Design Indaba Conference 2010

Highlights from the 15th year of South Africa's premier creative event

Playing to the mounting excitement of South Africa’s upcoming World Cup, last month’s Design Indaba conference in Cape Town was billed as something of a major sports event in its own right with colorful banners, stadium cheer-worthy introductions and even trading cards for the visiting speakers. Talks covered dozens of intriguing projects—from the likes of Tord Boontje, Ronan Bouroullec, Manabu Mizuno, Han Feng and Mokena …

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Inception Collection

The debut line of colorful Corian housewares from ambitious South African design duo Snapp

Launched at last month’s Design Indaba expo, the Inception Collection from Snapp was one of the more attention-grabbing product collections there. With its use of brilliant hues and bold forms, the group of five objects stood out from much of the more craft-based wares on view. Founded by industrial designer Jonathan Fundudis and mechanical engineer Renko Nieman, the Johannesburg-based firm aspires to lead the field …

Stephen King Posters

Illustrator Nick Tassone's elegantly disturbing screen prints interpret the King of horror's classic flicks

Providing a fresh take on Stephen King‘s classically twisted words and worlds, graphic designer Nick Tassone evokes the spirit of the disturbing films with a set of movie posters that perfectly illustrate each daunting plot. Tassone cuts out the gore and reduces each image down to an essential stylized symbol, using a two-color palette of black paired with a pastel. For “Carrie,” an upended bucket …