The Design Indaba 2008 community of South Africa

Designing a global window to connect the world

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:15:00 +0200

On Friday, 29 February 2008, we listened to water dripping into an earthen jar in a temple in Tokyo, on the other side of the world – in real time. It was rather calming. One of Design Indaba's most inspirational speakers was Professor Shinichi Takemura, a renowned media producer from Japan, who is trying to get across the message that we are all connected through the Internet and each other to our planet.
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The new globalism

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:38:00 +0200

As the third and last day of the 11th Design Indaba came to a close last week, it became increasingly apparent that it is pointless designing anything now unless it directly contributes to the wellbeing of people and their environment.
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The peak of creative excellence

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:30:00 +0200

From Big Foot to the worst loo in the world and vampire fish, Ogilvy Johannesburg executive creative director Gerry Human used a ‘mountain' analogy to talk about the best advertising in the world – that peak of excellence, the weird and the wonderful, this morning, Friday, 29 February 2008, at this, the final day of the 11th annual Design Indaba.
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The soul of design

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:16:00 +0200

As the second day of Design Indaba 11 got into its stride yesterday, Thursday, 28 February, 2008, it became clear that the relationship between the way anything works and looks and the way it makes you feel is at the heart of all design thinking. In fact, design is impossible without both thinking.
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The design of injustice

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:23:00 +0200

From the humble beginnings of all of nine speakers in 1995 to more than three times that number in 2008 – who would have thought that in 11 years the Design Indaba and the South African design scene would have evolved so much?
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Winning Ogilvy CT ad created without electricity

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:40:00 +0200

Ogilvy Cape Town's art director Jennifer Macfarlane and copy writer Cuan Cronwright are the winners of The Times Young Creatives Competition, held 23 – 26 February 2008 at this year's Design Indaba Expo.
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A week of creative focus in Cape Town

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:05:00 +0200

The annual creative industries showcase, the Design Indaba Expo, ended yesterday, Tuesday, 26 February 2008, to make way for the annual Design Indaba Conference, starting today, Wednesday 27 February. With a host of inspiring speakers in the design, advertising, architectural and fashion industry, Design Indaba is known for attracting global talent to the podium. Bizcommunity.com was there too providing a comfy pew or two...
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SABC renews Design Indaba sponsorship

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:51:00 +0200

The SABC has not only renewed its media partnership with Design Indaba, but also announced its sole sponsorship of the Fashion Shows yesterday, Wednesday, 20 February 2008. As a founder sponsor of the Creative Alliance Project, the SABC also commits to growing local creative excellence.
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Crafted design animation heralds in Design Indaba 11

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:43:00 +0200

With the requirement to communicate the message of how design directly impacts on the South African economy, Design Indaba 11 once again turned to Cape Town-based companies, The Jupiter Drawing Room CT and Masters & Savant Worldwide CT, to produce their event promo. This will be the third consecutive year the companies have partnered to produce the commercials for the highly anticipated conference.
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Young creatives on show in Times competition

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:56:00 +0200

The Times is calling all ad agencies to showcase their young talent by entering a team into its Young Creatives Competition being held at Design Indaba, 23 – 26 February 2008. The competition will take place at daily newspaper's stand at Design Indaba, where delegates can catch a glimpse of the creative process in real-time.
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