Interview: Henrik Vibskov

The Danish designer/artist/musician on blurring the creative lines and making coffee

A look at Henrik Vibskov‘s Central Saint Martins student ID reveals a great deal about the formidable Danish designer: he’s curiously shirtless and sporting a pretty progressive haircut (particularly for 1998), but most telling are the words “BA FASHION (MIXED MODE).” While this declaration outlined his university focus, Vibskov has seemingly always lived his life as a hyphenate, and his wonderfully outlandish runway shows reflect …

Design Indaba 2014: The Expo

Africa's emerging and established design talent join together in Cape Town for the yearly exhibition and marketplace

Each year that we attend Cape Town’s brilliant Design Indaba conference, the subsequent Expo seems to infinitely grow and improve—a testament to the design world’s increasing fascination with the opportunities abounding in the vibrant continent. Now a massive marketplace consuming the entirety of the city’s spacious convention center, the Expo is teeming with emerging and established designers from across the design fields. Below is just …

Design Indaba 2014: The Conference

South Africa's annual discourse on how creativity and innovation can affect real change throughout the world at large

Many wondrously pioneering things happen daily in South Africa, yet surprisingly much of the world still seems slightly unaware of the nation’s enduring commitment to progressive reform. The country is often still regarded by much of the modern world as underdeveloped—and even worse, unconcerned or unable. But each year founder Ravi Naidoo and his team at Design Indaba demonstrate exactly how wrong these preconceived notions …