Highlights and higher powers at Design Indaba 2018

Maybe it was having a new president, an opening by DJ Khuli Chana, the poetic gifts of Lebo Mashile, the tribute to Hugh Maskela, a spot of rain, but the sense of a like-minded community of shared experience at this year's Design Indaba was palpable, electrifying and exemplifying.

As usual the Design Indaba platform from a thought, to a word, to an action was demonstrated via civic projects, such as the exciting prospect of the greening of the Foreshore's Luthuli Plaza by Rotterdam-based Peter Veenstra and other activations.



The Biz team in Cape Town and Johannesburg are honoured to share with you some of Africa's and the world's leading design thinkers - from business, science, education, tech, biotech, medical, musical, cultural, infrastructural and visual design in the Design Indaba Special Section.

Heartiest thanks to our partners at Design Indaba, the Artscape and all the media, speakers and delegates we connected with this week for what was possibly the best Design Indaba ever.

Read on and please feel free to keep the dialogue going, comment, ask questions, share on Facebook or Twitter, send pitch ideas, Design Indaba blogs, experiences and ideas. We'd love to hear from you.

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