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Speaking at DI2015

  • One of Wired magazines “27 of the Most Inspiring Designs From 2014”: Michael Bierut’s overhaul of the MIT media lab logo.
    A special relationship
    Profiling > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Lauded New York City-based graphic designer Michael Bierut returns to emcee the Design Indaba Conference for the sixth time. This year, he’ll present as well. >
    17 Feb 15
  • William Kentridge's "10 Drawings for Projection".
    A fortunate witness
    Design News > African Design / Art & Photography
    Matthew Kentridge's new book gives readers an intimate insight into his brother William’s creative process. >
    17 Feb 15
  • Bombo Stool for Magis by Stefano Giovannoni.
    The multiplier effect
    Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design
    Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni is the man behind what is undoubtedly the most instantly recognisable bar stool in the world. >
    15 Feb 15
  • Top, left to right: Ackeem Ngwenya, Tia Blassingame, Tyler Pratt, Carla Kreuser; bottom, left to right: Teresa van Dongen, Doremy Diatta, Kathryn Fleming, Marc Dubois.
    Meet the graduates of 2015
    Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Product Design
    Here are the eight recent design school graduates who will present their work Pecha Kucha-style at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
    11 Feb 15
  • Burning Man is a week-long festival of interactive art in the Nevada desert.
    Beyond Black Rock City
    Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Creative Economy
    Larry Harvey, founding member of Burning Man, puts the idea down to a whim one afternoon. Now Burning Man-style interactive art is appearing worldwide. >
    9 Feb 15
  • Arachnid at La Carpa, by Santiago Cirugeda.
    Recipes for urban subversion
    Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors
    Santiago Cirugeda is not the kind of architect to sit around and wait for commissions. Is this the future of architecture in austerity-hit Europe? >
    4 Feb 15
  • Alien Cartoon collection by Selly Raby Kane.
    Senegal's fashion futurist
    Design Frontiers > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Selly Raby Kane, a central figure in Dakar's new creative wave, will bring her avant-garde fashion sensibility to the stage at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
    3 Feb 15
  • Missoni Home.
    Mmmmama Missoni!
    Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design
    Rosita Missoni, who co-founded the Missoni empire with her husband 62 years ago, will talk about her creative longevity at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
    2 Feb 15
  • Interlude's interactive music video version of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”.
    Storytelling that moves people
    Q&A > Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design
    Yoni Bloch is a triple threat for the technological age: a modern storyteller, a hit-making rock star/producer and a pretty funny interview. >
    30 Jan 15
  • The entertainment designer
    Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Multidisciplinary designer Emily Oberman has a formidable portfolio of work. We have a look at some of the campaigns she championed. >
    29 Jan 15
  • The pattern collector
    Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Africa's faded modernist buildings are a source of graphic inspiration for fashion designer Sindiso Khumalo, who will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
    28 Jan 15
  • The Workers' After Dark project saw four robots explore the Tate in the middle of the night.
    Working after hours
    Q&A > Interaction Design / Product Design
    London-based duo The Workers, creators of four robots that enabled the public to explore Tate Britain at night, will speak at Design Indaba Conference. >
    27 Jan 15
  • Ross Cairns and Tommaso Lanza of The Workers.
    The Workers
    Meet The Workers, a digital product design studio established by Ross Cairns and Tommaso Lanza in 2010. >
    27 Jan 15
  • "The Refusal of Time" at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, in 2013.
    Step inside William Kentridge’s mind at Design Indaba Festival 2015
    Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation
    South Africa’s best-known living artist will speak, perform and present at Design Indaba Festival 2015 in four not-to-be-missed experiences. >
    26 Jan 15
  • The wood whisperers
    Lookbook > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design
    The duo behind Studio Propolis, who present at Design Indaba Conference 2015, are single-minded about making by hand and using resources sparingly. >
    23 Jan 15
  • Stanley Hainsworth.
    Teller of a thousand tales
    Q&A > Creative Economy
    Stanley Hainsworth talks to us about performing in the workplace, his ability to help brands communicate, being independent, and his hair. >
    16 Jan 15
  • G-Star Raw.
    21st-century brand builder
    Focus On > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Former scientist and current creator of a "cultural universe" of fashion brands, Shubhankar Ray returns to speak at Design Indaba after an 11-year hiatus. >
    14 Jan 15
  • A screen grab from "Yellow Fever", an animated, award-winning film by Kenyan filmmaker Ng'endo Mukii
    Ng’endo Mukii on exploring Kenyan identity through animation
    Video Interviews > African Design / Film & Animation
    Ng’endo Mukii, who will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2015, looks at 50 years of Kenyan independence through the lens of her family history. >
    12 Jan 15
  • Hella Jongerius for Maharam.
    A contemporary craftswoman
    Festival News > Industrial Design
    Hella Jongerius, who will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2015, creates a flora- and fauna-inspired paradise of new textile designs for Maharam. >
    12 Dec 14
  • Help with the Hard Part by Wieden+Kennedy for Weight Watchers.
    If you're happy and you know it...
    FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation
    Wieden+Kennedy's recent creative campaign for Weight Watchers takes a humorous – and more authentic – approach to the difficulty of losing weight. >
    10 Dec 14
  • Variations on Normal by Dominic Wilcox.
    Square peas and family ponchos
    Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Eight drawings of whimsical, wicked and weird inventions from Dominic Wilcox's blog-turned-book, "Variations on Normal". >
    8 Dec 14
  • Fonts for the Future.
    The creative engine inside Joe Public United
    Focus On > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana to present Joe Public United's award-winning work at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
    5 Dec 14
  • Studio Formafantasma.
    Material maestros
    Lookbook > Product Design
    Studio Formafantasma explores the intersection between material and culture. Here are four of our favourite projects by the inventive duo. >
    3 Dec 14
  • Casey Neistat.
    Casey Neistat to speak at Design Indaba Conference 2015
    Focus On > Film & Animation
    Announcing our first presenter for Design Indaba Conference 2015: Maverick filmmaker Casey Neistat, who is changing the way we watch movies. >
    1 Dec 14
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