Athi-Patra Ruga was born in Umtata in 1984 and lives and works in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. Athi-Patra Ruga was recently included in the Phaidon book Younger Than Jesus, a directory of over 500 of the world’s best artists under the age of 33. He is a speaker at a speaker at Design Indaba 2014.
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Ije Nwokorie on the death of brand myths #designindaba
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this interview, Ije Nwokorie, managing director at Wolff Olins London and a speaker at the Design Indaba 2014, talks about how he came to run Wolff Olins London and what branding means for him
Design Annotator: Design Indaba, creative hustles and boers at the end of the world
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) This week on Design Annotator we’ve rounded up: this year’s Design Indaba (DI) MBOISA nominations; studio visits with Cape Town and Joburg designers exhibiting at the DI Expo; a Google Hangout with Absa’s brand manager on its DI sponsorship; the inaugural GUILD Design Fair; #CreativeHustles; interviewing Richard Finn Gregory on his upcoming film ‘The Boers at the End of the World’; and how to buy illustration prints from Take Me Home online!
A better future though design at Design Indaba #designindaba
We look at the creative campaign behind Design Indaba 2014.
Five fave talks from recent conferences #designindaba
by Herman Manson. We pick five talks from recent Design Indaba conferences that rocked.
Shelf Life: Going wild with brave, integrated design in (South) Africa
Louise Marsland (@Louise_Marsland)’s weekly pick of recent product, packaging and design launches: VISI’s “Wild Design” tells us why we should love living in Africa and the World Design Capital of 2014; HKLM capitalises on annual report integrated reporting requirements; House of Brave’s office redesign; and Chris Pine decodes Armani.
Design Annotator: Whimsical illustrations, hard-hitting art and exploding bicycles
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal). On Design Annotator this week, we’ve got: artworks by Gabrielle Alberts on exhibition at Brundyn+; Mieke van der Merwe’s ‘Greetings from South Africa’a sketchbook; prints of exploded bicycles; Driehoek’s ‘The Hungry Games’ illustrations; Jono Hall’s webcomic ‘Salmon-Wrestling in the Yemen’; Spoek Mathambo’s first music collaboration with tribal communities; KFC TVC ‘Tastes Like Home’; Design Indaba 2014 ticket guide; XooXity Festival; and Guru coffee shop in Parktown North.
Design Annotator: Meet the Design Indaba 2014 Emerging Creatives
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) For our weekly wrap-up, we’ve collected: Mr Sakitumi and The Grrrl x Mercedes Benz; Bell’s Whisky ‘The Reader’ TVC from King James and Velocity Films; ‘Take Me Home’ print sale we’re having this First Thursday; ‘Broken Foot Drawings’ exhibition by Koos Groenwald on Instagram; meet the Design Indaba 2014 Emerging Creatives; wew work by graphic designer Thomas Pepler; Rebecca Haysom’s narrative pictures, wish-fulfillment and escape; photographer Ed Suter’s ‘Sharp Sharp Ghana’, and meet Knoffel, the saddest dog in the world, from a series of short films directed by Dave Meinert.