Watch this talk from our archive: Celebrated artist and producer Brian Eno, shares some of his theories on a range of topics, including evolution and art, @designindaba Conference 2007.
https://ow.ly/95gs50TwIWa
As a lecturer, musician, visual artist, writer, political activist and futurologist, his opinions and ideas have been requested by institutions and think tanks on subjects as disparate as concepts of time, urban futures, perfume making and the history of art.
#U2, #Laurie Anderson, #Talking Heads, #Roxy Music
Africans are joyful and radiant. “I realised that there is more images and more stories of joy than there is of remorse,” says Kenyan Filmmaker and Writer Wanuri Kahiu of her search for African stories of joy.
In her talk @designindaba Conference @wanuri revealed how the Kenya Classification Board banned her film Rafiki after she refused their request for her to change the ending and make it less hopeful but more remorseful.
Watch her full talk @designindaba Conference here
https://ow.ly/mLJY50TuJBc
#AfricanJoy #AfricanStories #KenyanFilmmaker #AfricanCinema #AfricanCreatives #InspiringTalks
With no prior training, Casey Niestat has made films for the web, TV and advertising for over a decade now and surprisingly, he credits his success to the “virtues of ignorance". He believes that this “ignorance” has been his most valuable asset.
Watch his full talk @designindaba Conference here
https://ow.ly/9F7a50TroK5
Multidisciplinary Designer Kathryn Fleming imagines using the endless potential of biology to create future species with unusual characteristics. Her work explores the intersections of science, art and technology.
“My work tries to imagine a different future. Instead of conserving and preserving nature, what can we do to evolve it?” says Fleming.
Watch her full talk @designindaba Conference here
https://ow.ly/O9g050TpEF7
#BiologyInnovation #FutureSpecies #EvolutionaryDesign #DesignIndaba #SpeculativeBiology #CreativeBiology #BioTechArt
Japanese Artist and Sound Designer, @yurisuzukisoundartist shares how he finds “order in noise.”He combines his passion for music and design.
Watch @yurisuzuki's @designindaba talk, as he shares more about his experiences growing up with a learning disorder and how it's shaped his career even as partner @pentagram, the world's largest independent design consultancy.
https://ow.ly/W6wc50TnMfU
#JapaneseSoundDesigner #YuriSuzukiLondon #MusicAndDesign #PentagramDesign #SoundDesign #DesignConsultancy #DesignIndaba
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Teresa van Dongen is a designer and scientist who is interested in science and nature at play in design.
@teresa.vandongen.5 uses design as a visual and expressive platform to showcase the wonders of the biological phenomena and scientific discoveries such as glow-in-the-dark energy produced in nature.
Watch Teresa share the creative journey of her award-winning Ambio light and her fascination with uncovering the design of nature.
https://ow.ly/qsjg50Tmopz
#DesignAcademyEindhoven #TeresaVanDongen #DesignAndScience #AmbioLight #DesignOfNature #DesignIndaba #Biodesign
Watch @pentagramdesign partner Michael Bierut launch his first ever monograph: How to: Use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, and (every once in a while) change the world, during his talk @designindaba Conference.
https://ow.ly/eiy750TkiWX
@mbierut also spoke about some of his major projects and the thought processes behind each of them.
#PentagramDesign #MichaelBierut #GraphicDesign #CreativeConference #DesignProcess
Fashion and business icon Rosita Missoni talks about how love for her family is the driving force behind @missoni.
With a shared passion for design, Rosita Missoni and her husband Ottavio co-founded Missoni, starting as a small 100 square metre factory, and growing it into an internationally acclaimed fashion powerhouse.
Watch Rosita Missoni speaking on the @designindaba conference here
https://ow.ly/Z2jy50TiqbT
Kate Moross is a jack of all trades. The illustrator, art director, graphic designer and founder of the award-winning Studio Moross is known for producing frenetically colourful and energetic work.
Watch as they discusses @studiomoross's unconventional approach to design on the @designindaba stage.
https://ow.ly/Ya3r50Tgmu4
#KateMoross #ArtDirector #GraphicDesign #StudioMoross #DesignIndaba #ColorfulArt
Considering the environmental impact of mass-produced detergents, Mirjam de Bruijn is proposing a solution that could turn the industry on its head by reducing the water involved in its production.
Twenty, is a range of waterless dissolvable capsules that take away the need to use 80 - 95% water to make these household products.
Watch the full talk here https://ow.ly/R9TV50TeHqx
#EcoFriendlyProducts #WaterlessProducts #SustainableDetergents
“A brand has got to stand for something to survive...if you don’t stand for something you fall for anything.” says @shubhankarray who re-engineered the brands of @Camper, @Levi's and @gstarraw.
Content is king but no one explains why quite like Shubhankar Ray.
Watch his full #DesignIndaba talk here
https://ow.ly/wyXl50Tc0Hz
#BrandIdentity #BrandStrategy #CreativeDirection #BrandConsulting #MarketingInsights
Can the sausage provide a solution, in order to reduce the consumption of meat? And can the use of new ingredients increase the diversity of our diets?
Watch how Carolien Niebling is reinventing the sausage of the future here:
https://ow.ly/JhVV50Ta9nw
South African designer @rich_mnisi shares his creative journey at Design Indaba Conference 2016. His love for fashion is rooted in his childhood memories: watching his sister crown herself with feathers and noticing how his community used garments to celebrate every occasions.
Watch @rich_mnisi's full #DesignIndaba talk here:
https://ow.ly/Z6WN50T7VS0
#FashionDesigner #RichMnisi #SouthAfricanFashion
Yinka Ilori on telling stories through furniture design
Watch @YinkaIlori_ #DesignIndaba talk here:
https://ow.ly/2pHF50T6iMk
#YinkaIlori #FurnitureDesign #Storytelling #FurnitureArt
Design is an expression of historical events.
Industrial designer Stefano Giovannoni draws a parallel between product design and major cultural and economic movements.
Watch Stefano's Design Indaba talk here:
https://ow.ly/xzbh50T0Pvn
#DesignHistory #ProductDesign #IndustrialDesign #DesignTalks #EconomicTrends
