Hot new happenings in the design community: Spier’s new community development for 3 000 people, conceptual Cape Town bookshop Biblioteq, Extreme Hotel’s glass poolside garments, Whatiftheworld’s boost to emerging local designers, Sanlam SA Fashion Week’s first autumn/winter collection, and DaimlerChrysler architectural award-winner Heinrich Wolff.

Design Indaba 10… Ideas

A round-up of the concepts bantered around the 10th annual Design Indaba conference prove that this gathering of great creative minds is anything but superficial. With speakers including Brian Eno, Milton Glaser, Massimo Vignelli, Cameron Sinclair, Alistair King and Neil Gershenfeld, using design to make the world a better place surfaced as the prevalent theme.




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Global Buyers Trek to Expo

The fourth Design Indaba Expo this year attracted a record 137 registered buyers, 66 of them international. The potential market exposure available to exhibitors has already born fruit. A number of buyers share advice on how exhibitors can make the most of this opportunity.








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Design of the Times

A retrospective of Massimo and Lella Vignelli’s half-century of work reveals the secrets to creating timeless design. First presented at the Design Indaba conference, the couple’s tenure was honoured with a standing ovation.

Fan Your Passion 2010

The introduction of FanFests to the FIFA World Cup programme will allow millions to participate in the fun of the event. To jumpstart the creative juices, Design Indaba invited three South African agencies to present a uniquely South African realisation of the FanFests.

Super Normal

One of the world’s most influential industrial designers, Jasper Morrison talks about how his semi-industrial oeuvre has increasingly moved towards a more simplistic celebration of content.

Online Innovation

Online innovator Daljit Singh graced us for the second time at Design Indaba 10. In an interview, Singh discusses his “simple human interaction” ethos, how digital media has changed the very nature of advertising and his experiences judging the Construction New Media awards. Also see this year’s winners.