Lauren Beukes

These five creative women are using fashion, food and more to challenge and inspire

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

This Women’s Month, we take a look back at some of the fiercely creative women who have graced the Design Indaba stage. >

2 Aug 18
Chat with Lauren Beukes

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

Ever wanted to pick the brain of South Africa’s most acclaimed young writer? Here’s your chance. >

14 Dec 16
One ripped page from a Lauren Beukes thriller turns into 150 books

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Pages ripped from Lauren Beukes' thriller "Broken Monsters" are being turned into once-off artworks and sold to raise money for a local literacy NGO. >

10 Nov 15
Lauren Beukes and Joey Hi-Fi: A creative collaboration

Video Interviews > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

If this writer-and-illustrator duo were a character in one of their comics, they’d be a two-bodied monster feeding off the same brain. >

7 Apr 15
Lauren Beukes on fiction as an incredible kind of telepathy

Talks > African Design

South African author Lauren Beukes brings a singular storytelling experience to the Design Indaba Conference stage. >

29 Oct 14
Lauren Beukes on confronting the monsters around us (trailer)

Trailers > Design Activism

The award-winning sci-fi writer shows how South Africa's dark past transforms into her fiction in this unusual presentation at Design Indaba Conference. >

23 Oct 14
2 minutes of creativity

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking

We asked 20 of the world's leading designers what they think creativity can do. >

19 Aug 14
Inside View: Side projects are the new CVs

Inside View > Design Thinking

Dave Duarte champions the power of side projects and small ideas. >

19 Aug 14
Focus On: Women in design

Focus On > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

We look back at some of the phenomenal women who have graced the stage of Design Indaba Conference and who are making an indelible mark on the world. >

9 Aug 14
Lauren Beukes: Where fiction and truth meet

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Information Design

Award-winning author Lauren Beukes talks about how using crazy ideas allows us to get at the truth in an interesting way. >

27 May 14
Using Art for Good

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Lauren Beukes in support of Rape Crisis >

27 Feb 14
Lauren Beukes

Lauren Beukes, author of Zoo City and The Shining Girls, uses twisty fiction to explore who we are in the world right now. >

10 Jan 14
The Shining Girls

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

The Shining Girls charity art show, inspired by Lauren Beukes's novel, features work by top SA creatives. Proceeds from sales will benefit Rape Crisis. >

6 Sep 13
Spring break

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

In a joint celebration of spring and Women's Day, Freeworld Design Centre presents a creativity-filled programme. >

2 Aug 11
Encounters with demons and icons

Design News >

The Encounters Documentary Festival is full of surprises, promising to entertain and make you think. >

7 Jun 11
A little koekie time

Design News > Interaction Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Inspired by an old-school good homemaker book, Hostess Koekies is a spunky alternative to the over-subscribed Rules Book. >

2 May 10
The mad Moxyland empire heads for world domination

Design News > Craft / Creative Economy / Music & Sound Design

Moxyland is Lauren Beukes's debut novel giving rise to a growing multimedia empire of toys, a soundtrack and online materials. >

1 Nov 08
Shades of green

Hot Topic > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

In this series, some of our most able designers, art directors and illustrators drop thought-provoking image bombs. >

1 Aug 06

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