by Herman Manson. We pick five talks from recent Design Indaba conferences that rocked.
Category archives: #DesignIndaba25 – Festival of Design
Tracking #DesignIndaba
The annual Design Indaba conference remains a calendar highlight for the local design community. In a bid to gauge its impact and popularity MarkLives.com teamed up with reputation management firm BrandsEye to track social media discussions around the event right prior to, during and immediately after the conference and expo, which took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in early March 2012.
It’s a (square) wrap #designindaba
by Herman Manson. Talk about visual overload and you are probably talking Design Indaba by day three of its annual conference.
The kids are alright #designindaba #daytwo
The group of graduate design students assembled by the 2011 Design Indaba conference, currently being held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre, for its Pecha Kucha presentations yesterday, Thursday, 24 February 2011, (where they run though their work in 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds), make up a remarkable collection of young design talent that represents a broad range of design interests.
Seven key design takeaways from #DesignIndaba #dayone
Here are seven key design takeaways from Wednesday, 23 February 2011, the first day of this year’s Design Indaba conference currently being held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre in Cape Town.
#DesignIndaba: contradictions in architecture
As riots and revolution rocks the Arab world, the rulers of Abu Dhabi are building yet another offshore island villa complex for the super-rich. Designer Dror Benshetrit, speaking on the first day of the annual Design Indaba conference, currently underway at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, admits he spent several minutes laughing loudly over the phone during the call in which he was told he’d won the design contract (admittedly approved before the current wage of rage swept the region) that he’d designed in only five weeks.
No Pants, thanks, this is #DesignIndaba
Improvisation can land you in trouble, as participants in the recent “No Pants Gautrain Ride”, organised via social media to co-inside with the global “No Pants Subway Ride”, found out the hard way. News reports suggest that the management of the Gautrain prescribes a dress code these days (participants were fined R700 each for wearing the “wrong clothing”) and doesn’t take kindly to people who believe a bit of public theatre every now and again can contribute to our social space
Big in Britain #DesignIndaba
The UK-based Design Council is a UK government agency with a Royal Charter, funded by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills, and aims to promote design as an essential component to a competitive economy. The Design Council facilitates access and engagement between designers and interested parties from the public and private sector.
Will graphic designers evolve design? #DesignIndaba
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.
[Design Indaba 2011] Glittering er design lights
by Herman Manson. Fear not, glitter pork and cupcakes are not on the menu at this year’s Design Indaba Conference. 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.