Pecha Kucha | Design Indaba

Brynjar Sigurðarson on the relationship between objects and stories

Talks > Product Design

The Design Indaba #GlobalGrad alumnus has been awarded with the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2018. >

3 May 18
Dutch designer Vera de Pont on making fashion sustainable and DIY

Talks > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

She believes fashion could be downloadable and open source where designers become facilitators that guide the customer instead of being in control. >

24 Apr 17
Vera de Pont: DIY fashion – only scissors required

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Dutch design graduate Vera de Pont is trying to bridge the gap between designer and consumer with fashion garments that are DIY and open source. >

4 Nov 16
Vera de Pont

Futuristic fashion researcher Vera de Pont explores the relationship between the human body and its surroundings. She works in both fantasy and reality. >

4 Feb 16
Doremy Diatta on how objects affect our emotions

Talks > Design Thinking

Design Indaba Global Design Graduate Doremy Diatta talks about how objects are intrinsically linked to our emotions. >

7 Oct 15
Trailer: Doremy Diatta on how objects affect our emotions

Trailers > Design Thinking

Design Indaba Global Design Graduate Doremy Diatta talks about how objects are intrinsically linked to our emotions. >

7 Oct 15
Ackeem Ngwenya: Designing transport infrastructure for rural Africa

Video Interviews > African Design / Product Design

Ackeem Ngwenya talks about his design Roadless, which looks to solve the problems of transport for rural communities in Africa. >

1 Oct 15
Tia Blassingame: Combating racism through letter press printing

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Product Design

Designer and book artist Tia Blassingame uses the printed word to give her thoughts on racism in the United States a form of authority. >

10 Sep 15
Tyler Pratt on designing simple things to solve everyday needs

Talks > Industrial Design / Product Design

Carleton University industrial design graduate Tyler Pratt makes simple, elegant products that solve everyday needs. >

11 Aug 15
Trailer: Tyler Pratt on designing simple things to solve everyday needs

Trailers > Industrial Design / Product Design

Carleton University industrial design graduate Tyler Pratt makes simple, elegant products that solve everyday needs. >

11 Aug 15
Carla Kreuser: An illustrator goes back to the drawing board

Video Interviews > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Going back to school was one of the best decisions I’ve made, says Carla Kreuser. >

2 Jul 15
Trailer: Carla Kreuser on why designing by hand still matters

Trailers > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

Carla Kreuser pulled herself away from her computer screen and went back to basics, illustrating and binding an entire book by hand. >

1 Jul 15
Carla Kreuser on why designing by hand still matters

Talks > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

Carla Kreuser pulled herself away from her computer screen and went back to basics, illustrating and binding an entire book by hand. >

1 Jul 15
A new breed of musical instruments

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

Dutch designer Pieter-Jan Pieters and the OWOW team are putting musical controls into your hands – literally. >

10 Jun 15
Five illustrators contemplate the end of summer

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

“Summer’s End” is the first exhibition at the Drawing Room, a new gallery in Observatory, Cape Town. >

15 Apr 15
Teresa van Dongen: Nature as a source of energy

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

Teresa van Dongen has created a lamp that requires no electrical current. It functions purely from the energy of ocean bacteria. >

13 Apr 15
Meet the graduates of 2015

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Product Design

Here are the eight recent design school graduates who will present their work Pecha Kucha-style at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >

11 Feb 15
Carla Kreuser

Carla Kreuser is a creative director at The Jupiter Drawing Room in Cape Town. >

10 Feb 15
Agi Haines on being the Frankenstein of design

Talks > Design Thinking

This Royal College of Art graduate looks at the possibility of bioprinting body parts to benefit the human race. >

11 Dec 14
Agi Haines on being the Frankenstein of design (trailer)

Trailers > Design Thinking

This speculative designer wonders how far we can push our malleable bodies while still being accepted by society. >

4 Dec 14
Ian Murchison on wooden knives and bendy bicycle racks

Talks > Industrial Design

This Canadian industrial designer talks about finding the freedom to develop products that question everyday perceptions. >

11 Nov 14
Ian Murchison on wooden knives and bendy bicycle racks (trailer)

Trailers > Industrial Design / Product Design

This Canadian industrial designer is making waves in the product design industry. At Design Indaba Conference 2014, he shares his story of success. >

6 Nov 14
Stefan van Biljon: Tapping the urban unconscious

Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

This young South African architect is intrigued by the untold stories that lie beneath the city's fabric. >

4 Aug 14
The possibilities of bioprinting

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Now that 3D bioprinting is becoming a reality, speculative designer Agi Haines explores the possibilities of new and improved replacement organs. >

22 Jul 14

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