Ten most beautiful objects in South Africa selected

The shortlist of the 10 most beautiful objects in South Africa over the past year has been selected by line-up of design journalists and cultural commentators for Design Indaba's 2012 Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA) award. 10 Feb 2012 07:17

Countdown to Design Indaba Expo

Design Indaba Expo 2012, South Africa's showcase of homegrown high-end design, will have an additional 1000m of floor space this year at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, 2-4 March 2012. 17 Jan 2012 13:18

Bookings open for Design Indaba Young Designers Simulcast

Design Indaba's Young Designers Simulcast (YDS) is an opportunity for under-25s to experience the main Design Indaba Conference, taking place 29 February-2 March 2012, through live broadcasts to a second auditorium in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Bookings are now open. 3 Feb 2012 11:04

How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news

Bizcommunity.com has now expanded its operations into 16 new sectors and will soon venture into another 17, providing a whole new range of target audiences for advertisers. The most critical aspect of this is the quality of content and this is a formal invitation to you to become a recognised contributor on Bizcommunity. 3 Oct 2011 14:57

Li Edelkoort back with two-part trend seminar in Cape Town, Joburg

Li Edelkoort will be in Cape Town on Saturday, 3 March 2012, and in Johannesburg on Monday 5 March to present a two-part trend seminar, titled "Summer 13 'Bliss'" and "House of Textile". 20 Jan 2012 08:54

European music festival at Design Indaba, Your Street Challenge extended

Barcelona-based Sónar Music Festival will perform at the Design Indaba on Friday 2 March 2012 at the Cape Town City Hall and the deadline for entries into the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng portion of Your Street Challenge has been extended. 6 Feb 2012 10:30

Design Indaba encourages African filmmakers, green designers

Design Indaba 2010 encouraged students with awards and exposure to enter the world of design. A showing of a short film and the exposition of the top 10 student designs ensured this South African talent met the world. 1 Mar 2010 11:30

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

Follow the yellow brick design road

[Terry Levin] At an event organised by the Cape Town Design Network on Monday night, 25 July 2011, 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

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

Early bird bookings open for Design Indaba Conference

The 2012 Design Indaba Conference, always a sell-out, has opened for bookings for the event taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 29 February to 2 March 2012. There is an early bird discount available until 5 December 2011. 2 Nov 2011 08:37

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

KZN Your Street Challenge calls on creatives

Following the successful Your Street Challenge in Cape Town and Gauteng, Design Indaba recently launched the Your Street KwaZulu-Natal Challenge at the Design Indaba event at Dube TradePort in Durban. 6 Dec 2011 12:49