2014 Archive

Inhouse Brand Architects: How offices are evolving

Q&A • 6 Aug 14

Google's approach to designing their workspace radically changed the office layout landscape. Inhouse Brand Architects tells us how offices are evolving. >
Sister act

Q&A • 7 Aug 14

We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together. >
Jens Martin Skibsted: Humanity needs to focus on two things

Q&A • 11 Aug 14

The Danish designer and creator of Biomega bicycles on his love for t-shirts and why he doesn't do sci-fi. >
Masashi Kawamura's crazy imagination comes to life

Q&A • 14 Aug 14

The Tokyo-born interactive designer on luck, sleepless nights and balancing fun with success. >
2 minutes of creativity

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:01 • 19 Aug 14

We asked 20 of the world's leading designers what they think creativity can do. >
Marianne Fassler: The fashion landscape has never been more vast

Q&A • 21 Aug 14

Marianne Fassler's been dazzling fashionistas with her inimitable frocks for more than two decades. She shares her take on the fashion landscape and more here. >
Common Methods: Part 1

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:20 • 28 Aug 14

Matthew Nielson and Lio de Bruin discover a fruitful exchange in their collaborative designs for the Common Methods project. >
Henrik Vibskov: Chaos in systems

Q&A • 1 Sep 14

We asked the Danish fashion designer how he works and plays. His answers are typically Vibskovesque – honest, profound and a little puzzling. >
Tomà Berlanda: Building for education in Rwanda

Video Interviews • 1 Sep 14

This Italian architect is helping to pioneer a new model for early childhood development centres being built in Rwanda. >
Fluid forms

Profiling • 4 Sep 14

Nigerian-born Ifeanyi Oganwu is a rising design talent who creates highly engineered, sculptural furniture. >
Creative humour

Q&A • 6 Sep 14

We ask five renowned international designers what tickles their funnybone. >
Common Methods: Part 2

Video Interviews • 8 Sep 14

In our second video covering the Common Methods project, we chat to Natalie du Toit, Phil Procter and Charles Haupt about their power of collaboration. >
Marti Guixé: Creativity without culture and knowledge is just spam

Q&A • 8 Sep 14

The playful Catalonian designer gets serious about culture and creativity. >
Niklaus Troxler: All that jazz

Video Interviews • 10 Sep 14

We chat to Swiss graphic designer and jazz aficionado Niklaus Troxler about his twin passions. >
Jon Daniel: Four corners of the diaspora

Q&A • 15 Sep 14

London-based creative director Jon Daniel shares the story behind his Design Week column on designers of African descent. >
Working on Water

Video Interviews • 16 Sep 14

Watch the full episode from Al Jazeera's Rebel Architecture series on Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi's groundbreaking projects in Lagos and Port Harcourt. >
Africa calls, London answers

Profiling • 22 Sep 14

British design consultant Kathy Shenoy launches Africa Calling, a platform to bridge the divide between makers from the UK and Africa. >
Stephen Doyle: Magic, nonsense and macramé

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:08 • 23 Sep 14

The New York-based graphic designer's love for words is so big, he's not content to leave them on the page. >
Ulric Charteris: Conquering Kilimanjaro

Q&A • 26 Sep 14

South African adman Ulric Charteris on setting up shop in Dar es Salaam and why Tanzanians hate billboard advertising. >
Max Kisman: Creating visual headlines

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:40 • 1 Oct 14

The Dutch typographer and illustrator's iconic posters "subtract the noise" but speak volumes. >
What's in a brief?

Video Interviews • 1 Oct 14

Watch Tom Bassett's documentary "Briefly", featuring interviews with top designers such as Frank Gehry, Yves Béhar and David Rockwell. >
Geraldine Fenn: The bare bones of business and creativity

Q&A • 2 Oct 14

We chat to one of South Africa's most imaginative jewellery designers on balancing creative innovation with the demands of running a business. >
Mark Kaigwa: Tracking digital trends in East Africa

Video Interviews • 8 Oct 14

The Nairobi-based social media strategist and blogger tells us where digital technology is heading in Kenya. >
Nikki Gonnissen: No more rotten tomatoes

Video Interviews • 14 Oct 14

The Amsterdam-based graphic designer tells us why she stepped out of her comfort zone to design for the Dutch Socialist Party. >

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