Conference

Design Indaba 2010

24 Feb 2010 - 26 Feb 2010

International All Stars from every discipline under the sun have been showing off their inventive prowess at the Design Indaba Conference since 1995. Drawing fans from creative, corporate and educational sectors alike, the conference has become the playing field for the imaginative at heart.

Championing creativity that enhances every aspect of the world around us, Design Indaba recognises graphic design, advertising, film, music, fashion design, industrial design, architecture, craft, visual art, new media, publishing, broadcasting and performing arts shoulder-to-shoulder.

As part of Design Indaba’s commitment to design education, the Young Designers Simulcast offers the opportunity for students and emerging designers under the age of 25 to experience the Design Indaba Conference via a real-time broadcast of speaker presentations. 

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Design Indaba magazine outsources to India
Bollywood, cricket, curry and the Kama Sutra. These are probably the clichés most people associate with India. We challenge the stereotype.
Design Indaba Superstars installed at CTICC
Design Indaba is proud to announce that the winning entries of the Superstars team have been immortalised as public artworks.
Design Indaba magazine gets lusty
“It’s an ad joke. If you want to sell something without trying too hard just add sex, puppies or children.” Get the new Design Indaba mag.
“Come on. I’m talking to you. Come on.”
Musicians Danny K and Kabelo Mabalane have revived the lyrics of Shout to call on South Africans to join the fight against crime.
Gary Hustwit answers all at DI2010
Director of Objectified and Helvetica, Gary Hustwit makes the films that he wants to see but haven't yet been made.
Unlocking nature's potential with Waterkloof
An hour out of the city you will find the picturesque Waterkloof Estate, an oasis with top class wines and delectable cuisine.
William Drenttel answers all at DI2010
“What does it mean to be a designer?” asked William Drenttel throughout his reflexive, socially conscious presentation.
Tord Boontje answers all at DI2010
“Use what you’ve got,” proclaimed master product designer Tord Boontje in his sensitive, meditative presentation.
Mokena Makeka answers all at DI2010
“Is it possible to change people by changing buildings?” - architect Mokena Makeka evoked a higher consciousness around public space.
Manabu Mizuno answers all at DI2010
Creative director Manabu Mizuno’s presentation offered a gentle, reflective breath of fresh air.
Marcelo Rosenbaum answers all at DI2010
With his contagious passion speaking across all language barriers, Marcelo Rosenbaum's transformation of favelas enchanted delegates.
Troika answers all at DI2010
Conny Freyer, Eva Rucki and Sebastien Noel of Troika electrified with their playful and thoroughly executed interaction designs.
Creativity, controversy and change at DI2010
Topics ranged from puppetry to social solutions, from traditional design disciplines to radically new design genres.
Ronan Bouroullec answers all at DI2010
Shy and nervous as Ronan Bouroullec was, his deep-set passion and design integrity endeared him to every Design Indaba Conference delegate.
Faith47 answers all at DI2010
Evocative street artist and social activist Faith47 cast a meditative spell on the conference delegates with her exquisitely sensitive work.

5.5 designers

Since 2003, 5.5 designers have established an enviable reputation, being awarded the Grand Prix de la Création by the Paris City Council after just three years of business. Far from focusing only on shaping objects, 5.5 designers enforce a conceptual rigour that sees them permanently question their design status. As such, they continually seek to create honest and accessible consumption alternatives that sublimate the ordinary. Using this approach – together with humour and simplicity –...

Alejandro Aravena

Alejandro Aravena is the principal of Alejandro Aravena Architects and the executive director of Elemental, a do-tank focusing on projects of social impact. In 2008 he was named one of the 20 essential young architects by Icon magazine and won the Silver Lion for “most promising architect” at the Venice Biennale. In 2009 he won the Marcus Prize for Architecture, which recognises emerging talents, and was one of 10 recipients of RIBA’s 2010 International Fellowships. Aravena also...

Boback Firoozbakht

Boback Firoozbakht is a Persian-American designer and developer, currently completing his Masters of Interior Architecture, Intervention and Adaptive Reuse at the Rhode Island School of Design. He believes that the environment can influence the decisions we make and inspire us to build in certain ways. Upon completion, he plans to pursue a Masters of Real Estate Development. Subsequently, the combined knowledge of design and passion for business will result in responsible and sustainable design...

Bouroullec Brothers

The collaboration between brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec is a permanent dialogue nourished by their differing personalities and shared perfectionism. Their big break happened in 1997, when they presented their Disintegrated Kitchen at the Paris Furniture Fair and were spotted by Giulio Cappellini, who gave them their first industrial design projects. Since then, they’ve worked with numerous manufacturers, notably Vitra, Kvadrat, Magis, Kartell, Established and Sons, Ligne Roset and...

Bruce Nussbaum

Bruce Nussbaum is a leading advocate for design thinking and innovation. Former assistant managing-editor at BusinessWeek, Nussbaum founded the award-winning “Design & Innovation” online channel and NussbaumOnDesign blog in 2005, as well as the quarterly IN—Inside Innovation supplement in 2006. As such, he was named one of the 40 most powerful people in design by ID magazine and one of the most influential design thinkers in the book Glimmer. Now professor of Innovation and Design at the...

Christien Meindertsma

Christien Meindertsma graduated from the Eindhoven Design Academy in 2003. Exploring products and raw materials in unusually thoughtful ways, her work aims to regain an understanding of processes that have become so distant in industrialisation. Her first book, Checked Baggage (2004), chronicled a week’s worth of objects confiscated at security checkpoints in Schiphol Airport after 9/11. Her second book, PIG 05049 (2007), explores an astounding array of products made from different parts...

Doug Pray

Doug Pray has directed a number of critically acclaimed feature-length documentary films about American subcultures, artists, and maverick characters. He received an MFA from University of California Los Angeles’s Graduate School of Film and Television. He has served on the documentary juries of the Sundance, Silverdocs, AFI Fest and SXSW film festivals, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as the Directors Guild of America. Premiering at Sundance...

Dunne&Raby

Dunne&Raby – Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby – use design as a medium to stimulate debate among designers, industry and the public about the social, cultural and ethical implications of existing and emerging technologies. They have exhibited at leading museums worldwide, a good number of which hold their work in permanent collections. They have consulted for Sony, Philips Design, National Panasonic and France Telecom and have published two books: Hertzian Tales and Design Noir: The...

Eames Demetrios

Eames Demetrios is a filmmaker and the geographer-at-large for Kcymaerxthaere, a parallel universe largely coexistent with our linear world. Described as “three-dimensional fiction”, it is like a novel with every page in a different place – he has installed more than 65 sites in 10 countries. In addition, as director of the Eames Office, founded by his grandparents, Charles and Ray Eames, he communicates, preserves and extends their work. This has evolved into many products and...

Faith47

Cape Town-based graffiti artist Faith47 searches for a tone of ink that goes directly to the heart. Her work is a fixation, merging the intimately fragile and most subtle gestures with a raw and violent darkness. Her images live on broken-down cars and old factories, down dusty side roads in lost towns, inner-city alleyways and highways, large buildings and small shacks… Flowing over from the streets into galleries with a sense of purpose. She has been working on a series of video projects...

Frank Tjepkema

After studying at the Technical University of Delft for two years, Frank Tjepkema graduated in 1996 from the Design Academy Eindhoven. Following this he obtained an MA degree in 1998 from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. Tjepkema established Tjep in Amsterdam in 2001. The studio constitutes a small team that works on projects varying from lamps, vases, jewellery and furniture, to brand identities and interiors for the likes of Droog, Ikea, British Airways and Heineken. Tjep has twice...

Gary Hustwit

Gary Hustwit is an independent filmmaker based in New York and London. He has produced eight feature documentaries, including the award-winning I Am Trying To Break Your Heart about the band Wilco and a documentary about electronic music pioneer Robert Moog, Moog.  In 2007 Hustwit made his directorial debut with Helvetica, a documentary about graphic design and typography. The second part of his “design trilogy”, Objectified was released in 2009 and is about the world’s complex...

Han Feng

Han Feng is one of the most sought-after fashion designers in the world, not only for her clothing and accessories, but also increasingly for her costume and exhibition designs. She has designed costumes for award-winning operas including Madama Butterfly in London (2005), The Bonesetter’s Daughter in San Francisco (2008) and Handel’s Semele in Brussels (2009). She has also worked on a number of films including the upcoming Kung Fu Kid. Born in Nanjing, China, she graduated from the China...

Handspring Puppet Company

The Handspring Puppet Company was founded in 1981 by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler. Working out of Kalk Bay in Cape Town, the company’s original focus was the creation of new South African plays for children, followed by innovative educational work for TV. Since 1985 however, they have garnered critical acclaim in developing an adult audience for the theatre of puppets, having produced 11 plays and two operas. Collaborations with the likes of playwright Barney Simon, visual artist William...

Harry Pearce

Harry Pearce joined Pentagram’s London office as a partner in 2006 having co-founded and grown Lippa Pearce to become one of the UK’s most respected design agencies over the previous 16 years. Encompassing the public and private sectors, local and global charities, and commercial enterprises, his diverse clients include The Co-operative, Halfords, Phaidon Press, the Science Museum, Saks Fifth Avenue, Shakespeare’s Globe and Boots. To each he brings his own brand of intelligence combined...

J Craig Venter

Dr J Craig Venter (PhD) is founder, chairman and president of the J Craig Venter Institute. This not-for-profit research organisation is dedicated to human, microbial, plant and environmental genomic research; the exploration of the associated social and ethical issues; and seeking alternative energy solutions. He is also founder and CEO of Synthetic Genomics Inc, a privately-held company dedicated to commercialising genomic-driven solutions to address global energy and environmental ...

Jonathan Shapiro

Born in Cape Town in 1958, political cartoonist and satirist Jonathan Shapiro was detained by security police in 1988, shortly before leaving on a Fulbright Scholarship to study media arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Better known as Zapiro, he has published 11 cartoon collections and held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Frankfurt, as well as participating in numerous international group shows. He has won a category in the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards (...

Li Edelkoort

Li Edelkoort is a trend forecaster, educator, curator and publisher based in Paris. She has fostered design’s creative talent as chairwoman of the Design Academy Eindhoven between 1998 and 2008. And through Heartwear, a non-profit organisation she co-founded in 1993, she has promoted the continued production of artisan crafts from Morocco, Benin, South Africa and India. In 2005, Aid to Artisans honoured her with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her support of the creative industries and...

Manabu Mizuno

Born in Tokyo in 1972 and raised in Chigasaki, Manabu Mizuno studied graphic design at Tama Art University. After graduating in 1996, he joined the advertising company Pablo Production and then went on to join Draft Corporation where he worked in advertising and design. In 1999 he established “good design company”. As art and creative director, Mizuno works in various fields including graphic design, advertising, imaging, product design, shop planning, space design, product...

Marcelo Rosenbaum

Brazilian designer Marcelo Rosenbaum sees the house as an element capable of increasing the self-esteem of the Brazilian people, as a place where personal memory and cultural roots have a prominent place, and as a place to include one’s own history. Over the past 20 years, he has led a multidisciplinary team of professionals (including designers, architects, producers and communication professionals) in achieving this vision in the interior and product design arenas. Rosenbaum also...

Martha Stewart

From her award-winning magazine, Martha Stewart Living, to her bestselling product lines, Martha Stewart shares the creative principles and practical ideas that have made her America’s most trusted guide to stylish living. Millions of consumers rely on Martha Stewart as their arbiter of style and taste and their guide to all aspects of everyday living – from cooking and entertaining to decorating and gardening, and much more. Stewart’s unique business sense and creative vision...

Michael Bierut

Michael Bierut was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Prior to joining Pentagram as a partner in 1990, he was vice president of graphic design at Vignelli Associates. At Pentagram, Bierut is responsible for leading a team of graphic designers who create identity design, environmental graphic design and editorial design solutions. He has won hundreds of design awards and his work is...

Michael Edwards

After receiving his Masters of Fine Arts in Design and Technology from Parsons The New School for Design, Michael Edwards joined the school’s research faculty. He is charged with designing social networks and games with public and educational interest in mind. His contributions to design have addressed issues including malnutrition, sustainable architecture, malaria, science education and the history of New York. As an instructor, he teaches his students to bring new technical ideas into their...

Mokena Makeka

Mokena Makeka is principal and founder of Makeka Design Lab. His highlight was being selected among 100 architects globally by Hertzog and de Meuron to be a part of the Ordos 100. He is a two-time recipient of the CIA Award of Merit and a 2010 nominee for the Johnnie Walker Celebrating Strides Awards in Design. He sits on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council for Design, is an external examiner at the Columbia University School of architecture and lectures at the University of...

Oliver Hermanus

The Cape Town-born Oliver Hermanus started his undergraduate degree in Film, Media and Visual Studies at the University of Cape Town and completed it at the University of California after receiving an exchange programme scholarship. Upon returning to South Africa, he worked as a press photographer for a national news agency for 18 months before receiving a private scholarship to attend the London Film School. His graduation film, Shirley Adams, premiered at the Locarno International Film...

Piyush Pandey

Piyush Pandey doesn’t have a job. He has been named the most influential man in Indian advertising seven years in a row by The Economic Times, India’s premier business paper. In 2004, Pandey became the first Asian to be the president of the Cannes jury. But Pandey doesn’t think of advertising as a job: “When you’re having so much fun, how can you call it work?” Before he “quit working”, Pandey was a professional cricketer and tea-taster. Then in the 1980s he put away his teacups...

Revital Cohen

Revital Cohen recently attained a Masters in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art in London, which followed a BA in Contemporary Furniture Design from Buckinghamshire New University. As a designer and researcher she develops critical objects and provocative scenarios exploring the juxtaposition of the natural with the artificial. Her work spans across various media and includes collaborations with scientists, animal breeders and medical consultants.

Sonja Bäumel

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Sonja Bäumel is based between Amsterdam, Brussels and Vienna. Continuing to work on applications for her Masters project, Bäumel’s work engages with the boundaries between fashion design, art and biology. Believing in symbiosis, networks, exchange and individuality, her work seeks to consider plants, animals, fungi and even bacteria as equally respected partners in finding solutions to global matters.

Stefan G Bucher

Stefan G Bucher is the man behind 344 Design and the Daily Monster – an online drawing and storytelling experiment. His monsters have invaded computer screens all over the world, and their savage adolescence is chronicled in the book 100 Days of Monsters (2008). Under 344 Design, he has created gratuitously ambitious designs for Sting, David Hockney, director Tarsem and the New York Times, and works with a whole roster of brilliant, driven clients. His time-lapse drawings also currently...

Thomas Thwaites

Thomas Thwaites is a designer whose work examines how technology, science and economics interact with trends, fictions and beliefs to shape our present, and possible futures. As an undergraduate he studied economics and biology at University College, London, and this training informs his design work. Having completed his Masters in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art in 2009, his Toaster Project is currently being turned into a book and TV series.

Tomas Kral

Tomas Kral completed his Masters in Luxury Design at ECAL, Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2009. The Slovakian-born, Swiss-based product designer has since opened his own studio and finds inspiration by observing people’s needs and everyday situations with humour and distance. By capturing specific things, twisting them and then infusing them with poetry, Kral designs accessible and comprehensible objects that combine traditional materials with revolutionary technologies. 

Tord Boontje

Dutch product designer Tord Boontje first studied industrial design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven before completing his Masters at the Royal College of Art in London. He founded Studio Tord Boontje in London in 1996, before relocating to France in 2005. In 2009 he was appointed professor and head of Design Products at the Royal College of Art and continues work at his own studio, now also located back in London.   The challenge and opportunity he has long sought is a delicate...

Troika

Troika is a multi-disciplinary art and design practice founded in 2003 by Conny Freyer, Eva Rucki and Sebastien Noel, who met while studying at the Royal College of Art in London. With backgrounds in graphic and communication, art, product design and engineering, Troika has developed a variety of self-initiated and commissioned projects that are both engaging and demanding to the user, from printed matter to product design and custom art installations. Their approach focuses on the...

William Drenttel

William Drenttel is a graphic designer, publisher and design leader. He works in partnership with Jessica Helfand at Winterhouse, a design consultancy focused on social innovation, online media and educational institutions. Recent clients include Archives of American Art, New England Journal of Medicine, The New Yorker, NYU School of Journalism, Yale School of Forestry, Yale School of Management and the Harvard Law Review. Preoccupied with furthering the social impact of design, he is...

Wooster Collective

The Wooster Collective are husband-and-wife team Marc and Sara Schiller. Celebrating street art, their mission is to discover and document authentic art experiences via salons, books, gallery shows and, of course, their renowned website. Having documented street art from around the world for the past seven years, they have covered over 2 000 artists and are fortunate to have become familiar with the street artists’ stories and sources of inspiration. The Schillers were behind the...

ZA News

ZA News is the result of a long-term collaboration between political cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (aka Zapiro), and film and TV producer Thierry Cassuto. Facing much resistance from all South African broadcasters, in 2009 they finally took the show to air – over the internet, with support from Kulula and the Mail&Guardian. Comprising life-size puppets of some of South Africa’s most notorious newspaper headliners, the mock newscast is released daily with a weekly round-up on Saturdays....

Design Indaba Party sponsored by Grolsch: Part 2 of 2

Speakers, delegates, media, buyers and exhibitors who attended the annual Design Indaba Party were entertained by Funafuji, Magic Carpet Ride, Popskarr, Jack Parow, Krushed & Sorted, Goodluck and Anthea.

Design Indaba Conference 2010

Running from 24 to 26 February 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, over 40 speakers addressed more than 2400 delegates over three days at the Design Indaba Conference.

Design Indaba Party sponsored by Grolsch: Part 1 of 2

Speakers, delegates, media, buyers and exhibitors who attended the annual Design Indaba Party were entertained by Funafuji, Magic Carpet Ride, Popskarr, Jack Parow, Krushed & Sorted, Goodluck and Anthea.

Design Indaba speaker events 2010

Design Indaba’s speakers were wined and dined across Cape Town. A trip on the Blue Train introduced them to the greater Western Cape, Absa’s Cocktail Function gave them exclusive access to the new Greenpoint Stadium, and the farewell lunch at Waterkloof Wines gave them a taste of heaven. 

Design Indaba Conference 2009

Running from 25 to 27 February at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the 2009 Design Indaba Conference attracted more than 2 100 conference and simulcast delegates. The vision of a better, previously unimagined world was played out by a cast of more than 30 top international and creative thinkers.

Wednesday 24 February 2010

 

MC   Michael Bierut and Nkhensani Nkosi
7:00   Registration - Tea/Coffee
9:00   Official Welcome
9:10   Michael Bierut
9:55   Mokena Mokeka
10:40   Tea/Coffee
11:10   Manabu Mizuno
11:55   Troika
12:40   Lunch
13:40   Bill Drenttel (Winterhouse)
14:25   Wooster Collective and Faith47
15:10   Tea/Coffee
15:40   Marcelo Rosenbaum
16:25   Harry Pearce

Please note that the programme and speaker listings are subject to change without any prior notice.

Thursday 25 February 2010

 

08:00   Tea/Coffee
09:00   Bruce Nussbaum
09:45   Pecha Kucha: Boback Firoozbakht; Thomas Thwaites; Sonja Baumel; Tomas Kral; Michael Edwards and Oliver Hermanus
10:45   Tea/Coffee
11:15   Design Indaba Projects
11:25   Documenting Design: Gary Hustwit; Doug Pray and Eames Demetrios
12:25   Lunch
13:25   Piyush Pandey 
14:10   Stefan G. Bucher
14:55   Tea/Coffee
15:25   Bouroullec Brothers
16:10   Tord Boontje
17:30   Design Indaba Expo Official Opening
21:00   DI Party at The Old Biscuit Mill

 

Please note that the programme and speaker listings are subject to change without any prior notice.

Friday 26 February 2010

 

08:00   Tea/Coffee
09:00   Li Edelkoort
09:45   Han Feng
10:30   Tea/Coffee
11:00   Christien Meindertsma
11:45   Martha Stewart
12:30   Lunch
13:30   Alejandro Aravena
14:15   Protofarm 2050: 5.5 Designers; Dunne & Raby; Futurefarmers; Revital Cohen
and Frank Tjepkema
15:15   Tea/Coffee
15:45   Handspring Puppet Company and ZA News
17:15   Closing Drinks

Please note that the programme and speaker listings are subject to change without any prior notice.

Official Sponsors

Woolworths

Woolworths is proud of its continuing sponsorship of Design Indaba and is committed to supporting design at virtually every level, from our Making the Difference Through Design educational programme and our sponsorship of the House & Leisure Green Design Awards to our support of local fashion design through our SA Designers at Woolworths initiative. Read more

ABSA

We see Design Indaba as a critical forum, where creativity meets opportunity. Where ideas are born that’ll ultimately translate to a better economic future for all South Africans. Our creative industry is experiencing exciting growth, growth that needs to be nurtured. Read more

Grolsch

Grolsch is a global supporter of contemporary art and design, and we are very proud to commence a three year partnership as a key sponsor of Design Indaba in 2010. This event is undoubtedly one of the continent’s preeminent showcases for creativity, design and innovation and is a key celebration of those who defy convention and who continue to push boundaries.
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DSTV

As part of a stable of companies that are innovative and pioneers in their field, DStv has entrenched itself as the leading Pay TV brand on the African continent.
 
The brand is synonymous with providing premium world class entertainment across various delivery platforms and we strive to surpass both customer and industry expectations. Read more



Developmental Partner



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Interactive Africa

Interactive Africa

Easy monikers like publishing house, events business, PR business or ad agency would not do to describe Interactive Africa, which is perhaps best typified as commercial activists.

Using an eclectic skills base, Interactive Africa has advanced a resurgent South Africa through projects like the First African in Space mission, the African Connection Rally and the FIFA Soccer World Cup and Cape Town Olympic bids, as well as leveraging SA’s presence at events such as the Atlanta Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games.

Interactive Africa uses its unique amalgam of marketing and commercial savvy, project management and logistics prowess, as well as creative production services to promote South Africa. We believe that the biggest agent of change in Africa will be through skills transfer and trade – not aid.

It is this energy and passion for South Africa that’s inspired the creation of Design Indaba, now encompassing a conference, expo, magazine, education initiative, development trust and more. Design Indaba believes that a better world can be designed, and we put this to the test through the Design Indaba 10x10 Low-Cost Housing and 10x10 Industrial projects. Another in-house project, the African Carbon Trust, aims to accelerate a low-carbon economy.

Interactive Africa also services an impressive list of corporate clients including Vodacom, Woolworths, FIFA and the South African Local Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.

Cape Town International Convention Centre

CTICC center

Located on Cape Town’s northern foreshore beneath Table Mountain, the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) provides a flexible facility that meets the high expectations of Design Indaba’s organisers.

The spacious conservatories are flooded with natural light and surrounded by indigenous flora. These relaxing, less formal settings are perfect for viewing of exhibits, cocktails, light lunches, a meal on the run, or just a moment of quiet reflection in the course of a busy conference schedule.

CTICC centerThe largest and most advanced kitchen facility in the Western Cape, manned by internationally-trained kitchen staff, ensures superb banqueting facilities, providing uncompromising quality menus. The kitchen is linked to seven satellite kitchens located strategically around the centre, ensuring timeous and efficient delivery of hot, fresh meals for any number of people.

1 400 secure on-site parking bays are available for visitors.

CTICC centerThe complex is disabled-friendly, with international standard wheel-chair access, designated drop-off points and parking bays, toilets for the physically challenged and elevators with Braille inscription.

www.cticc.co.za

Where is the event and what about parking at the venue?

The event will be taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, with secure, pay-on-foot parking facility available on the basement level of the building.    

Can I share ticket with my friends?

For security and access control reasons, each Design Indaba delegate accreditation is assigned to a single user only.  Unfortunately the delegate accreditation is not transferable, and non-registered delegates with a delegate accreditation will be turned away at the access control.

How do I buy tickets?

Visit designindaba.com and navigate through CONFERENCE section.  You can either register to attend the event on-line or download the delegate registration form or follow the manual registration process.

How do I collect my ticket?

Once you register on-line or manually with the delegate registration form, your details will be added to our delegate database.  Registration will only be validated once fee is received before 22 January. On-site accreditation stations will be setup in the registration foyer of the Cape Town International Convention Centre from the 23rd of February to provide all delegates with access cards, delegate bags, event programme and delegate t-shirt.  

Can I buy tickets on the day?

If there’s any available, yes, but it would be a premium of R6215 to cover additional admin. Historically, the conference tickets are sold out two weeks prior to the first day of the event.

Can I attend one day?

Unfortunately not. Also no session tickets available, so you won’t be able to see a particular speaker only.

When can I get a copy of the speaking program?

Typically, a draft of the event programme and full speaker list is only released during the first week of February. However, speaker names will be released from December 2009.

Can I get a copy of a speaker presentation or transcript?

Unfortunately not. However, with a membership to designindaba.com, not only will you receive a year subscription to the Design Indaba magazine, which is rich with content with our speakers’ work, you’ll also have access to the growing archive of past speaker videos, as well as the latest articles, interviews and profiles on leading creatives.

How do I register to attend as media?

  If you would like to register for media accreditation please go to http://www.designindaba.com/press-centre.

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