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Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Ever wondered what’s going to happen to books once the tablet really takes over our life? Simple Intrigue might have seen the future. We love her book sculptures. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Bbelamy & Bbelamy obviously got an early copy of VISI 59. He sells all things botanical and birdy at his Muizenberg shops and does what we all dream of doing: Makes clothes out of gorgeous upholstery fabrics. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Isle of Trees is an old friend of VISI. We love his log house at the expo. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : We first fell in love with Homebakes ceramics when she put rabbits on top of marmite bottles — all in white. Now Wendy McLachlan has mimicked the timeless style of tin cans with a new range of black and white dinnerware. We want! -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Watch out for VISI 60, when one lucky reader will win a bespoke dinner service from ceramicist of the moment Mervyn Gers. We love the Koi theme, in fact we love it all. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Sootcookie continues the nostalgia theme we’re seeing in ceramics. She’s taken paper plates and polystyrene cups and recreated them in shiny porcelain. Brilliant. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : We love Love Milo. The precious light and cup prints are now on fabric. Nice. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : The young designers usually provide the most exciting moments at Design Indaba. Take this clever Skeletor Sway bench by Jesse James. It’s sold by the metre and we love the touch of coral. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : The young designers usually provide the most exciting moments at Design Indaba. Take this clever Skeletor Sway bench by Jesse James. It’s sold by the metre and we love the touch of coral. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Maymott gave us distinct Klimt feelings with their wall to wall, ceiling to floor, crocheted creation. An underwater wonderland, it’s a collaboration between our ed’s sister, Danny Myburgh and Kate Carlyle of Mustardseed and Moonshine. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Maymott gave us distinct Klimt feelings with their wall to wall, ceiling to floor, crocheted creation. An underwater wonderland, it’s a collaboration between our ed’s sister, Danny Myburgh and Kate Carlyle of Mustardseed and Moonshine. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Curious Room has taken crocheting to another level with sculptural art that takes your breath away. We love this old chair that has crocheted succulents sprouting all over. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Ronel Jordaan continues to reinvent felt in unimagineably sophisticated styles. We could quite easily curled up in this chair for an afternoon nap! -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Michelle Petrie-Burton thought of turning a plastic crate into this classic drawer. It works and it’s inspired. We want 10! -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : Jacquie Myburgh, our magazine's editor, was invited to nominate an object for the Design Indaba Most Beautiful Object in South Africa exhibition. She selected the lily pad ring by Durban designer Kirsten Goss. Have you voted yet? -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : These fabulous salad servers were inspired by the shape of kids plasticine. They’re made in Joburg and there are many more brilliant designs where these came from. -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : And finally, we love the DSTV installation, where viewers are placed inside an alternative reality. Watch closely: there’s our intrepid online editor, pictured bottom left and being stalked by a leopard. Watch out! -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : We’re all in love with the idea of Cape Town being named Design Capital for 2014. The Design Capital stand was in inspired installation of black and yellow pencils and yellow post-its — a study in stupendous simplicity! -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : We’re all in love with the idea of Cape Town being named Design Capital for 2014. The Design Capital stand was in inspired installation of black and yellow pencils and yellow post-its — a study in stupendous simplicity! -
Our Design Indaba expo favourites : The Nampak recycling towers. Extreme towers of junk reach right to the roof of the CTICC — illustrating just how much packaging gets thrown away and recycled every day. We want the sculpture in our house.
The Design Indaba Expo is a magnificent mix of craft, jewellery, furniture and fashion. Here’s our pick of the bunch, but we strongly suggest you go and experience the feast yourself.
More information: www.designindaba.com
