Design Indaba

Design Indaba is a trademark and brand founded and run by Interactive Africa[1] in 1995 with a focus on design and under the slogan "A better world through creativity".[2] Consisting of an online publication and a series of events and creative projects, it is most widely known for its annual festival held in South Africa, in particular the flagship three-day conference hosted in Cape Town. The Design Indaba Conference is also broadcast live to various cities, most recently including Johannesburg, Durban, Nairobi, Windhoek, Kampala and Lausanne.[3] It has also been referred to as the "Conference on Creativity".[4]

Design Indaba
Type of site
Conference
Available inEnglish, multilingual subtitles, transcript
Founded1995 (1995)
Headquarters
Cape Town
,
South Africa
Area servedAfrica
OwnerInteractive Africa
Founder(s)Ravi Naidoo
Key peopleRavi Naidoo
URLdesignindaba.com
RegistrationOptional
Launched1995 (1995) (first conference)
Current statusActive

History

Design Indaba was founded with the inaugural conference in 1995, which hosted 11 speakers over two days.[5] It has since grown to host over 30 speakers from all over the globe[6] and has been named by many to be one of the best creative conferences in the world.[7][8][9] In its list of top "52 Places to Go in 2014",[10] The New York Times touted Design Indaba as "the annual visual arts spectacular" and part of the city's creative renaissance.

Design Indaba Festival

The Design Indaba Conference is just one part of a weeklong creative festival, known now as the Design Indaba Festival.[11] In its entirety the Design Indaba Festival comprises the conference, a film festival,[12] a series of exhibitions including the annual Emerging Creatives programme[13] , and various music events and other performances.[14] The main event takes place in Cape Town, most recently at the Artscape Theatre Centre, and various cities in Africa and Europe also host a simulcast of the conference and peripheral exhibitions and events.[15]

Design Indaba Conference

The Design Indaba Conference has been held in Cape Town since 1995, biannually until 2001 and annually since then. Speakers at the conference represent a broad spectrum of design and the creative industries, with a focus on international thought leadership and innovative problem solving,[16] in keeping with the company ethos of "A better world through creativity". Alongside professionals from traditional design disciplines such as architecture, product design, graphic and communication design, fashion, furniture design, design thinking and design education, the programme of recent years has included chefs, musicians, visual artists, filmmakers and founders of creative businesses on the list of Design Indaba speakers.[17] Together the three-day Cape Town conference and simulcast host 4,500 people.[18]

Design Indaba Do Tank

Largely funded by the Design Indaba Trust[19] and independent sponsorships, Design Indaba Do Tank[20] consists of projects and initiatives designed for the greater good. These include the Your Street Challenge,[21] the 10x10 Low-Cost Housing Project,[22] Another Light Up,[23] Sonop[24] and Arch For Arch monument in honour of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.[25]

References
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  2. "About Design Indaba". Design Indaba.
  3. "Design Indaba Conference 2017". Design Indaba.
  4. Bierut, Michael. "Design Indaba: An interview with Michael Bierut". Cool Hunting. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  5. "Design Indaba Conference 1995". Design Indaba.
  6. Gordhan, Suhana. "Visit Design Indaba at least once in your life". Business Day. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  7. "Design Indaba Guestbook". Design Indaba.
  8. "Design Indaba 2015". Primi World. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  9. "Design Indaba 2015 Day 1 Overview". Blogilvy. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  10. "New York Times: 52 Places to Go in 2014". The New York Times: Travel.
  11. "18 unmissable design events in 2015". Creative Bloq. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  12. "Design Indaba Film". Design Indaba. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  13. "Design Indaba Emerging Creatives". Design Indaba. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  14. "Design Indaba Festival". Design Indaba. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  15. "Design Indaba Conference & Simulcast". Design Indaba. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  16. "Web Conferences Roundup: Events from Around the Globe". Smashing Magazine. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  17. "Design Indaba speakers". Design Indaba. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  18. "18 unmissable design events in 2015". Creative Bloq. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  19. Loots, Debbie. "Eight of Cape Town's top street artists on Instagram". The M&G Online. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  20. "Design Indaba returns to showcase innovation". Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  21. "Ravi Naidoo on Design Indaba's 'Your Street Challenge'". Elle Decoration. 2011-07-29. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  22. "Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects | Dezeen". Dezeen. 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  23. "'Another Light Up' Project Aims to Light Up Khayelitsha - O, The Oprah Magazine". www.oprahmag.co.za. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  24. "Latest News: SONOP Primary School gets a solar powered upgrade! - On Track". On Track. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  25. "Vandals target Tutu 'Arch for Arch' monument in Cape Town". News24. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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