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No happy ending

Opinion • 2 May 09

As technology races towards a constantly receding utopia, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby warn of its economic, cultural and ethical impacts. >
As deep as it gets

Lookbook • 2 May 09 • Sponsored Content

Designer Richard Hart has created recesses of kindness in his first art exhibition. >
Me, myself & Dai

Opinion • 2 May 09

From the frontlines of Dai Fujiwara’s entourage of groupies, Sandhya Lalloo witnesses a creative master fuelled by minimalism and humility. >
The art of science

Profiling • 2 May 09 • Sponsored Content

Integrating engineering and art, Michaella Janse van Vuuren has stumbled upon infinite applications for rapid prototyping. >
Fishing for nonsense

Profiling • 2 May 09 • Sponsored Content

We persevered... and got some sense out of 'nonsense pioneer' Nobumichi Tosa. >
Foam for thought

Profiling • 2 May 09 • Sponsored Content

Food is more than simply feeding oneself. Michelle Matthews uncovers the design secrets of culinary genius Ferran Adrià. >
Zapiro Pecha Kucha (part two): Polokwane Pirates

Talks • Duration: 00:06:50 • 2 May 09 • Sponsored Content

This is the second part of Zapiro’s presentation at Design Indaba Expo 2009. >
More than show

Festival News • 1 May 09 • Sponsored Content

Design Indaba Expo has come a long way since 2004, writes Lynda Relph-Knight, editor of Design Week (UK). >
What can your creativity do?

Hot Topic • 1 May 09 • Sponsored Content

A lively series of quotable quotes from the speakers at the Design Indaba Conference 2009. >
You and Your Browser

Design News • 30 Apr 09

Illustrator Christoph Niemann has created an animated ad for Google's new browser, Chrome. >
Geraldine Fenn Pecha Kucha

Talks • Duration: 00:04:01 • 24 Apr 09 • Sponsored Content

Jeweller Geraldine Fenn weaves narratives through small sculptural pieces, fashioned out of found objects. >
Richard Hart interview

Video Interviews • 23 Apr 09

Hart sees creating art as a wonderful indulgence, to be enjoyed as much as possible in as organic a process as possible. >
Braam Jordaan interview

Video Interviews • 23 Apr 09

Braam Jordaan shares the origins of The Rubbish Monster, a vivid and effective animation that has fetched him a string of awards. >
We heart mags

Design News • 14 Apr 09

Design Indaba magazine participated in the We Love Magazine Library exhibition in Japan in March. >
Exorcised ghosts

Design News • 14 Apr 09

Architect Pedro Gadanho writes about the family home he recently completed in Oporto River in Portugal. >
Rockefeller Foundation co-sponsors Innovation Prize

Design News • 14 Apr 09

The newly established African Carbon Trust seeks a South African company to match the Rockefeller Foundation's pledge towards innovation. >
SOUTH award finalists 2009

Do Tank News • 9 Apr 09

The SOUTH exhibition, competition and film is a celebration of the new creative ethos that has emerged in South Africa over the past decade. >
Most Beautiful Object in SA 2009

Do Tank News • 8 Apr 09

The votes are in: The Most Beautiful Object in South Africa for 2009, is the Chrysanthemum Centerpiece by Michaella Janse van Vuuren. >
5.5 designers at DI2009

Video Interviews • 8 Apr 09

Far from focusing only on shaping objects, 5.5 designers enforce a conceptual rigour that sees them permanently question their design status >
What can your creativity do at DI2009

Festival News • 8 Apr 09

We ask some of the 30 conference speakers what they can do with their creativity during the speakers' final lunch. >
SOUTH legends

Do Tank News • 7 Apr 09

The SOUTH exhibition, competition and film is a celebration of the new creative ethos that has emerged in South Africa over the past decade. >
Expo 2009 Reportback

Festival News • 3 Apr 09

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Featured Event: Design Indaba 2009

Festival News • 3 Apr 09

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Fashion at Design Indaba

Festival News • 3 Apr 09

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