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Most Beautiful Object in SA 2010

Hallie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:03:09 +0000

We reveal this year's winner of this prestigious award!

Design Indaba’s Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA) Awards took place on Sunday the 28th of February 2010. Anatomy Design with the Lab Light was the winner of this prestigious prize.

The idea behind the winning piece, the Lab Light, invokes a strong message of functional design. Andrea Kleinloog from Anatomy Design explains that functional design is both an outcome and a process. The product, she explains with flair, simply works well to perform its assigned task.

Beyond functional design, the Lab Light is seamlessly effortless in all its beauty. A true example of the talent South Africa produces.

Most Creative Stand 2010

Hallie — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:27:46 +0000

Of all the exceptional stands and exhibitions, the Best Stand Award went to the young Emergin Creative, Justin Southey.

Design Indaba Expo 2010, presented us an exceptional calibre of stands and exhibitions. Of all of these, the young Justin Southey - an Emerging Creative - won Most Creative Stand. Design Indaba catches up with Justin…

Stefan G. Bucher drawing monsters

Hallie — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:16:55 +0000

Illustrator extraordinaire- Stefan G. Bucher, draws monsters at the Design Indaba 2010 party.

The Design Indaba party was held on the 25th of February 2010, at the Old Biscuit Mill in Cape Town, South Africa. Design Indaba conference attendees also took pleasure in learning more about the man behind 344 Design and the Daily Monster.

Piyush Pandey Interview

DI Admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:16:23 +0000

Creative Director of Ogilvy and Mather, Mumbai, Piyush Pandey introduced us to his approach to cracking advertising concepts.

Design Indaba interviewed Piyush Pandey at this year’s conference.

Creative Director of Ogilvy and Mather, Mumbai, Piyush Pandey introduced us to his approach to cracking advertising concepts, and to a charming set of ads for Vodafone that have proved an enormous success in India.

In 2004, Piyush became the first Asian to be the president of the Cannes jury.

Piyush hates being called the Godfather of Indian Advertising, a title often thrust upon him. He would rather be known as the Minister of Fun at O&M Advertising.

Design Indaba kick off

Hallie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:16:33 +0000

Design Indaba Day One is a wrap, and here's how it went...

With a Day One closing dinner at Greenpoint Stadium, Design Indaba speakers and media tell us how it’s been so far…

Bruce Nussbaum Interview

Hallie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:38:37 +0000

Bruce Nussbaum on his love affair with the design of business, and the business of design.

Bruce Nussbaum’s love affair with the design of business, and the business of design, began at Business Week. His first, small articles on incorporating elements of design into the methods of business, generated an overwhelming response, and it was then that Bruce first considered, “that design can be the bottom-line for business”.

In this interview Bruce Nussbaum shares his thoughts, on how design has become our core competency in a time of economic instability. Through his businessman eyes, and in the context of Design Indaba, Bruce Nussbaum pauses to marvel at South Africa’s authentically diverse and design-rich culture and considers the ways in which a culture of design can drive an economy.

Oona Scheepers

Hallie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:06:19 +0000

As a lead interior designer for Porsche, then Audi and now Volkswagen, Oona Scheepers offers a glimpse into the world of automotive design.

In South Africa to release the new Volkswagen Polo, South African-born designer Oona Scheepers shares with us her serendipitous venture into the world of automotive design. As a lead designer for Porsche, then Audi and now Volkswagen, Scheepers provides us a deeper look into the ways and wonders of the automotive industry. She first spoke at the Design Indaba Conference in 2008.

V Sunil: W+K Delhi

Hallie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:35:12 +0000

V Sunil from W+K Delhi provides an insightful interpretation of India's creative industries.

Down in South Africa on a shoot for Nokia, V Sunil takes some time to chat with Design Indaba. He shares with us how he came to be in “commercial art”, as well as the history and manifesto of the very successful W+K Delhi advertising agency. A hot favourite at Design Indaba Conference 2009, Sunil provides an insightful interpretation of India’s creative industries.

Protofarm 2050: Multinational Feedback Loop

Hallie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:06:18 +0000

Futurefarmers explain their Multinational Feedback Loop - recycling and reusing, in order to sustain the cultivation of renewable resources.

Noah-Murphy Reinhertz and Amy Fraceschini, of Futurefarmers, explain the Multinational Feedback Loop. True to its name, the Multinational Feedback Loop recycles, reuses and adapts existing and obsolete technologies, in order to sustain the cultivation of renewable resources on an international level. They are joined by a number of friends who share their thoughts on the future of farming.

Protofarm 2050 was commissioned by ICSID for the World Design Congress in Singapore from 23 to 25 November. The brief was to generate preemptive solutions to predicted problems of the future. Commissioning previous Design Indaba speakers – Futurefarmers, 5.5 designers, Dunne&Raby, Revital Cohen and Frank Tjepkema – Protofarm 2050 engages with issues of food security and resourceful environmentalism.

Protofarm 2050: Electrocyte Appendix

Hallie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:39:14 +0000

The Electrocyte Appendix is a human organ for converting blood sugar into electricity.

Revital Cohen conceived the Electrocyte Appendix for Protofarm 2050. Acknowledging the importance of electricity in the modern world, the Electrocyte Appendix is a human organ for converting blood sugar into electricity.

Protofarm 2050: Oogst

Hallie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:27:20 +0000

Frank Tjepkema's Oogst is a self-sustaining environment for 1, 100 or 1 000 people.

Frank Tjepkema’s Oogst for Protofarm 2050 is a self-sustaining environment for 1, 100 or 1 000 people.

Protofarm 2050: Victory Gardens

Hallie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:53:07 +0000

Amy Franceschini explains Futurefarmers's approach to community-based Victory Gardens.

Forming part of Protofarm’s parallel session at the ICSID for the World Design Congress, Amy Franceschini explains Futurefarmers’s approach to community-based Victory Gardens and the importance of growing our own food.