China welcomes Design Indaba

The first international Design Indaba conference will be held in Shanghai, following planning between Design Indaba and Sun Chao, the party secretary of the CPC Minhang District Committee in Shanghai, China. 22 Aug 2011 06:51

More details on Design Indaba's "Your Street Challenge" for designers

As part of the celebrations of Cape Town being shortlisted for World Design Capital 2014, the 'Your Street Challenge', launched by Design Indaba, offers designers the ideal opportunity to start thinking about how design can be used to transform lives, right here in your city, in your street. 1 Aug 2011 10:41

Follow the yellow brick design road

[Terry Levin] At an event organised by the Cape Town Design Network last week, the bid towards Cape Town's selection as potential World Design Capital got real, with guest speaker Ravi Naidoo pitching his vision for the Design Indaba YOURSTREET design challenge to the locals in the company of visiting international judges, here to evaluate the eligibility of our city for the coveted WDC2014 title. The get together was held at The Assembly, the well-loved venue on the city's East fringe. 27 Jul 2011 10:39

CCDI calls for Indaba design entries

Entries for inclusion in the 2012 Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) Handmade Collection can now be submitted. The products will be unveiled at the Design Indaba Expo in February 2012 to retail buyers and collectors from South Africa and worldwide, showcased in a glossy catalogue and on the CCDI website. 12 Jul 2011 11:45

Experience Design Indaba all year round

Design Indaba has recently revamped its online offering to bring the best of the show all-year round. A new free video section presents past speaker presentations, sponsored by South African Tourism, in addition to the latest design news, innovations, interviews and speaker updates. 21 Apr 2011 09:30

Design Indaba partners with Ventura Lambrate

MILAN, ITALY: Design Indaba magazine and website, together with MINI SA, has announced a media partnership with the Ventura Lambrate design district at the Milan Furniture Fair from 12-17 April 2011. 15 Apr 2011 06:02

Design Indaba - conversations or cycling

The Design Indaba is over but the buzz is not, as the Twitter page carries on the love of cycling, started by the force behind the urban mobility movement in Denmark, Jens Martin Skibsted and the print magazine comes out. 14 Mar 2011 10:32

DI2011: Chair crowned Most Beautiful Object in South Africa

Design Indaba's Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA), presented by Mini, is not about labelling beauty, but instead about asking: "What is beautiful to you?" This year's winner, as voted by the public via SMS, is the Dreams for Africa Chair by Woza Moya. 2 Mar 2011 16:50

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Greatstock at Design Indaba

MD Margi Sheard reports that there was great interest in Greatstock's offering of photographic imagery and motion content ("footage") at the Design Indaba. 28 Feb 2011 13:36

It's a (square) wrap #designindaba

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Talk about visual overload and you are probably talking Design Indaba by day three of its annual conference. Following two days of talks by some of the foremost designers in the world across a wide spectrum of design interests, and the opening of the Design Indaba Expo where the fashionable are encouraged to part with their cash (feel like a Droog door stop? You can. At Design Indaba.), delegates, while enthusiastic as ever, do find black spaces in their memory of the final day.[view twitterfall] 28 Feb 2011 10:54

The kids are alright #designindaba #daytwo

[Herman Manson: @marklives] The group of graduate design students assembled by the 2011 Design Indaba conference, currently being held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre, for its Pecha Kucha presentations yesterday, Thursday, 24 February 2011, make up a remarkable collection of young design talent that represents a broad range of design interests. [view twitterfall] 25 Feb 2011 10:15

Living la vida locavore #DesignIndaba

[Terry Levin] At a sumptuous "locavore" event held at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront last night, Wednesday, 23 February 2011, Charmaine Huet, Woolworths divisional marketing director, had the honour of paying tribute to design legend and revered Design Indaba alumnus Massimo Vignelli on the occasion of his 80th birthday. [view twitterfall] 24 Feb 2011 12:05

Seven key design takeaways from #DesignIndaba #dayone

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Here are seven key design takeaways from yesterday, Wednesday, 23 February 2011, the first day of this year's Design Indaba conference currently being held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre in Cape Town. [view twitterfall] 24 Feb 2011 11:15

#DesignIndaba: contradictions in architecture

[Herman Manson: @marklives] As riots and revolution rocks the Arab world, the rulers of Abu Dhabi are building yet another offshore island villa complex for the super-rich. Designer Dror Benshetrit, speaking on day one of the annual Design Indaba conference, currently underway at CTICC in Cape Town, admits he spent several minutes laughing loudly over the phone during the call in which he was told he'd won the design contract that he'd designed in only five weeks. [view twitterfall] 24 Feb 2011 10:47