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Design Indaba update

Here are some photos of the Design Indaba sunset cocktail party held yesterday afternoon at 4th Beach, Clifton in Cape Town.

Attended by speakers, press and VIPs, the party allowed everyone to get to know each other and relax a bit before the conference kicks off today.

Michael Young (top image) was there, even though he's not speaking at Design Indaba, because he happens to be in town this week.

Absentees included the Front girls, who were stuck in their hotel room emailing things to Japan.

Interesting gossip we picked up at the party includes the fact that biannual Lisbon-based design extravaganza Experimenta has been cancelled this year due to the withdrawal of its funding.

Apologies for the missing names in the captions - we'll add them as soon as we've worked out who everyone is and checked our spelling.

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Jaime Hayon and Hella Jongerius

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Michael Young and Design Indaba supremo Ravi Naidoo

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Design Indaba built a tent on the beach to protect the pasty Europeans from the sun.

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Jasper Morrison and Michael Young

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Jurgen Bey and Hella Jongerius

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The feet of Jurgen Bey and Hella Jongerius

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Jasper Morrison and Michael Young

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Jurgen Bey, Hella Jongerius and Jurgen's wife

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Andy Stevens

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Wally Olins and Yoko Choy

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Tony Davidson and Jaime Hayon

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Tony Davidson definitely wins the award for Person Who Spent Most Time On His Mobile

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Tobias Frere-Jones and Neville BrodyTobias Frere-Jones and Neville Brody
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Simon Waterfall and Daljit Singh

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Brian Eno and Simon Waterfall

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Caryn Petersen and Brian Eno

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Jasper Morrison and Hella Jongerius

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Ravi Naidoo

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Ravi Naidoo

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Ravi's feet

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Hella Jongerius

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Hella Jongerius after getting a bit too close to the ocean

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Justin McGuirk

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Jasper Morrison and Ravi Naidoo

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Massimo Vignelli and Jaime Hayon

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Two nice people whose names we have forgotten

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Neville Brody, Ravi Naidoo, Lella Vignelli, Massimo Vignelli