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Design Indaba 2020

  • Food for thought| Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen to share culinary business advice with Nightschool attendees
    Festival News > Food Design
    Book your tickets now! >
    20 Feb 20
  • All the reasons not to miss Nightscape 2020, Design Indaba’s public-hearted festival
    Festival News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design
    A cultural extravaganza second to none – performances, installations, design exhibitions, masterclasses and live music. >
    7 Feb 20
  • Space design| Anna Talvi’s microgravity-wear for interplanetary living
    Festival News > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Design meets the future in Estonian Anna Talvi’s ingenious range of microgravity-wear. >
    6 Feb 20
  • Better cities| Jeanne Gang’s architectural practice builds sustainable futures
    Festival News > Architecture & Interiors
    Her award-winning multidisciplinary practice, Studio Gang, is driven by an ethos of ‘actionable idealism’ and is concerned with how to make cities more livable, >
    29 Jan 20
  • Debbie Millman by John Madere
    On brand | Influential polymath Debbie Millman elevates the design discipline
    Festival News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration
    Debbie Millman spoke at Design Indaba 2020. >
    8 Jan 20
  • July 2019, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center - Photo: Ossip van Duivenbode
    Tech that reawakens awe – studio DRIFT's kinetic installations to light up #DI2020
    Festival News > Art & Photography / Craft / Design Thinking / Interaction Design
    The multidisciplinary studio will be speaking at Design Indaba 2020. >
    11 Dec 19
  • Neri&Hu
    Interdisciplinary architectural design practice Neri&Hu use research as a design tool
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design
    The Shanghai-based Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu spoke at Design Indaba 2020. >
    2 Dec 19
  • Natsai Audrey Chieza is pioneering new models for design and technology that are driven by ecological thinking
    Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    The biodesigner spoke at the 2020 Design Indaba Conference. >
    2 Dec 19
  • Li Edelkoort
    Li Edelkoort leads with an important green message
    Festival News > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Food Design / Information Design
    Futurist Li Edelkoort hosted an inspiring new trend seminar at Design Indaba 2020. >
    29 Nov 19
  • Natsai Audrey Chieza
    Founder and Director of Faber Futures, an award-winning multidisciplinary design agency operating at the intersection of nature, technology, and society. >
    29 Nov 19
  • Nassia Inglessis’ unique approach to interactive installations
    Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Interaction Design
    The designer is known for her innovative approach in transforming design as we know it. >
    15 Nov 19
  • Crystal Birch invites us into her hat wonderland
    Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    The hat designer, stylist and milliner takes us behind the scenes of how she comes up with her playful designs. >
    27 Jun 19
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