July 2014 Archive

Beaded iPhone cases by Vukile Batyi and Laduma Ngxokolo

Product Spotlight • 1 Jul 14

The quintessential 21st-century accessory gets a Xhosa-inspired case courtesy of Vukile Batyi and Laduma Ngxokolo. >
Inside View: The New Mainstream

Inside View • 1 Jul 14

How have consumers' interactions with brands evolved in the age of social media? Here are the top five take-outs from Wolff Olins’ The New Mainstream report. >
Watt scooter

Design Frontiers • 1 Jul 14

This electric push scooter by industrial design outfit eLabs is a made-in-South-Africa solution to inner-city congestion. >
News: Exemplary colours

Design News • 2 Jul 14

Colour maven Hella Jongerius gets outs her paintbrush for a group exhibition celebrating MAK's 150th anniversary. >
How important is a sense of place?

Hot Topic • 2 Jul 14

What role does locale play in shaping a design identity? We asked six producers to reflect on the role a sense of place can play in design. >
Michel Rojkind: Buildings that go beyond the brief

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:35 • 2 Jul 14

Find out how Mexican architect Michel Rojkind uses a nifty design tool to help clients imagine so much more for their buildings. >
Lookbook: Word Cup

Lookbook • 3 Jul 14

Facebook communication designer and football fanatic Ji Lee creates a league of his own with his Word Cup challenge. >
"Mau Vivi" by Jo Kunnuji

Track of the Week • 3 Jul 14

Meander through the sounds of Nigeria's lesser-known Ogu culture as interpreted by Nigerian composer Jo Kunnuji. >
Haroon Gunn-Salie: History's vigilante

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:13 • 3 Jul 14

Listen to the Cape Town-based artist talk about how he uses the city as his canvas to raise the ghosts of South Africa's past. >
Michel Rojkind on a design strategy to cope with overstimulation (trailer)

Trailers • 3 Jul 14

The Mexican architect shares three ways he wades through our world of chaos and flux to create award-winning work. >
Wawd Ahp

FilmFestFriday • 4 Jul 14

In the last of our SXSW 2014 Film Award winner series, the filmmaker takes us on a romp through his warped subconscious. DISTURBING CONTENT, PASSWORD BELOW. >
Take Five

Take Five • 4 Jul 14

A balmy musical track and a fierce video, a juicy exhibition and a leading exhibition designer - here are this week's most popular features. >
Ije Nwokorie: The changing currency of brands

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:04 • 4 Jul 14

The global CEO of Wolff Olins offers insights into changing approach to branding in an age where immediacy makes all the difference. >
Blocks and Grid by Scholten & Baijings

Product Spotlight • 5 Jul 14

Scholten & Baijings latest fabric collection reinterprets colour blocking as an exercise in subtle colour gradations. >
Outside In: Lynda Relph-Knight

Inside View • 5 Jul 14

Design writer and former editor of Design Week Lynda Relph-Knight gives Design Indaba an outsider's perspective on the design future of Africa. >
Focus on: Marble's comeback

Focus On • 6 Jul 14

More and more designers are being inspired by the ancient stone's striated smoothness. Here are five recent examples from our archives. >
Outside In: Joost Alferink

Inside View • 6 Jul 14

Looking in on Africa from the European perspective, Joost Alferink shares an outsider's perspective on the state of the creative industry on the continent. >
Lookbook: Department of Design

Lookbook • 7 Jul 14

We look at Droog's design of a pop-up pavilion to foster Dutch-South African collaboration for Cape Town's reign as 2014 World Design Capital. >
Q&A: Thebe Ikalafeng

Q&A • 7 Jul 14

We chat to one of Africa's leading brand gurus about his appointment to the jury of the Red Dot Communication Design Awards. >
Dave Hakkens: The last phone you'll ever need

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:10 • 7 Jul 14

Meet the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate who could help revolutionise cellular technology. >
Teshia Treuhaft: What a chair needs to be

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:33 • 7 Jul 14

The Rhode Island School of Design graduate collaborated with a dancer to map out the fundamentals of a chair. >
Inside View: 3 creative tools

Inside View • 8 Jul 14

Don't underestimate how handy these three humble (and free) tools can be, says our digital product manager, Sarah Jayne Fell. >
Nabasco

Design Frontiers • 8 Jul 14

This future-forward, environmentally friendly material finds an artful application in a project by Dutch designer Ineke Hans. >
A desert in Venice

Design News • 9 Jul 14

Morocco's first-ever pavilion at the Venice Biennale explores the country's experimental approach to 'desert architecture'. >

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