2014

Festival edition · 2014

A Better Future Through Design

A Better Future Through Design gathers 55 recorded talks from this edition.

Edition archive

Talks from 2014.

55 talks

Kyla Philander at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

Art & Photography

2014 · 6 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/6 min

Kyla Philander on using empathy as a design tool

Kyla Philander

The Danish Delegation at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

Design Activism

2014 · 54 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/54 min

More than a chair

Henrik Vibskov, Nille Juul-Sørensen, Vinay Venkatraman, Mikal Hallstrup

Design Activism

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Danes on design that matters (trailer)

Vinay Venkatraman, Nille Juul-Sørensen, Henrik Vibskov, Mikal Hallstrup

Scholten & Baijings at Design Indaba Conference 2015. Image: Jonx Pillemer.

Product Design

2014 · 23 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/23 min

Scholten & Baijings on thinking in colour

Scholten & Baijings

Industrial Design

2014 · 40 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/40 min

Naoto Fukusawa on why objects shouldn’t stand out too much

Naoto Fukasawa

Scholten & Baijings at Design Indaba Conference 2015

Product Design

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Trailer: Scholten & Baijings on thinking in colour

Scholten & Baijings

Industrial Design

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Naoto Fukusawa on why objects shouldn’t stand out too much (trailer)

Naoto Fukasawa

African Design

2014 · 8 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/8 min

Stefan van Biljon: Unearthing the urban unknown

Stefan van Biljon

Architecture & Interiors

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Stefan van Biljon: Unearthing the urban unknown (trailer)

Stefan van Biljon

Architecture & Interiors

2014 · 39 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/39 min

Clive Wilkinson reimagines the workplace as a playground

Clive Wilkinson

Art & Photography

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Kyla Philander on using empathy as a design tool (trailer)

Kyla Philander

Architecture & Interiors

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Clive Wilkinson on playing at work (trailer)

Clive Wilkinson

Margot Janse and David Higgs at Design Indaba Conference 2014

African Design

2014 · 36 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/36 min

Margot Janse and David Higgs on their culinary trajectories

Margot Janse , David Higgs

Issa Diabaté at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

African Design

2014 · 17 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/17 min

Issa Diabaté on designing the future of urban Africa

Issa Diabaté

Teshia Treuhaft at Design Indaba. Photo by Jonx Pillemer.

Product Design

2014 · 8 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/8 min

Teshia Treuhaft on how a dancer helped her be a better designer

Teshia Treuhaft

South African chefs David Higgs and Margot Janse

African Design

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Margot Janse and David Higgs on their culinary trajectories (trailer)

Margot Janse , David Higgs

Jake Barton on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

Interaction Design

2014 · 44 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/44 min

Jake Barton on how to create meaningful interactions through technology

Jake Barton

African Design

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Issa Diabaté on designing the future of urban Africa (trailer)

Issa Diabaté

Product Design

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Teshia Treuhaft on how a dancer helped her be a better designer (trailer)

Teshia Treuhaft

Interface in the story booth at 9/11 Memorial.

Interaction Design

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Jake Barton on how to create meaningful interactions through technology (trailer)

Jake Barton

Product Design

2014 · 7 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/7 min

Dave Hakkens on a phone worth keeping

Dave Hakkens

Experimental Jetset at Design Indaba. Photo by Jonx Pillemer.

Graphic Design & Illustration

2014 · 36 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/36 min

Experimental Jetset on scavenging the ruins of Modernism

Experimental Jetset

Dave Hakkens. Image: beatricejeschek.com.

Product Design

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Dave Hakkens on a phone worth keeping (trailer)

Agi Haines at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

Design Thinking

2014 · 10 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/10 min

Agi Haines on being the Frankenstein of design

Agi Haines

Experimental Jetset - Printed book paper

Graphic Design & Illustration

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Trailer: Experimental Jetset on scavenging the ruins of Modernism

Experimental Jetset

Design Thinking

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Agi Haines on being the Frankenstein of design (trailer)

Agi Haines

DJ Stout on stage with Graham Reynolds. Image: Jonx Pillemer.

Design Thinking

2014 · 42 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/42 min

DJ Stout on big hair, cowboy poets and planet Texas

DJ Stout

Graphic Design & Illustration

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

DJ Stout on big hair, cowboy poets and planet Texas (trailer)

DJ Stout

Joy Mckinney at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

Art & Photography

2014 · 8 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/8 min

Joy Mckinney on overstepping her boundaries

Joy Mckinney

Art & Photography

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Joy Mckinney on overstepping her boundaries (trailer)

Joy Mckinney

Tom Hulme on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2014. Image: Jonx Pillemer.

Design Activism

2014 · 38 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/38 min

Tom Hulme on technology as a design tool

Tom Hulme

5 goosebump moments at Design Indaba Conference

Design Thinking

2014 · 2 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/2 min

5 goosebump moments at Design Indaba Conference

Thomas Heatherwick, Stefan Sagmeister, Handspring Puppet Company, Porky Hefer, Hugh Masekela

Design Activism

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Tom Hulme on technology as a design tool (trailer)

Tom Hulme

Ian Murchison at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

Industrial Design

2014 · 6 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/6 min

Ian Murchison on wooden knives and bendy bicycle racks

Ian Murchison

Industrial Design

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Ian Murchison on wooden knives and bendy bicycle racks (trailer)

Ian Murchison

Lauren Beukes on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

African Design

2014 · 39 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/39 min

Lauren Beukes on fiction as an incredible kind of telepathy

Lauren Beukes

Design Activism

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Lauren Beukes on confronting the monsters around us (trailer)

Lauren Beukes

Dean Poole at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

Graphic Design & Illustration

2014 · 34 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/34 min

Dean Poole on playing with words

Dean Poole

Graphic Design & Illustration

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Dean Poole on playing with words (trailer)

Dean Poole

Chris Gotz at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

Graphic Design & Illustration

2014 · 36 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/36 min

Chris Gotz on building beautiful monsters

Chris Gotz

Graphic Design & Illustration

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Chris Gotz on building beautiful monsters (trailer)

Chris Gotz

Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado of El Ultimo Grito at Design Indaba Conference 2014. Image: Jonx Pillemer.

Design Thinking

2014 · 30 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/30 min

El Ultimo Grito on creating a new design ecosystem

El Ultimo Grito

Design Thinking

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

El Ultimo Grito on creating a new design ecosystem (trailer)

El Ultimo Grito

State of the Art at Design Indaba Conference 2014 featuring Hans Ulrich Obrist, Athi-Patra Ruga, Nandipha Mntambo & Zanele Muholi.

Art & Photography

2014 · 1 hr 2 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/1 hr 2 min

State of the Art ft. Athi-Patra Ruga, Nandipha Mntambo and Zanele Muholi

Athi-Patra Ruga, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Hans Ulrich Obrist

Art & Photography

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

State of the Art (trailer)

Athi-Patra Ruga, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi

David Goldblatt on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2014. Image: Jonx Pillemer.

African Design

2014 · 44 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/44 min

David Goldblatt on life through the lens

David Goldblatt

The commando of National Party stalwarts which escorted prime minister and National Party leader Hendrik Verwoerd and his wife Betsie to the party's 50th anniversary celebrations at de Wildt, Transvaal. Image: David Goldblatt.

Art & Photography

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

David Goldblatt on life through the lens (trailer)

David Goldblatt

Juliana Rotich at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

African Design

2014 · 29 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/29 min

Juliana Rotich on a new tech ecosystem for Africa

Juliana Rotich

African Design

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Juliana Rotich on a new tech ecosystem for Africa (trailer)

Juliana Rotich

Graphic Design & Illustration

2014 · 52 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/52 min

Marcello Serpa on the art of reduction

Marcello Serpa

Graphic Design & Illustration

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Marcello Serpa on the art of reduction (trailer)

Marcello Serpa

Michel Rojkind on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2014.

Architecture & Interiors

2014 · 35 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/35 min

Michel Rojkind on a design strategy to cope with overstimulation

Michel Rojkind

Ije Nwokorie on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2014. Image: Jonx Pillemer.

Design Thinking

2014 · 35 min

A Better Future Through Design/2014/35 min

Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding

Ije Nwokorie

Architecture & Interiors

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Michel Rojkind on a design strategy to cope with overstimulation (trailer)

Michel Rojkind

Design Thinking

2014

A Better Future Through Design/2014

Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding (trailer)

Ije Nwokorie