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  • Olafur
    Olafur Eliasson talks design that has real-world significance
    Talks > Design Activism / Design Thinking
    Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson gives us his take on what functional design means and the newest member of the Little Sun family. >
    28 Oct 17
  • Olafur
    Olafur Eliasson on label-free impactful design
    Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design
    “I am more interested in the consequences that my work has than how to label my work,” said the multidisciplinary designer. >
    26 Sep 17
  • Little Sun Diamond
    Olafur Eliasson previews his new Little Sun Diamond at DI 2017
    Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking
    Ending the first day of Conference with lightness, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson gives the audience a sneak peak at his new the Little Sun Diamond. >
    1 Mar 17
  • Ice Watch
    We chat to awe-inspiring artist Olafur Eliasson
    Q&A > Art & Photography / Design Activism
    We held a live Twitter Q&A with artist Olafur Eliasson ahead of his Design Indaba Conference talk. Here are his forceful and beautiful thoughts. >
    23 Feb 17
  • #enlightenme
    #enlightenme: Join our live Q&A with artist Olafur Eliasson
    Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Design Thinking
    On Thursday evening we're hosting a live Q&A with monumental Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. What do you want to ask him? >
    15 Feb 17
  • Olafur Eliasson's Little Sun
    Clever design: Little Sun original
    Festival News > Design Activism / Product Design
    Designed by an artist and an engineer, the Little Sun Original solar lamp is illuminating lives around the world. >
    20 Dec 16
  • Olafur Eliasson
    This is Olafur Eliasson. We'll let him introduce himself
    Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism
    Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson created the vast, indoor sun at the Tate in London, made rivers run green and made a waterfall flow upwards. >
    9 Dec 16
  • Olafur Eliasson
    Olafur Eliasson
    Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson created the vast, indoor sun at the Tate in London, made rivers run green and made a waterfall flow upwards. >
    9 Dec 16
  • Ije Nwokorie on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2014. Image: Jonx Pillemer.
    Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding
    Talks > Design Thinking
    It's more useful to think about branding as a messy creative process than as a pristine product, says Wolff Olins global CEO. >
    6 Aug 14
  • Ije Nwokorie on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2014. Image: Jonx Pillemer.
    Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding (trailer)
    Trailers > Design Thinking / Information Design
    Here's a short taster of brand guru Ije Nwokorie's talk at Design Indaba Conference 2014. Watch the full talk by downloading the Design Indaba App now. >
    23 Jun 14
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