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Ho Ho Ho!

Design News • 25 Dec 13

A very merry Christmas from Paula Scher and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. >
Porky Hefer on turning something negative into something positive

Talks • Duration: 00:21:53 • 24 Dec 13 • Sponsored Content

Designer and brand interventionist Porky Hefer’s mission is to encourage people to be inspired to get up and change things. >
Clay play

Q&A • 24 Dec 13

Cape Town-based stylist Alexia Klompje launched Klomp Ceramics earlier this year. She tells us about Klomp Collection II that celebrates the season. >
Design on a plate

Focus On • 23 Dec 13 • Sponsored Content

Design Indaba Conference has been serving up some of the world's best chefs and food designers. Here is a taster of some of the top foodie talks. >
Modelled by hand

Design News • 22 Dec 13

Dutch artist-designer Maarten Baas unveils four new Clay pieces for luxury menswear brand, Berluti. >
Ben Terrett on changing a culture through digital design

Talks • Duration: 00:35:17 • 21 Dec 13 • Sponsored Content

Digital designer Ben Terrett explains his inspiration and design process in creating Gov.uk, an all-inclusive website for government services and information. >
Binary numbers

Design News • 21 Dec 13

Designer Eddie Opara creates a striking illustration, which expresses a digital concept in analogue form, for the December 2013 issue of "Wired" magazine. >
Kunlé Adeyemi: We are living in interesting times in Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:54 • 20 Dec 13

In an interview at the 2013 AZA Architecture Conference, Kunlé Adeyemi tell us about his Makoko Floating School. >
K&i Design Studio: Emerging Creatives Q&A

Festival News • 20 Dec 13

This week's featured Emerging Creative is graphic design duo K&i Design Studio, who were part of the programme in 2012. >
Modern Cultural Curators: Geza Schoen

FilmFestFriday • 20 Dec 13

#FilmFestFridays presents "Modern Cultural Curators: Geza Schoen", a short film offering a glimpse into the talents of perfumer Geza Scheon. >
Cardboard marketplace

Design News • 19 Dec 13

Shigeru Ban has created a temporary, mobile pavilion in his signature material, cardboard, for the Abu Dhabi Art Festival. >
Artfully plated

Design News • 19 Dec 13

The work of Walter Battiss, South Africa’s foremost abstract painter, has found a new expression on ceramics by Mervyn Gers who tells us about the project. >
Book now for Design Indaba Simulcast 2014

Festival News • 18 Dec 13

The Design Indaba Conference will be simulcast live to venues in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and, for the first time, Potchefstroom. >
Luyanda Mpahlwa: We need to increase our level of appreciation for design

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:07 • 18 Dec 13 • Sponsored Content

In this interview at the 2013 AZA Architecture Conference, Luyanda Mpahlwa tells us what the Design Indaba 10 x 10 Low-Cost Housing Project taught him. >
The social agenda of buildings

Q&A • 17 Dec 13 • Sponsored Content

Clive Wilkinson, paradigm-defining architect of Googleplex, will speak at Design Indaba 2014. Here he shares insights into his approach to workplace design. >
Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

Design News • 17 Dec 13 • Sponsored Content

Dutch conceptual design studio Droog has unveiled an enormous holographic Christmas tree in the entrance hall of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. >
Wired for sound

Design News • 17 Dec 13

Sonolith, a new audio system by a South African design trio, breaks all the stereo types. >
Stylish timekeeping

Design News • 17 Dec 13

Jaime Hayón's collection of Orolog wristwatches combine classical elements with modern details. >
Music from the heart

Design News • 16 Dec 13

Harry Pearce has designed a new visual identity for the Crouch End Festival Chorus in North London. >
Memorising animals

Design News • 16 Dec 13

The quirky characters from Christoph Niemann's highly-acclaimed digital Petting Zoo app now make their debut in a tactile, analogue memory game. >
Spreading the word

Design News • 14 Dec 13

Michael Bierut has redesigned the website for the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine to suit the needs of a 21st century congregation. >
Juke Box beats

Design News • 14 Dec 13

Yuri Suzuki's latest installation allows visitors of Tate Britain to capture their impressions of the art in musical form. >
Made by Hand: The Cigar Shop

FilmFestFriday • 13 Dec 13

#FilmFestFridays presents "Made by Hand: The Cigar Shop". This short film offers a glimpse into a second generation cigar shop Martinez Hand Rolled Cigars. >
Nawaaz Saldulker: Emerging Creatives Q&A

Festival News • 13 Dec 13

This week’s featured Emerging Creative is product designer Nawaaz Saldulker, who was part of the programme at Design Indaba Expo in 2013. >

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