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Words of wisdom and inspiration

Festival News • 18 Mar 14

Design Indaba 2014 has come and gone. We look back at the nuggets of wisdom and inspiration that speakers shared on stage. >
Alex Atala on creativity and innovation in cuisine

Talks • Duration: 00:30:25 • 18 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

At the 2013 Design Indaba Conference Alex Atala spoke about creating dishes that sum up an entire culture. >
Wash malaria away

Design News • 18 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

Moctar Dembele and Gérard Niyondiko's Faso Soap is an innovative solution for the prevention of malaria. >
Housing solutions

Design News • 18 Mar 14

Urban-Think Tank develops a housing prototype for South African informal settlements that empowers residents to engage in changing their living conditions. >
Roadside seating

Design News • 17 Mar 14

The winning proposal in the Gauteng iteration of the Your Street Challenge, Twist Street has been completed. >
All-terrain vehicle

Design News • 17 Mar 14

Road or no road - South African-born designer Ackeem Ngwenya's innovative adaptable wheel system takes on any terrain. >
Your not so weekly creative moment of Zen: The Value of Design

FilmFestFriday • 17 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

Our new "not so weekly creative moment of Zen" features an animation by the UK Design Council, highlighting the importance of design thinking to small business. >
Architectural identity

Design News • 16 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

The 25s32e line is a handcrafted scrap-wood furniture collection designed by members of the Mozambican design collective Piratas do Pau. >
89plus | Kyla Philander

Q&A • 16 Mar 14

Another Africa's Missla Libsekal chats to 89plus artist Kyla Philander after her presentation at Design Indaba Conference 2014. >
89plus | Bogosi Sekhukhuni

Q&A • 15 Mar 14

Another Africa's Missla Libsekal chats to 89plus artist Bogosi Sekhukhuni after his presentation at Design Indaba Conference 2014. >
Design Indaba FilmFest Drive-In at Maiden's Cove

Festival News • 15 Mar 14

With the smell of sea spray and buttery popcorn in the air, Design Indaba FIlmfest 2014 kicked off with a drive-in at the spectacular Maiden's Cove in Clifton. >
Adrian Lazarus on winning MBOISA 2014

Festival News • Duration: 00:04:33 • 14 Mar 14

Design Indaba chats to Adrian Lazarus about "Steam 1886" - the winner of Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2014. >
The Ukhamba lamp

Design News • 14 Mar 14

Inspired by the shape of the traditional Zulu "Ukhamba" clay pot, this lamp by Ari Geva’s and Sian Eliot reinterprets it in a delicate metallic mesh. >
Meet the Makers: Atang Tshikare

FilmFestFriday • 14 Mar 14

In the first edition of Creative Cape Town's Meet the Makers series you meet Atang Tshikare, a Cape Town maker and former Design Indaba Emerging Creative. >
Design Indaba FilmFest alfresco cinema at The Castle of Good Hope

Festival News • 13 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

Design Indaba's annual film festival was screened outdoors at this old heritage site in 2014. >
Heroines of fashion

Lookbook • 13 Mar 14

Adam&Eve launched their Autumn/Winter 2014 collection at Design Indaba Expo 2014. Here's a look at the desirable garments shown on the fashion ramp. >
Rehabilitating Africa

Design News • 13 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

Issa Diabaté has launched a project that seeks to rehabilitate a district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast to create a city that is economically and socially viable. >
Thomas Heatherwick: Designing the new Silo project

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:12 • 13 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

Thomas Heatherwick unveiled his design for the conversion of the Grain Silo in the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town into the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. >
#AnotherLightUp

Do Tank News • 12 Mar 14

Good Design blog in the UK features the #AnotherLightUp project by Design Indaba Trust, Faith47 and Thingking. >
Bee grade hotel

Design News • 12 Mar 14

Designer Etienne Hanekom is known for his small space design savvy but for clients of a new hotel at Babylonstoren he had to scale things down more than usual. >
Tropical summer

Lookbook • 12 Mar 14

Dax Martin unveiled the Tropicale Do Sul swimwear collection for 2014 at Design Indaba Expo. >
Launch of Maker Libraries

Festival News • 11 Mar 14

The British Council's ConnectZA programme launched The Maker Library at Design Indaba Expo. >
The Better Living Challenge

Design News • 11 Mar 14

Calling all designers, innovators and thinkers... Submit an idea or concept for low-income housing improvement and help make South Africa a better place. >
Glowing streets

Design News • 11 Mar 14

Masashi Kawamura and his creative lab PARTY NY recently created the music video for Australian dance-rock band Cut Copy's latest track. >

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