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Erik Kessels on the power of failure

Interactions between the body and space with FOS

Snask on the power of provocative branding

The craft of image creation with W&N Studios

Twins Cartoon on comics as power, beauty and expression

A future where calling a human stand-in is as easy as calling an Uber

Asif Khan on creating experiences determined by those who experience them

First ever Ghana Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale designed by David Adjaye

Martí Guixé on food karaoke, edible objects and techno-tapas

Designer Ini Archibong on merging myth and reality to create The Secret Garden

How a small Kenyan start-up is disrupting the way the internet works

How GetSmarter’s distance learning overhaul created a $100m company

Sunu Gonera on finding his voice, afrofuturism and making heroes out of ordinary people

Ukubutha: A township hub powered by smart architecture and green tech

Danish designer Johannes Torpe on the power of design to create universes

Ensamble Studio on building flexible, stackable spaces and working with nature

Iwo Borkowicz on creating a new model for social housing in Cuba

Landscape architect Peter Veenstra on the importance of bringing nature into our cities

Thomas Heatherwick on the importance of placemaking

What a cup of tea teaches us about the value of water

When a natural disaster occurred in Chile, Alejandro Aravena and his team set out to rebuild the city

Edel Rodriguez on childhood, nationalism and a nation on fire

Lebo Mashile on her life and how poetry and books became a lifeline

Zach Lieberman on using human gestures to bring his work to life

Brian Collins on creative evolution and the pitfalls of brand homogeny

Hugh Masekela in conversation with Stewart Levine

Yinka Ilori on telling stories through furniture design

Andile Dyalvane, gt2p in never-before-seen installation at Design Indaba 2017

Design duo Dokter and Misses about the importance of the aesthetic function of products they create

Growing mushrooms in camel dung to raise planetary chickens

Jesper Brodin & Marcus Engman on the start of IKEA’s new African collaboration

Multidisciplinary artist Robin Rhode brings his drawing process to life

Osborne Macharia breathes life into his fantastical, fictional imagery

Furniture designer Stefan Diez on the value of designing process

Learn to approach design with empathy, says co-founder of Snøhetta

Snøhetta unveil Arch for Arch project at Design Indaba 2017

Winy Maas on innovating into the future of architecture

2017Art & Photography

Filmmakers Lernert & Sander address piracy in the creative industry

Lernert & Sander

David Goldblatt on life through the lens (trailer)

Joy Mckinney on overstepping her boundaries

Joy Mckinney on overstepping her boundaries (trailer)

Kyla Philander on using empathy as a design tool

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

State of the Art (trailer)

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

Christian Benimana on architecture that serves the community

Francois Knoetze on representations of waste and consumer culture

How Far From Home on over 100 000 kilometres of creative enlightenment

Informal is the new normal with activist architect Alfredo Brillembourg

Pia Nyakairu on products that help form connections

Rich Mnisi on building a fresh fashion brand in South Africa

The Venus Bushfires on storytelling and bridging the middle

Tony Gum on nourishing and celebrating your personal art

Trailer: The Venus Bushfires on storytelling and bridging the middle

Clara Mar Hernández López on sustainable solutions for architecture

Fun over function with product designer Jaime Hayón

How to make a city more malleable with Turner Prize winners Assemble

Sou Fujimoto on multi-layered and conceptual architecture

Studio [D] Tale on design activism and innovation within existing systems

Thomas Chapman on reconnecting a fractured city

Ackeem Ngwenya on design for rural Africa

Carla Kreuser on why designing by hand still matters

Ng'endo Mukii on the re-animation of indigenous people

Omar Victor Diop on the tradition of portraiture in Senegal

Selly Raby Kane on otherworldly fashion in Dakar

Studio Propolis on beautiful designs produced under tough constraints

Trailer: Ackeem Ngwenya on design for rural Africa

Trailer: Ng’endo Mukii on the re-animation of indigenous people

Trailer: Omar Victor Diop on the tradition of portraiture in Senegal

Trailer: Selly Raby Kane on otherworldly fashion in Dakar

Trailer: Studio Propolis on beautiful designs produced under tough contraints

Trailer: William Kentridge on peripheral thinking

William Kentridge on peripheral thinking

Santiago Cirugeda on self-construction

Trailer: Santiago Cirugeda on self-construction

Trailer: Studio Formafantasma on words as a tool for design

Studio Formafantasma on words as a tool for design

Studio Formafantasma

Dan Wieden on why Wieden+Kennedy will never sell out

Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana on how purpose drives creativity and change

Shubhankar Ray on how brands can survive in the 21st century

Trailer: Dan Wieden on why Wieden+Kennedy will never sell out

Trailer: Robbie Brozin on art, creativity and chicken

Trailer: Shubhankar Ray on how brands can survive in the 21st century

The late Larry Harvey on the creation of Burning Man Festival

Trailer: Carla Kreuser on why designing by hand still matters

Trailer: Larry Harvey on how Burning Man festival created art with a social purpose

Margot Janse and David Higgs on their culinary trajectories

David Goldblatt on life through the lens

Issa Diabaté on designing the future of urban Africa

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

Juliana Rotich on a new tech ecosystem for Africa

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

Lauren Beukes on fiction as an incredible kind of telepathy

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

Stefan van Biljon: Unearthing the urban unknown

Clive Wilkinson on playing at work (trailer)

Clive Wilkinson reimagines the workplace as a playground

Michel Rojkind on a design strategy to cope with overstimulation

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

Stefan van Biljon: Unearthing the urban unknown (trailer)

Daniel Charny on the action of designing

2013Art & Photography

Nicholas Hlobo on understanding his own culture

Bjarke Ingels on the expanded role of the architect

Carly Berger on sustainable housing solutions

Heinrich Wolff on architecture as a force of social change

Renée Rossouw on finding her own identity through design

Tonic on form, texture and materials in furniture design

Urban-Think Tank on a curriculum for a new urban planet

2012Creative Economy

FoxP2 on how the fields of commerce and creativity intersect

2012Art & Photography

Hans Ulrich Obrist on an expanded notion of curation

Hans Ulrich Obrist

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