Everything is Illuminated

These brilliant lighting systems allow you to create your own compositions, brighten up dead zones and enhance the architectural genius of your space. If you’re looking for more striking additions to elevate your interiors, don’t miss our feature on Statement Table Lamps for Your Home.

Sticks

Pure and graphic, the minimalist aluminium rods of STICKS – designed by Arik Levy for Vibia – can be used to transform linear light into a floating sculpture, to brighten corners and to highlight architectural elements using light. Create your own layout by adding connectible STICKS or stand-alone models to your composition. The STICKS measure 1.5m, 2m or 3m, linking together to reach a maximum length of 6.5m with a single electrical connection.

Wiring

Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, better known as Studio Formafantasma, are Italian designers based in Amsterdam. Since graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven, they have developed a body of work characterised by experimental material investigations and a critical approach to the significance of objects as cultural conduits. Studio Formafantasma’s WIRERING light range for Flos includes a belt-like electrical cable and a ring containing an LED strip. The cable – often considered something to hide – is the focus, cleverly drawing attention to the transmission of energy through the design.

Infra-structure

Vincent Van Duysen, a Belgian architect based in Antwerp, is well known for his restrained, pared-back design. His INFRA-STRUCTURE range for Flos is tubular, and compatible with a wide range of light fixtures, with magnetic fastening and mechanical safety locking that make it possible to combine vertical and horizontal elements to generate 3D combinations in infinite variations. The graphic simplicity of the elements – and the speed with which they can be combined – allows for a creative approach to any space.

Flat

The FLAT collection is one of three lighting collections created by Japanese designer Ichiro Iwasaki for Vibia. The FLAT hanging lamps are expressed as metal planes that descend from above and terminate at different heights. Hanging from cables suspended from the ceiling, the pendant fittings are both delicate and strikingly graphic, and seem to almost float overhead. They reflect light from their surfaces too, projecting an enveloping luminance into a space.

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The final day of the Design Indaba conference featured a combination of beautiful design, video genius and captivating performance. Here are a few of our top picks. 

1. Studio Formafantasma

Italian design duo, Studio Formafantasma shared one of their latest projects with us, namely De Natura Fossilium, a project that makes use of lava samples collected while visiting Mount Elna in Sicily. The results, including the Stromboli bowl below, are just beautiful.

Image via formafantasma.com

2. Sindiso Khumalo

Durban-born (and London-based) Sindiso Khumalo is a multi-talented textile and fashion designer whose aesthetic is rooted in South Africa. Here are examples from her Umabo collection. She worked together with craftswoman Bettina Khumalo on the handmade T-shirts, seen above and below.

Images via sindisokhumalo.com

3. Yoni Bloch

To say that Yoni Bloch, Israeli musician and co-founder of Interlude, is somewhat of a genius is an understatement. This music video, created for Bob Dylan’s legendary song, Like a Rolling Stone had more views than any of Bob Dylan’s previous music videos put together. Watch it below (you’ll need to download the Interlude Player on mobile) or interact with it at video.bobdylan.com.

4. Emily Oberman

Pentagram graphic designer Emily Oberman has been working with Saturday Night Live for 20 years. She’s behind the opening titles of their 40^th anniversary episode, seen below, as well as the book celebrating four decades of the show.

Video and image via new.pentagram.com

5. Dan Wieden

Dan Wieden, chairman of Wieden+Kennedy in the US, is an icon of the advertising industry. As he coined Nike’s slogan, “Just Do It,” we thought we’d share one of his firm’s latest ads for the brand. Pretty powerful.

Video via Nike Baseball on YouTube

We were also lucky enough to hear from the award-winning Yellow Fever creator, N’gendo Mukii and famed YouTube filmmaker Casey Neistat (we especially enjoyed this video). The show closed with the iconic William Kentridge sharing a part of his acclaimed chamber opera with the audience. If you’re in Cape Town on Saturday 28 February, William Kentridge will be doing a book signing on the Design Indaba Expo Floor. Visit designindaba.com for more information.

Go to Day One for more favourites and click here for Day Two‘s inspirations.

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FILMFEST

The Design Indaba FilmFest is back for another year of exciting documentary screenings and premieres.

The festival will run from 20 February to 1 March at The Labia Theatre on Orange Street in Cape Town for a series of one-night-only screenings.

Here is a list of what is being screened so far:

• Big Eyes
• Stories Of Our Lives
• David Adjaye – Collaborations
• Stripped: The Comics Documentary
• Dior and I
• The Newsroom – Off The Record
• Regarding Susan Sontag
• Art and Craft
• The Salt Of The Earth
• Shake The Dust
• Tomorrow We Disappear
• Project Phoenix (followed directly by Saint Laurent)

Tickets cost R50 each. For more information about bookings and schedules, visitdesignindaba.com.

EXPO

Click here for a list of the 2015’s 40 Emerging Creatives.

CONFERENCE & SIMULCAST

The following speakers have been announced so far for this year’s conference and simulcast. Simulcast tickets are on sale for Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Potchefstroom. As the main conference is now sold out, Cape Town simulcast tickets are now on sale.

Michael Bierut: New York City-based graphic designer will not only MC the conference (as he’s done for many years), he’ll be speaking too.

Stefano Giovannoni: Famed Italian designer behind the iconic Magis Bombo Stool.

Robbie Brozin: Co-founder of Nando’s.

Omar Victor Diop: A Senegalese photographer who’s well-known for his striking fashion and portrait photography.

Larry Harvey: The founder of Nevada Desert’s renowned Burning Man festival.

Pecha Kucha 2015: Every year, graduates from the world’s leading design schools are invited to speak at the Design Indaba conference. This year will feature South African engineer Ackeem Ngwenya, US-based typographer Tia Blassingame, Canadian industrial designer Tyler Pratt, South African graphic designer (and creative director at The Jupiter Drawing Room) Carla Kreuser, Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen, US designer Doremy Diatta, US multidisciplinary designer Kathryn Fleming and Swiss interaction designer Marc Dubois.

Roy Choi: Nicknamed ‘the godfather’ of the food truck movement, this Korean-American chef collaborated on the movie titled Chef about street food culture.

Santiago Cirugeda: Known as an activist architect, Santiago brings life into under utilised parts of his city.

Selly Raby Kane: This Senegalese fashion designer has an unusual style comprising of 3D shapes, patterns and other interesting materials.

Rosita Missoni: Famed for the Missoni brand which has won numerous artistic, academic and fashion awards, Rosita has created a textile legacy in the fashion industry.

Yoni Bloch: Israeli musician and co-founder of Tech company Interlude, Yoni creates interactive music videos that really involve the listener.

Emily Oberman: Her keen understanding of branding, design and humour has lead her to work on shows such as Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live.

Sindiso Khumalo: SA fashion designer based in London, Sindiso fuses Zulu and Ndebele heritage with Western movements in her label that has been featured in Vogue magazine.

The Workers – Ross Cairns and Tommaso Lanza: This digital product design studio uses technology to create interesting new experiences. The Workers have designed and produced projects for a variety of galleries including the Tate Modern.

Studio Propolis: This Kenya-based furniture studio has been run by couple Bethan Rayner and Naeem Biviji since 2005.

William Kentridge: Arguably the most successful South African artist of all time will be giving a performance lecture at the conference.

Studio Formafantasma: This design studio is made up of Amsterdam-based Andrea Trimachi and Simone Farresin.

Casey Neistat: Not only a film maker and actor, this New Yorker has a massive YouTube following for his short online films.

Stanley Hainsworth: A branding and design guru, Stanley has worked for huge global companies such as LEGO and Nike.

Shubhankar Ray: With a variety of award-winning international campaigns under his belt, G-Star Raw’s Global Brand Director Shubhankar Ray spends his time reinventing and redefining the meaning of ‘brand’.

Ng’endo Mukii: This Kenyan filmmaker is best known for her critically acclaimed film ‘Yellow Fever’.

Hella Jongerius: Her design company, Jongeriuslab is just one of the many examples of this Dutch designer’s multiple talents.

Dan Wieden: You know the slogan ‘Just Do It’? He coined it.

Dominic Wilcox: Best described as a creative inventor, the Variations On Normal creator combines art and design to create the unusual.

Joe Public: This creative South African advertising duo consists of Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana.

For more information about tickets, the conference and the expo, visit designindaba.com.

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