Design driving social change
Meet the young creatives taking on the world through Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives programme in 2019.Posted 4 Feb 19By Design IndabaAfrican Design• Architecture & Interiors• Art &...
View ArticleZinhle Zulu’s graphic novel is the story of Nandipha, the protector of the...
“It deals with a girl who is kinda stuck between worlds like me. She is from the hood but also from suburbia.”Posted 5 Feb 19By Taahirah MartinAfrican Design• Graphic Design & IllustrationCreative...
View ArticleLebo Mashile to MC Design Indaba Conference for the second time
The multi talented South African performance artist blew the audience away in 2018, here's why: Posted 5 Feb 19By Lindsay SamsonDesign ActivismCreative Work / Design NewsDesign Indaba Conference...
View ArticleTea Drop, Aquatecture and harvesting water from unexpected places
The way we build our cities can help us harvest water sustainably, says Design Indaba alumna Shaakira Jassat. Posted 5 Feb 19By Jamie MatroosDesign Activism• Product DesignCreative Work / Next...
View ArticleThe heroine with a spraycan, Faith XLVII returns to Design Indaba Conference
She’s no stranger to Design Indaba, now Faith XLVII returns to our annual conference on creativity to present a never-before-seen performancePosted 6 Feb 19By Design IndabaDesign Activism• Graphic...
View ArticleKordae Henry explores mineral trade in the Congo using a sci-fi film
The filmmaker, architect and designer is set to speak at the 2019 Design Indaba Conference.Posted 7 Feb 19By Taahirah MartinArt & Photography• Film & Animation• Music & Sound DesignCreative...
View ArticleReviving the history of cocoa production in Ghana
The team behind the concept will be exhibiting at Design Indaba Festival 2019 to showcase design and architecture's role in shaping placePosted 7 Feb 19By Jehan LatiefAfrican Design• Architecture &...
View ArticleThrough the lens of 6 Emerging Creatives
As part of the Emerging Creatives programme, these young designers will exhibit their work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019. Posted 8 Feb 19By Taahirah MartinArt & PhotographyCreative Work /...
View ArticleFjord’s Olof Schybergson to speak at Design Indaba Conference 2019
Acceleration in technological advancements, coupled with global challenges are starting to form a complex and ever blurry view of our future on this planet.Posted 8 Feb 19By Design IndabaInformation...
View ArticleLove for design and design for love
Design and art direction duo Leta and Wade's work is a feast for the senses. Posted 11 Feb 19By Design IndabaArt & Photography• Craft• Graphic Design & IllustrationCreative Work / Design...
View ArticleTandekile Mkize on unafraid self-expression using film, photography and fashion
Tandekile Mkize gives us an inside look into his bold and unapologetic exhibition at the 2019 Design Indaba Conference. Posted 12 Feb 19By Taahirah MartinArt & Photography• Fashion & Jewellery...
View ArticleCome experience Nightscape, the Creative Village at Design Indaba
There is no need to book, and entry to Nightscape is absolutely free – come enjoy the design exhibitions, film, installations, curated retail and live music.Posted 12 Feb 19By Design IndabaAfrican...
View ArticleDesign that is curious, brave and leaves a profound impact
These design graduates will join design veterans on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2019. Posted 12 Feb 19By Jamie MatroosArchitecture & Interiors• Creative Economy• Design ActivismCreative Work...
View ArticleMirjam de Bruijn
Mirjam de Bruijn's work questions the way we use our everyday products. Mirjam de Bruijn is a young designer who graduated recently from Design Academy Eindhoven. Her project, Twenty questions the...
View ArticleCarolien Niebling
“Food is fascinating because it is an ever evolving substance where development will never stop.” Carolien Niebling was born 1984 in Maastricht, The Netherlands and currently lives and works in Zurich,...
View ArticleSteph Foster
His work combines sound and music with visual media to tell stories of mass incarceration and reconciliation within urban communities.Steph Foster is an interdisciplinary artist specialising in...
View ArticleKye Shimizu
A designer who works closely with researchers and designers to inquire upon the relationships of real and virtual, analog and digital.Kye Shimizu is a Japanese design graduate from Keio University in...
View ArticleTshepo Mokholo
A South African architect and designer who believes in a human-first approach to design. Johannesburg's Tshepo Mokholo has always been inspired by architecture and design. He trained as an architect...
View ArticleKacper Pietrzykowski
Kacper is a graduate of the Design and Engineering Master's programme at Politecnico di Milano (Italy). Kacper Pietrzykowski studied,exercised and shared his passion to design in USA, Netherlands,...
View ArticleEllie Frymire
Ellie recognised the power of meaningful design and intentional presentation of data.Ellie Frymire’s journey began when she discovered the joy of puzzles as a child. This love of puzzles propelled her...
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