 Poster Design Competition

Campaigns

Design Indaba invites all South African students to take a shot at designing an event poster for Design Indaba 2014. >
Louise Fili: My main passion is food and anything to do with Italy

In an interview with Design Indaba, Louise Fili gives insight into how packaging design needs to inform and seduce at equal levels. >
100 World Class South Africans

Ravi Naidoo was selected as one of the 100 World Class South Africans for Design Achievement by City Press. >
Triggerfish: Seven ordinary things that can lead to one extraordinary result

Triggerfish CEO Stuart Forrest shares seven business tips they taught you in kindergarten. >
Alex Atala: One of the most important souvenirs for a traveller is flavour

In an interview at Design Indaba 2013, Alex Atala explains how a change in attitude towards food can help people and the environment. >
Nobumichi Tosa on making nonsense machines

Nobumichi Tosa’s interactive work is difficult to classify. Speaking at Design Indaba 2009 he says, “We make many many nonsense machines.” >
Balaclava bear

Sootcookie ceramics and Alex Goldberg have collaborated to design a range of characters who create havoc in the woods. >
Elizabeth Galloway at Design Indaba 2013

Cape Town’s Design Indaba Expo is a cultural mix of all things design related in South Africa. >
Leanie van der Vyver: Not many people get the opportunity to design in gold

Leanie van der Vyver explains her design process behind the Design Indaba gold medallion. >
Take flight

Spilt Milk's Autumn/Winter 2013 collection takes inspiration from the beauty of birds in flight. >
We're trying to get design out of the way – Ben Terrett

Ben Terrett explains the design principles behind the new Gov.uk website, which combines all the UK Government's websites into a single site. >
We've been designing biology for 10 000 years – Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg discusses synthetic biology – a new field of science that could see designers creating artificial lifeforms. >
Digital technology will continue to disappear – Alex Chen

Google Creative Lab creative director Alexander Chen explains to Dezeen how he created a digital string you can pluck like a viola. >
We were the first in history to motion-capture our own sperm – Masashi Kawamura

Masashi Kawamura explains the process behind a television commercial he made featuring dancing sperm in an interview with Dezeen at Design Indaba 2013. >
Design Indaba Expo 2013 – In Review

It has taken a while to get this post out because frankly, I procrastinate... >
Emerging Creatives 2013

The 2013 Emerging Creatives programme was a huge success on the Expo floor. Here's what the designers had to say. >
Jungle Jim turns heads in Milan

Local pulp-fiction zine takes over windows of popular department store La Rinascente during Milan design week >
Think tanks

La créativité prend le pouvoir! – Ideat magazine (France) features leading conferences TED Talks and Design Indaba Conference. >
Christoph Niemann: Combining the expected and the unexpected in illustration

“The idea is very simple: you can just touch things, and things will happen.” Christoph Niemann interacts with and discusses the Petting Zoo app. >

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