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Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives Class of 2023 announced

9 Mar 2023

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Design Indaba partners with Google to launch 'Colours of Africa'

9 Nov 2022

Award-winning designer Es Devlin. Image supplied.

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Es Devlin's interactive installation responds to EQ technology

7 Nov 2018

#DesignIndaba2019: More speakers added to lineup

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#DesignIndaba2019: More speakers added to lineup

25 Oct 2018

BizTrends 2019 is here!

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BizTrends 2019 is here!

Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2018

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#DesignIndaba2019: Dong-Ping Wong announced as speaker

Juanita Pienaar 24 Aug 2018

Architect and founding principal of Selldorf Architects, Annabelle Selldorf. © .

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#DesignIndaba2019: Annabelle Selldorf announced as speaker

Juanita Pienaar 17 Aug 2018

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#DesignIndaba2019: Wanuri Kahiu announced as speaker

Juanita Pienaar 14 Aug 2018

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#DesignIndaba2019: David Droga announced as speaker

Juanita Pienaar 10 Jul 2018

Design researcher, Shaakira Jassat, speaking at the 2018 Design Indaba. © Design Indaba.

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#DesignIndaba2019: Ticket sales are open!

10 Jul 2018

Design Indaba Emerging Creatives - Open for applications

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Design Indaba Emerging Creatives - Open for applications

2 Jul 2018

#AfricaMonth: The authentic design stories of Thandazani Nofingxana

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#AfricaMonth: The authentic design stories of Thandazani Nofingxana

Ruth Cooper 14 May 2018

Design Indaba 2018: A copywriter's expert opinion

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Design Indaba 2018: A copywriter's expert opinion

Jeff Harvey 25 Apr 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Video interview with Ravi Naidoo

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#DesignIndaba2018: Video interview with Ravi Naidoo

22 Mar 2018

Mark Kamau, user experience design director, BRCK.

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#DesignIndaba2018: Connecting the unconnected in Africa

Louise Marsland 26 Feb 2018

Lebo Mashile in conversation with Leigh Andrews at Design Indaba.

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#DesignIndaba2018: 'Advice for the African girl child' - Lebo Mashile

Leigh Andrews 26 Feb 2018

British designer, Thomas Heatherwick, on the Design Indaba 2018 stage. © Design Indaba.

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#DesignIndaba2018: Thomas Heatherwick on designing with heart and soul

Ann Nurock 26 Feb 2018

"We were kings here." - South African filmmaker, Sunu Gonera.

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Highlights and higher powers at Design Indaba 2018: The superheroes of design

Terry Levin 26 Feb 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

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#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

Louise Marsland 26 Feb 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Thabiso Mjo's Tutu 2.0 light voted Most Beautiful Object in SA

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#DesignIndaba2018: Thabiso Mjo's Tutu 2.0 light voted Most Beautiful Object in SA

26 Feb 2018

Neri Oxman, architect, inventor, engineer, designer, scientist and founding director of the Mediated Matter Group at MIT Media Lab. © Design Indaba.

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#DesignIndaba2018: Neri Oxman is naturing our future

Sue Disler 26 Feb 2018

Es Devlin © image from the .

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#DesignIndaba2018: Es Devlin on moving from thoughts to words to actions, fast

Leigh Andrews 26 Feb 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Seeing the world through a grain of sand

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#DesignIndaba2018: Seeing the world through a grain of sand

Jessica Tennant 23 Feb 2018

Aleksandra Gosiewski

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#DesignIndaba2018: The next generation of fashion is biology

Jessica Tennant 23 Feb 2018

Mashile on stage at Design Indaba 2018.

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#DesignIndaba2018: Lebo Mashile on why she keeps coming back to gender and race in her poetry

Leigh Andrews 22 Feb 2018

Dr William Mapham.
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#Designindaba2018: SA's crowd-sourced solution for a global problem

Sue Disler 22 Feb 2018

Rob and Sam Paddock, co-founders of GetSmarter | Photographer: Terry Levin

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#DesignIndaba2018: Getting smarter at partnering by design

Jessica Tennant 22 Feb 2018

on Design Indaba set she built at Artscape, Cape Town South Africa by .

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#DesignIndaba2018: Speaking in colours

Terry Levin 22 Feb 2018

Sunu Gonera. Filmaker. Storyteller.

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#DesignIndaba2018: 'This is Africa's moment'

Louise Marsland 21 Feb 2018

Zach Lieberman, artist and educator - creative coder.

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#DesignIndaba2018: Zach Lieberman's magical world

Sue Disler 21 Feb 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: 'Best conference in the world'

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#DesignIndaba2018: 'Best conference in the world'

Leigh Andrews 21 Feb 2018

Five Fingers for Marseilles.

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Film screenings at the Design Indaba Festival 2018

21 Feb 2018

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25 Oct 2018

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Wong at TEDx Talk. © .

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2019: Dong-Ping Wong announced as speaker

Juanita Pienaar 24 Aug 2018

Architect and founding principal of Selldorf Architects, Annabelle Selldorf. © .

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2019: Annabelle Selldorf announced as speaker

Juanita Pienaar 17 Aug 2018

Wanuri Kahiu | © .

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2019: Wanuri Kahiu announced as speaker

Juanita Pienaar 14 Aug 2018

David Droga © .

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2019: David Droga announced as speaker

Juanita Pienaar 10 Jul 2018

Design researcher, Shaakira Jassat, speaking at the 2018 Design Indaba. © Design Indaba.

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2019: Ticket sales are open!

10 Jul 2018

Design Indaba Emerging Creatives - Open for applications

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2 Jul 2018

#AfricaMonth: The authentic design stories of Thandazani Nofingxana

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Ruth Cooper 14 May 2018

Design Indaba 2018: A copywriter's expert opinion

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Jeff Harvey 25 Apr 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Video interview with Ravi Naidoo

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Video interview with Ravi Naidoo

22 Mar 2018

Mark Kamau, user experience design director, BRCK.

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Connecting the unconnected in Africa

Louise Marsland 26 Feb 2018

Lebo Mashile in conversation with Leigh Andrews at Design Indaba.

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: 'Advice for the African girl child' - Lebo Mashile

Leigh Andrews 26 Feb 2018

British designer, Thomas Heatherwick, on the Design Indaba 2018 stage. © Design Indaba.

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Thomas Heatherwick on designing with heart and soul

Ann Nurock 26 Feb 2018

"We were kings here." - South African filmmaker, Sunu Gonera.

Marketing & MediaHighlights and higher powers at Design Indaba 2018: The superheroes of design

Terry Levin 26 Feb 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

Louise Marsland 26 Feb 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Thabiso Mjo's Tutu 2.0 light voted Most Beautiful Object in SA

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Thabiso Mjo's Tutu 2.0 light voted Most Beautiful Object in SA

26 Feb 2018

Neri Oxman, architect, inventor, engineer, designer, scientist and founding director of the Mediated Matter Group at MIT Media Lab. © Design Indaba.

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Neri Oxman is naturing our future

Sue Disler 26 Feb 2018

Es Devlin © image from the .

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Es Devlin on moving from thoughts to words to actions, fast

Leigh Andrews 26 Feb 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Seeing the world through a grain of sand

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Seeing the world through a grain of sand

Jessica Tennant 23 Feb 2018

Aleksandra Gosiewski

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: The next generation of fashion is biology

Jessica Tennant 23 Feb 2018

Mashile on stage at Design Indaba 2018.

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Lebo Mashile on why she keeps coming back to gender and race in her poetry

Leigh Andrews 22 Feb 2018

Dr William Mapham.
Image © Christopher Larson/Scott Gorman.

Marketing & Media#Designindaba2018: SA's crowd-sourced solution for a global problem

Sue Disler 22 Feb 2018

Rob and Sam Paddock, co-founders of GetSmarter | Photographer: Terry Levin

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Getting smarter at partnering by design

Jessica Tennant 22 Feb 2018

on Design Indaba set she built at Artscape, Cape Town South Africa by .

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Speaking in colours

Terry Levin 22 Feb 2018

Sunu Gonera. Filmaker. Storyteller.

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: 'This is Africa's moment'

Louise Marsland 21 Feb 2018

Zach Lieberman, artist and educator - creative coder.

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Zach Lieberman's magical world

Sue Disler 21 Feb 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: 'Best conference in the world'

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: 'Best conference in the world'

Leigh Andrews 21 Feb 2018

Five Fingers for Marseilles.

Marketing & MediaFilm screenings at the Design Indaba Festival 2018

21 Feb 2018

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Marketing & MediaThe Goddesses of the past and present (Part 2)

Jessica Tennant 20 Feb 2018

The Goddesses of the past and present (Part 1)

Marketing & MediaThe Goddesses of the past and present (Part 1)

Jessica Tennant 20 Feb 2018

Design Indaba's global graduates. Image credit: Design Indaba website.

Marketing & MediaTen global graduates at Design Indaba

Juanita Pienaar 20 Feb 2018

Studio H's Visa Street Food Festival © .

Marketing & MediaSeries of pop-up feasts at Design Indaba's Nightscape

15 Feb 2018

Es Devlin announced as speaker at Design Indaba 2018

Marketing & MediaEs Devlin announced as speaker at Design Indaba 2018

Juanita Pienaar 12 Feb 2018

Johannes Torpe announced as speaker at Design Indaba 2018

Marketing & MediaJohannes Torpe announced as speaker at Design Indaba 2018

Juanita Pienaar 5 Feb 2018

Neri Oxman © Noah Kalina.

Marketing & MediaNeri Oxman announced as speaker at Design Indaba 2018

Juanita Pienaar 29 Jan 2018

Astrid Stavro, creative director of Atlas © Javier Tles via .

Marketing & MediaAstrid Stavro announced as speaker at Design Indaba 2018

Juanita Pienaar 9 Jan 2018

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Marketing & MediaLineup for Nightscape at Design Indaba 2018 announced

20 Dec 2017

New York-based design guru, Natasha Jen.

Marketing & MediaNatasha Jen announced as speaker at Design Indaba 2018

Emile Uys 19 Dec 2017

Maditla is relishing her new role as Design Indaba editor-in-chief.

Marketing & Media#DesignIndaba2018: Telling stories about purpose-led design

Leigh Andrews 15 Dec 2017