South Africa | Design Indaba

On making meaningful work, rebranding a country

"Design is not about designing a nice logo and putting some nice colours on it," said award-winning designer Nathan Reddy. >
There's more to a chair, says Yinka Ilori who uses furniture as a vessel

"...chairs contribute to a sense of belonging and community. People know it’s not from Nigeria, but it’s associated with people who are African. It’s ours.” >
Winy Maas on the future of cities

In case you’ve ever wondered how architecture combined with engineering and design can impact the future of cities. >
Our top picks for the 2017 Africa Architecture Awards

The shortlist of nominees is out and here are the projects we think could have the most impact. >
Comms designer Arjun Harrison-Mann on dialogue, design and activism

When the UK cut benefits to disabled people, this RCA graduate found a way to give those affected their own platform. >
#RightsNotGames makes protesting accessible for disabled people

Arjun Harrison-Mann talks ethical design at the Design Indaba Festival 2017. >
Airbnb co-founder on designing Olympic-sized trust between strangers

Joe Gebbia, co-founder and chief product officer at Airbnb chats to us on the role of design in their success. >
Thomas Chapman on the creation of the Arch for Arch project

The architect and urban designer talks about this momentous project to honor Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu. >
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | September 2017

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
From dreaming up stories to starting a movement with Buhle Ngaba

We catch up with the woman taking stories to where they're needed most. >
Carina Bonse on developing the Swimming In It campaign to new heights

The Global Grad chatted with us about the challenges of educating the masses about Cape Town’s less than pristine beaches. >
Exposing the fecal danger in our picturesque beaches with Carina Bonse

“People are concerned about what they put in their bodies, yet don’t know the effect that wastewater can have on their health.” >
The Maitland Institute is changing perspectives on how audiences engage with art

This Cape Town space is departing from the clinical, one-way-communication aspect of the modern art gallery. >
On Nathan Reddy, one of the leading design specialists in the ad industry

The founder of GRID Worldwide Branding and Design, was inducted into the Loeries Creative Hall of Fame. >
Blinky Bill talks socially conscious music and breaking free of genre constraints

The former Just a Band frontman gets in depth about the power of music. >
A return to our primordial roots with Stanislaw Trzebinski

“In spite of our total reliance on the natural world, we have become almost blind to it,” says the artist. >
Blinky Bill brings African musical expression to the Design Indaba stage

The Kenyan musician, producer and DJ doesn’t care what African music is ‘supposed’ to sound like. >
Furniture designer Stefan Diez on the value of designing process

The renowned German designer does not shy away from age-old materials and techniques. >
Isabel Mager on how the making of tech devices carry untold human value

This designer explores design mechanisms broadly and how they affect culture and way of life. >
Exhibiting photography at roadhouses to celebrate this fading social culture

Night By Roadhouse brings local and international photography to a wide, non gallery-going audience in Johannesburg. >
Isabel Mager on identifying the human body behind the making of high-tech gadgets

What human narrative exists beneath our shiny 21st-century products? >
Talking odd interplay with information and ephemeral tech with Tea Uglow

As technology becomes more functional, does it become less human-centric? >
Tea Uglow on the creative unknown and dispelling misplaced confidence in reality

Tea Uglow, the director of Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney on her work at the intersection of tech and creativity. >
Marcus Engman on the value of curiosity and IKEA’s first African collaboration

IKEA's head of design chats with us about their upcoming African design collection created with Design Indaba, as well as the vision that drives his company. >

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