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Register now as a Buyer for Design Indaba Expo 2014

Festival News • 13 Nov 13

Register as an official Design Indaba Expo 2014 Buyer to take advantage of great benefits – and get exclusive access to the very best of South African design. >
The Celebration of Innovation at Design Indaba Expo 2014

Festival News • 5 Nov 13

We are giving away R50 000 to the most innovative design at Expo 2014! >
Justin Southey: Emerging Creatives Q&A

Festival News • 1 Nov 13

This week’s featured Emerging Creative is graphic designer and illustrator Justin Southey, who was part of the programme at Design Indaba Expo in 2010. >
Dillon Marsh: Emerging Creatives Q&A

Festival News • 27 Oct 13

This week’s featured Emerging Creative is artist and photographer Dillon Marsh, who was part of the programme at Design Indaba Expo in 2010. >
Dillon Marsh: Emerging Creatives Q&A

• 27 Oct 13
One month remaining to apply For Emerging Creatives

Festival News • 15 Oct 13

Step onto the Emerging Creatives Launchpad and take your talent to new heights. >
Lauren Fowler: Emerging Creatives Q&A

Festival News • 11 Oct 13

This week’s featured Emerging Creative is graphic designer and illustrator Lauren Fowler, who was part of the programme at Design Indaba Expo in 2011. >
Design Indaba Expo 2014: First Editions

Festival News • 7 Oct 13

Design Indaba Expo is offering a new feature called “FIRST EDITIONS” for exhibitors who want to unveil a new piece and have a presence at the event. >
Your Street Live winner The Greenpop Mountain Road Rest Nest & Nursery

Festival News • 3 Oct 13

The Greenpop Mountain Road Rest Nest and Nursery will provide Woodstock residents with an eco-friendly space to be proud of. >
Expo 2014: Buyer registration now open

Festival News • 18 Sep 13

Register as an official Design Indaba Expo 2014 buyer to take advantage of great benefits – and get exclusive access to the very best of South African design. >
Apply now for Emerging Creatives 2014

Festival News • 17 Sep 13

Are you on a creative runway but in need of a push to get you flying? Apply to Emerging Creatives at Design Indaba Expo 2014 and soon you'll be soaring. >
Your Street Live Challenge runner-up Eduvator

Festival News • 5 Sep 13

Eduvator is a crowdsourcing platform that encourages citizens to make a small contribution that will lead to a big change. >
Your Street Live Barrack Lane

Festival News • 29 Aug 13

Barrack Lane, the winning proposal in the Your Street Live challenge, is an idea to turn a forgotten lane in Cape Town into a dynamic space. >
Your Street Gauteng winner Twist Street

Festival News • 20 Aug 13

A public seating concept proposes to bring the magic of theatre and dance to passers-by. >
Call for entries: Exhibition on African design

Festival News • 15 Aug 13

Design Indaba invites designers and innovators from across Africa to participate in a major exhibition at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
Your Street Gauteng winner Sidewalk Showcase

Festival News • 15 Aug 13

Architect Marina Meyer proposes to improve street vending in South Africa with her Sidewalk Showcase. >
Your Street Gauteng winner Rydngchairs

Festival News • 7 Aug 13

Discarded car tyres are repurposed as seats for commuters at a taxi rank in Johannesburg in the winning project in the Gauteng leg of the Your Street Challenge. >
Mandela Day 2013

Festival News • 25 Jul 13

On Mandela Day 2013 – Madiba's 95th birthday, on 18 July – we paid a visit to the community of Blikkiesdorp, outside Cape Town. Here's what we got up to. >

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Green Sky Thinking: Sustainable by Design

MarkLives.com • 27 Mar 13

Green Sky Thinking, a MarkLives column on sustainability, by Colwyn Elder, Strategy Director at Y&R Cape Town >
Totemism: Memphis meets Africa at Design Indaba Expo (Dezeen)

Dezeen • 26 Mar 13

Dezeen features Totemism: Memphis meets Africa – the centrepiece exhibition curated by Li Edelkoort at Design Indaba Expo 2013. >
Totemism: Memphis Meets Africa at Design Indaba Expo

Dwell • 22 Mar 13

Kinship in design is often viewed as simply a matter of showing relations between objects that share color, pattern and local craft strategies. >
Q&A Bryan Ramkilawan, Cape Town Fashion Council

• 21 Mar 13

ARTS THREAD met up with Bryan Ramkilawan, CEO of the Cape Town Fashion Council (CTFC) at Design Indaba Expo 2013. >
Design Indaba 2013 Campaign by TJDR

Between10and5 • 20 Mar 13

This year marks the tenth that The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town) has developed all the advertising and design collateral for the annual Design Indaba. >
Design Indaba, a recap & humble thanks

Michael Grigoriev • 19 Mar 13

This past week, I’ve had the incredible experience of participating in and presenting at the international Design Indaba Conference, in Cape Town. >
Design Indaba: Interview with John Maeda, president RISD

Arts Thread • 18 Mar 13

ARTS THREAD interviews John Maeda, artist, graphic designer, computer scientist and president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) at Design Indaba 2013. >
Design Indaba Conference 2013

The Times • 18 Mar 13

Design Indaba attendees on their impressions of this year's hub for creatives. >

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