South Africa

Alternative imaginations

Design is about love, not money, and believing in the potential of design being something for the whole world. >
Leather satchels and literacy

From fashion to literacy, local fashion design studio Black Coffee are exploring ways to promote literacy through fashion. >
Ice-cream sticks to lower unemployment

Job creation through participatory design could help to lower unemployment and support sustainability, says design student Chad Peterson. >
Exhibitor success story: Tiffany Marx

From simple gold rings and leather bangles, to elaborate diamond earrings and platinum watches, Tiffany Marx can complete any outfit. >
Exhibitor success story: Tyred Furniture

Using tyres as chairs seems like something you would do in the heart of the bush, around a fire. Tyred is a very different idea. >
Exhibitor success story: BOUSQUET Creations

Combine design, beauty, a lot of waste material and a fresh look at the old, and you get innovation that brings a smile to your face. >
Exhibitor success story: Michelle Ludik

Step into a department store to buy clothes and you’re confronted with every possible style of design, yet never quite the style... >
Exhibitor success story: blue collar white collar

If you’re looking for exclusively tailored casual and formal shirts of the highest standard, then you can stop looking. >
Exhibitor success story: Ayesha Kamalie

Ayesha Kamalie isn’t just a painter, or a fashion designer, or a product designer. She’s all of these, as well as a qualified architect. >
Exhibitor success story: Cupcake Country

There’s nothing more delicious than a freshly baked cupcake, straight out the oven and covered in gloriously thick sugary icing. >
Exhibitor success story: Woza Moya / Hillcrest Aids

The Hillcrest Aids Centre Trust was established in 1991 offering testing and counselling to the local communities outside Durban. >
Exhibitor success story: User Design

As the world lifts itself from the rubble left by the economic downturn, design is taking a new turn and looking to new inspiration. >
Exhibitor success story: Springleap.com

If a T-shirt is the staple garment in everyone’s wardrobe, then it makes sense for designers to use it as a platform for expression. >
Dr J Craig Venter breaks through

On the verge of a scientific breakthrough, Dr J Craig Venter presented his work at the 2010 Design Indaba Conference via satellite link. >
Holiday fun at Young Designers Workshops

Adding to the excitement mounting around the World Cup, Design Indaba is offering creative holiday workshops for high-school learners. >
Behind the bars

A creative project in Pollsmoor Prison is teaching valuable social and developmental skills to youths. >
Young Designers Workshops

Other Events • Workshops & Seminars

Adding to the excitement mounting around the World Cup, Design Indaba is offering creative holiday workshops for high-school learners. >
Gavin Weale interview

Live Futures, a non-profit company in London, is empowering and uplifting young people, one Live Magazine at a time. >
...XYZ interview

Interview with ...XYZ, an award-winning industrial design studio based in Cape Town. >
Bruce Marks at the Edge Glass Gallery

Renowned South African-born glass artist, Bruce Marks will be exhibiting his work at the Edge Glass Gallery in Cape Town. >
The walls tell stories

Johannesburg Transition, subtitled “Architecture and Society from 1950”, by Clive M Chipkin is a brilliant biography of Jozi. >
Comic relief

Sometimes South Africans need to sit back and have a good ol' laugh at themselves. The group exhibition Foul! helps the laughing along. >
Design Indaba 2010

Highlights from the 15th year of South Africa's premier creative event. >
Design Indaba: South Africa's 'Creative World Cup'

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