Apply now for the Emerging Creatives Programme

The Emerging Creatives Programme is now open to designers wishing to earn a spot on the explo floor at the Design Indaba Expo 2012, which takes place 2-4 March 2012 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Submission deadline for the programme is Tuesday 15 November 2011. 30 Sep 2011 11:32

Bizcommunity

The true story of Bizcommunity lies in the numbers

[Robin Parker] Since its inception a decade ago, Bizcommunity.com's subscriber base to its popular newsletters has grown to 241 000 subscriptions across Marketing & Media South Africa and Africa, Retail and Medical. Subscriptions to the new portals before the launch last week were already in the tens of thousands without any active marketing - the power of content. 26 Sep 2011 14:10

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

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

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

Will graphic designers evolve design? #DesignIndaba

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Harley-Davidson, IBM, General Electric, Coca-Cola and Nike. How is this for a client list? Delegates to the annual Design Indaba, which kicks off tomorrow (it runs from 23-25 February 2011) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), will find out when Dana Arnett, a founding principal and CEO of VSA Partners, takes to the stage. [view twitterfall] 22 Feb 2011 11:00

#DesignIndaba: Glittering er design lights

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Fear not, glitter pork and cupcakes are not on the menu at this year's Design Indaba Conference (23-25 February 2011), the annual design calendar highlight held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Instead, delegates will be treated to a range of fascinating characters from the design world, sharing global design best practice in areas as diverse as architecture, service delivery and advertising. 21 Feb 2011 13:10

Silver screen delights at DI2011

Part of the Design Indaba 2011 experience is the film festival, running 18-27 February 2011 at the Freeworld Design Centre and offering 10 thought-provoking design documentaries and feature films twice a day. In keeping with the silver screen offering, DStv is one of the five main sponsors of DI2011, supporting various channel partners, as well as DStv Mobile and DStv Online. 17 Feb 2011 11:55

Li Edelkoort trend seminars at Design Indaba

Li Edelkoort, the Paris-based trend forecaster, educator, curator and publisher who has fostered design's creative talent as chairwoman of the Design Academy Eindhoven between 1998 and 2008, will present her Trend Seminars in association with Design Indaba and Woolworths on Saturday, 26 February 2011 in Cape Town and Monday 28 February in Johannesburg. 17 Feb 2011 11:03

Public pranking called for during Design Indaba

Charlie Todd and his US organisation, Improv Everywhere, have made more than 100 crazy improvisations come to life in public places, including this January's No Pants Subway Rides, made infamous recently on the Gautrain. He will be in Cape Town specifically for the 2011 Design Indaba, 23-27 February 2011 and is looking for a large amount of volunteers for an improv mission to cause chaos and joy in public places. 20 Jan 2011 09:10

Design desk launching at Design Indaba

The Concept Designer's desk, to be launched at Design Indaba 2011, is a fully functional work station for the needs of designers in various industries. It includes a built-in light box for sketching overlays, as well as a utility rail, which enables the designer to clear the work space and move the keyboard and monitor in order to have an uncluttered work surface. 17 Jan 2011 09:25

Biometric security introduced to Design Indaba

[Herman Manson] This year Design Indaba is introducing a biometric security system that will see delegates fingerprinted when they collect their access tags in order to prevent multiple use of single tickets. Bizcommunity.com asks some serious questions. [view twitterfall] 23 Feb 2010 12:37

Design Indaba announces speakers, early bookings close

Early speaker names for the Design Indaba, running from 24-26 February 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) have been announced. 11 Dec 2009 06:34