Since 1995, the Design Indaba has attracted the world’s brightest talent from across the creative industries. Doyennes of graphic design, advertising, film, music, fashion, industrial design, architecture, craft, visual art, new media, publishing, radio, television and performance art have year after year contributed to the Design Indaba’s international reputation.
Celebrating its 12th incarnation in 2009, Design Indaba did not come to life fully formed. What started as a biannual conference with a mere nine speakers, Design Indaba has grown to annually host more than 30 speakers in a multi-tiered experience that incorporates events, media, education, training and business development.
The Design Indaba was born from the upsurge of confidence in South Africa’s post-apartheid future in 1994. Interactive Africa realised that if all of us in South Africa looked to our own competencies and attempted to nurture the industries in which we operated, South Africa would be successful.
