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Hugh Masekela Gallery launched at the finale of Design Indaba Festival 2018

Design News > African Design

Design Indaba and the Zeitz MOCAA honoured the late legend in a stunning tribute on the Conference stage.

23 Feb 18
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Best Moments of Day 2 of Design Indaba Conference 2018

Design News > Product Design

Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up.

23 Feb 18
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Peter Veenstra unveils Dome of Plants project for Cape Town

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Centrally positioned on Luthuli Plaza, a green Dome of Plants will offer an inviting garden-like space for local urban events.

22 Feb 18
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Best Moments of Day 1 of Design Indaba Conference 2018

Take Five > Design Thinking

Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up.

21 Feb 18
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Filmmaker Sunu Gonera opened Design Indaba 2018 with a moving talk on afrofuturism

Design News > Film & Animation

"I believe that afrofuturism perfectly merges the past and the present of African culture in order to birth a brighter future."

21 Feb 18
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Edel Rodriguez on protesting the Trump era through art

Design News > Design Activism

The Cuban-born illustrator brings his Trump-era protest art to Design Indaba Conference 2018.

21 Feb 18
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Zach Lieberman combines fine art and code to create futuristic realities

Design News > Interaction Design

The Design Indaba 2018 speaker is at the forefront of art and technology.

19 Feb 18
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Lebo Mashile premiered her theatre piece on Saartjie Baartman at Design Indaba 2018

Design News > Art & Photography

She was joined on stage by Anne Masina to perform Saartjie vs. Venus, a play that boldly interrogated aspects of black feminine identity.

19 Feb 18
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From our archives: Dr William Mapham says designers are important to the future of healthcare

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

During his 2018 Design Indaba talk he called on designers to get involved in making a change.

19 Feb 18
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Zaki Ibrahim on her new album, family and her approach to music

Design News > Music & Sound Design

"We wanted to deliver an uncompromised album and build it from osmosis of our emotional and spiritual experience..."

18 Feb 18
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10 reasons not to miss this year's Design Indaba Festival of Creativity

Design Frontiers > Food Design

From our speakers, to food experiences, special movie screenings and an urban music festival, there is something for everyone!

17 Feb 18
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Thomas Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA wins Cultural Architecture Award

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

ArchDaily has named this design a winner of the 2018 Building Of The Year Awards.

16 Feb 18
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Ethnographer extraordinaire Martha Cotton will speak at Design Indaba 2018

Design News > Design Thinking

The Chicago-based design researcher is one of this year’s star speakers.

16 Feb 18
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Music nomad Alec Lomami talks cultural exchange on the African continent

Design News > African Design

The rapper, producer and DJ was on the 2018 Nightscape at Design Indaba stage.

16 Feb 18
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Spanish artist Núria Farré on her hyper-realistic paintings as self-portraits

Design News > Creative Economy

“Being realistic is not what interests me the most; it’s just my natural way to paint, something accidental.”

16 Feb 18
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Tutu 2.0 Pendant Light: The chandelier inspired by fashion and dance

Design News > Product Design

Thabisa Mjo tells us about the inspiration behind this design which has been nominated for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018.

15 Feb 18
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Dutch designer Lonny van Ryswyck is drawing attention to the need to conserve sand

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The Design Indaba 2018 speaker will introduce her A Grain of Sand project, which you can also be a part of.

15 Feb 18
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Meet five women who are innovating in design, material biology and beyond

Design News > Design Activism

These are just some of the 14 women who spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2018.

15 Feb 18
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The Kewtown Primary School Project

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Suzelle DIY tells us why she nominated this children’s library for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018.

15 Feb 18
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Researchers in Zurich have created fibre from slaughterhouse waste

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The yarn is made of gelatine and it has a similar quality to merino wool fibres.

15 Feb 18
00:02:33

Path of the Upright: Spiritual identity woven into textile design

Design News > Craft

Stefania Morland tells us why she nominated this artwork for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018.

15 Feb 18
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A Cape Town art gallery is shifting perspectives on animation as fine art

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

A look inside an animation-focussed art platform in Cape Town that was inspired by a sense of not belonging.

15 Feb 18
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Brogues and High Tops: Where African and colonial influences collide in style

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Sylvester Chauke tells us why he nominated this design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018.

14 Feb 18
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Award-winning Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena on rebuilding a city after a natural disaster

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Aravena’s work sits at the intersection of public interest and social impact, addressing issues of housing, public space, infrastructure, and transportation.

14 Feb 18

From the Archives

Hollywood calling

Q&A • 16 Aug 22

This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking >
Community living

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum >
Star quality

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022 >
Mr Sandman

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions >

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