by Charlie Mathews. It’s hard to reimagine the optimism that was Design Indaba 2020. That was February; this is lockdown.
Category archives: #DesignIndaba25 – Festival of Design
#DesignIndaba25: Lots of lemonade, the odd porky
by Herman Manson. It’s not all about design; it’s about the creative process, too. In doing so, Design Indaba manages to differentiate itself properly from most of its competition.
#DesignIndaba25: All that glitters isn’t gold
by Louise Burgers. The day that Martha Stewart, took to the stage in 2010 to talk about glittered ham was the day Design Indaba had to begin its evolution to where it’s now.
#DesignIndaba25: Stretching our thinking & connecting dots
by Kyley Potgieter. For me, the impact that Design Indaba has had is best described as a rubber band being stretched as wide as it can go.
#DesignIndaba25: Adept killer of complacency
by Leigh Tayler. As advertising professionals, I wonder if we don’t sometimes become stuck in our ways when it comes to creativity, what it looks like and its role is in the world.
#DesignIndaba25: New engineers of creativity
by Jineil Kandasamy. As a young creative, how do you find inspiration in a world of chaos? Simple. Stop being a designer.
#DesignIndaba2019: UX, designers & the rest of us
by Herman Manson. Everybody’s next design challenge: UX at a design conference.
Daniel Ting Chong — keep making & failing #DesignIndaba2019
by Herman Manson, We chat to Daniel Ting Chong, the former Emerging Creative who’s behind the event’s creative campaign this year.
#DesignIndaba: Architecture & life after disaster
by Herman Manson. Chilean architect, Alejandro Aravena, recounted his experiences in helping to reconstruct the city of Constitución after an 8.8 earthquake and tsunami in 2010.
#DesignIndaba: Notes on Design Indaba 2018
by Herman Manson. In spite of the physical space feeling more dreary than usual, Design Indaba 2018 ensured a number of strong and critical speakers this year.