• Adrian Lazarus
    Adrian Lazarus on winning MBOISA 2014
    Design Indaba chats to Adrian Lazarus about "Steam 1886" - the winner of Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2014. >
  • The Ukhamba lamp.
    The Ukhamba lamp
    Inspired by the shape of the traditional Zulu "Ukhamba" clay pot, this lamp by Ari Geva’s and Sian Eliot reinterprets it in a delicate metallic mesh. >
  • Atang Tshikare. Image: Lisa Burnell
    Meet the Makers: Atang Tshikare
    In the first edition of Creative Cape Town's Meet the Makers series you meet Atang Tshikare, a Cape Town maker and former Design Indaba Emerging Creative. >
  • Design Indaba FilmFest alfresco cinema at The Castle of Good Hope
    Design Indaba FilmFest alfresco cinema at The Castle of Good Hope
    Design Indaba's annual film festival was screened outdoors at this old heritage site in 2014. >
  • Autumn/Winter 2014 collection by Adam&Eve launched at Design Indaba Expo 2014.
    Heroines of fashion
    Adam&Eve launched their Autumn/Winter 2014 collection at Design Indaba Expo 2014. Here's a look at the desirable garments shown on the fashion ramp. >
  • Thomas Heatherwick: Designing the new Silo project
    Thomas Heatherwick unveiled his design for the conversion of the Grain Silo in the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town into the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. >
  • Tropicale Do Sul swimwear collection by Dax Martin for Design Indaba Expo 2014.
    Tropical summer
    Dax Martin unveiled the Tropicale Do Sul swimwear collection for 2014 at Design Indaba Expo. >
  • The Maker Library at Design Indaba Expo 2014.
    Launch of Maker Libraries
    The British Council's ConnectZA programme launched The Maker Library at Design Indaba Expo. >
  • The Better Living Challenge.
    The Better Living Challenge
    Calling all designers, innovators and thinkers... Submit an idea or concept for low-income housing improvement and help make South Africa a better place. >
  • Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg at Design Indaba Conference 2013.
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg on shaping the future through design
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg uses Synthetic Biology to look at a conflict between a bacterial world of the future and the antibacterial world of today. >
  • The Street Store
    The Street Store
    Founded in January 2014, The Street Store by Max Pazak and Kayli Levitan is a platform that brings dignity to how people who live on the street receive clothes. >
  • Goodbye Malaria
    Save a life in your sleep
    Friday, 25 April is World Malaria Day. You can help to control and eliminate malaria by supporting Goodbye Malaria through purchasing pyjamas or a bracelet. >
  • Magarete Woermann clay vase for Design Indaba Expo First Editions.
    Plant loving
    Margarete Woermann combined her love of plants and clay to create a unique set of vases for Design Indaba Expo's First Editions feature. >
  • It's Nice That's coverage of Design Indaba 2014.
    Design Indaba 2014: Day 3
    It's Nice That published rolling coverage from Design Indaba Conference. Here's Editor-in-Chief Rob Alderson's take on day three. >
  • Ideso's Powerpac on the Absa stand.
    Life on two wheels
    Bicycles were big at 2014 Design Indaba Expo. More than just trendy commuting, the bikes on show proved what real "pedal power" can do. >
  • It's Nice That's coverage of Design Indaba 2014.
    Design Indaba 2014: Day 2
    It's Nice That published rolling coverage from Design Indaba Conference. Here's Editor-in-Chief Rob Alderson's take on day two. >
  • Barbara Hudson Ceramics
    Skull and bones trend
    Our fascination with what lies beneath the surface is revealed in the large selection of skeletal-inspired designs on the Design Indaba Expo floor. >
  • Ntutu Mtwana
    Designing better, together with OpenIDEO
    How might we make low-income urban areas safer and more empowering for women and girls? This is a challenge currently running on OpenIDEO. >
  • Cape Town: photo by Justine Bell
    Design Indaba 2014: Rolling coverage from Cape Town's big design event
    It's Nice That published rolling coverage from Design Indaba Conference. Here's Editor-in-Chief Rob Alderson's take on day one. >
  • WitOpWit table runners
    Black and white trend
    The black and white Spring/Summer 2014 fashion trend has set the tone for home and décor accessories seen at the Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
  • Core77 press coverage on Design Indaba Conference 2014.
    Intensive Process
    Core 77 attended Design Indaba Conference 2014 and reports on Jake Barton of Local Projects and his prototype-intensive process. >
  • Simply Vermeulen launched by Hendrik Vermeulen at Design Indaba Expo 2014.
    Simply colourful
    Renowned South African fashion designer Hendrik Vermeulen launches Simply Vermeulen at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
  • Design Indaba Trust
    Design Indaba Trust
    Non-Profit Organisation
    Design Indaba Trust is a not-for-profit company that makes possible projects and initiatives dedicated to design education and development in South Africa. >
  • Harvest by Faith47. Photo by Rowan Pybus @Makhulu_
    #ANOTHERLIGHTUP
    Social Activism
    Be part of the community initiative to put #anotherlightup in Khayelitsha. Contribute towards building streetlights and light up Faith47's mural in Cape Town. >

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