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Christien Meindertsma: Design includes what lies behind the product

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:52 • 16 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

In this exclusive interview, the Rotterdam-based designer tells us why she felt compelled to buy a flax farm in the Netherlands. >
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“DIS\CONNECT” by Doug Hindson

FilmFestFriday • 16 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Doug Hindson pulls the strings to produce a short film about a modern topic with old storytelling tools. >
Teller of a thousand tales

Q&A • 16 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Stanley Hainsworth talks to us about performing in the workplace, his ability to help brands communicate, being independent, and his hair. >
A flair for fashion

Next Generation • 16 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Up-and-coming South African designer Jason Sandows tells us about his passion for creative expression. >
"Pick Pocket" by RVWR feat. Shamon Cassette

Track of the Week • 15 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

A bellowing bass track by South African beatmaker RVWR, the second act to be announced as part of Design Indaba Music 2015. >
Gilda B by Jacopo Foggini

Product Spotlight • 15 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Italian designer Jacopo Foggini sculpts an elegant chair using an unlikely material. >
Margot Janse and David Higgs on their culinary trajectories

Talks • Duration: 00:36:24 • 15 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Kitchen cowboys and 'kapokbos': These rock star South African chefs tell their stories and talk about what fine dining can be. >
21st-century brand builder

Focus On • 14 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Former scientist and current creator of a "cultural universe" of fashion brands, Shubhankar Ray returns to speak at Design Indaba after an 11-year hiatus. >
Five South African designers of celestial (and earthly) bling

Lookbook • 14 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Encompassing crowns, blades and naturally inspired textures, here's a look at some of the jewellery designers among the 40 talented Emerging Creatives of 2015. >
Issa Diabaté on designing the future of urban Africa

Talks • Duration: 00:17:22 • 14 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

This Ivorian architect believes that designing with a broad vision makes all things possible. >
Meet Ghanaian rapper M.anifest

Track of the Week • 14 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

We chat with rap artist M.anifest, who performs at Design Indaba Music 2015, after his return from a tour with Damon Albarn in South America. >
Five South African illustrators making their mark

Lookbook • 13 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

From doodles to full-scale book projects, these young graphic designers bring their prodigious talents to Design Indaba Expo 2015 as Emerging Creatives. >
Jurgen Bey: Collaboration opens new design possibilities

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:55 • 13 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Dutch product designer Jurgen Bey tells us about the importance of collaboration and preserving traditional crafts. >
Teshia Treuhaft on how a dancer helped her be a better designer

Talks • Duration: 00:07:44 • 13 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

This graduate of Rhode Island School of Design designed a series of inventive chairs that respond to the movement of the human body. >
The next crop of South African creatives

Lookbook • 12 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Forty up-and-coming design stars, selected for Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives programme, who will make their mark in 2015. >
The big reveal: Design Indaba 2015 Emerging Creatives

Festival News • 12 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Forty young designers, five days of pure inspiration and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. >
Ng’endo Mukii on exploring Kenyan identity through animation

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:46 • 12 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Ng’endo Mukii, who will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2015, looks at 50 years of Kenyan independence through the lens of her family history. >
Bees Beside Us by Amy Pliszka

Product Spotlight • 12 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

British designer Amy Pliszka creates ornate, textile hives for the urban environment. >
Margot Janse and David Higgs on their culinary trajectories (trailer)

Trailers • 11 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

These multi-award winning, critically revered South African gourmets talk about the chef’s role in creating an experience, not just a dish. >
Take Five

Take Five • 10 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Our coverage of various weaving projects around the globe captured the imagination of readers this week. >
From the African earth

Lookbook • 9 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Bright and bold pieces from two new Klomp Ceramic ranges. >
“Ambition” by Tomek Bagiński

FilmFestFriday • 9 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

This short film by the Oscar-nominated director celebrates the Rosetta mission and the enduring ambition it took to land a vessel on a comet for the first time. >
Mille Collines goes down south

African Report • 9 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

The story of how two Spaniards created a fashion brand designed, produced and retailed entirely in Africa. >
Under the mango trees

Inside View • 8 Jan 15 • Sponsored Content

Switzerland-based product designer Béatrice Durandard discovers on a trip to Africa that an inability to communicate can lead to taking more risks. >

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