So – it’s over. Flipping through my notebook after two days at the Design Indaba, these quotes stood out:
“You get power by giving away power.”
“The audience is more wonderful than you think.”
– no one quote, but the idea that public buildings should not be designed for neglect.
“Why do universities need logos?”
“Cities need unauthorised acts of creativity”
“There’s a truth and honesty in brokeness.”
“The work I do is not a job.”
“The world is full of flowers, if you only have eyes to see.”
“You are an artist – that means you can always find your own way.”
“When the time and the luck arrive – always grab it.”
“It’s amazing how fast bad ideas travel.”
“The problem is the solution.”
“The resource we need is coordination.”
“Do we change the world to suit us – or change ourselves to suit the world?”
“This is how people had to work together to make a life.”
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I missed Day Two of the Indaba as I was sick in bed. I’m still pretty sick, so I’ve not been able to write about everything I saw. I’ve tried to make up for that by linking to as many resources as I could find, so you can look for yourself.
I’ve gathered all my links in one place though – you can browse through them here.
This post was first published on www.designindaba.com
Masha du Toit 
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