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Top draw-er | Olimpia Zagnoli’s joyful illustrations bring optimism back into vogue

February 4, 2020

The distinctively vibrant, colour-saturated works of Italian illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli are instantly recognisable as hers – and they’re hard to miss. Growing up in a [...]

Kinya Tagawa’s techno-progressivism to create a better (digital) world at #DI2020

February 4, 2020

Design Indaba can’t wait to host perennially restless design engineer Kinya Tagawa at #DI2020. The award-winning founder of design innovation firm Takram works in fields as [...]

Bold type| Patrick Thomas’s revolutionary artworks reflect the zeitgeist

February 4, 2020

British-born graphic artist Patrick Thomas has his finger on the pulse of socio-political movements. His handy Protest Stencil Toolkit helps the ‘woke’ generation create [...]

Tech that reawakens awe – Studio DRIFT’s kinetic installations to light up #DI2020

February 4, 2020

If the thought of using technology to reproduce the patterns and processes of nature makes you anxious, you haven’t come across the glorious work of artist collective [...]

Sunny Dolat is opening up the space for a more nuanced discussion on African fashion

February 4, 2020

The creative director and cultural producer will be speaking at Design Indaba 2020. In fashion, whenever people use the terms “African fashion” they are normally only [...]

Ghana’s wunderkind Ibrahim Mahama to share his monumental artworks at Design Indaba 2020

February 4, 2020

Design Indaba’s reputation for attracting illustrious speakers from around the world has seen it grow over its 25 years of existence into one of the foremost creative [...]

Engineering the future| Hanif Kara structures a better world

February 3, 2020

It’s difficult to believe that Hanif Kara almost gave up on engineering when the United Kingdom was hit by a recession in 1996. The now celebrated structural engineer, [...]

On brand | Influential polymath Debbie Millman elevates the design discipline

February 3, 2020

Debbie Millman’s name is synonymous with brands – she’s worked with over 200 of the world’s largest corporations, and her work for Burger King, Häagen-Dazs, 7UP, [...]

Philanthropic fashion| Bas Timmer’s Sheltersuit brings hope to the homeless

February 3, 2020

Dutch fashion designer Bas Timmer is changing the world one Sheltersuit at a time. The young ArtEZ Institute of the Arts student had been working on a winter clothing range [...]

The Stellenbosch Triennale Imaginarium: Growing art lovers and critical thinkers

February 3, 2020

The town of Stellenbosch gears up to host an extraordinary series of events, next year, when the first Stellenbosch Triennale will play host to some of the world’s most [...]

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