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Animation finds the humour in “Izikhotane”

Design News • 13 May 15

Hlanganani Nkambule and Melikhaya Ntlangeni have taken a refreshing view of the notoriously extravagant South African subculture in a new animated video series. >
Michael Bierut designs symbol for US Pavilion at Milan Expo

Design News • 13 May 15

Pentagram partner Michael Bierut puts a thematic spin on the star-spangled banner for the US pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. >
Woven grass handbags by DXP

Product Spotlight • 12 May 15

Pichulik collaborates with Design Africa and the Du Noon Urban Weavers on a collection of unusual bags made of rope and indigenous grass. >
Objects with a distorted sense of reality

Next Generation • 12 May 15

“Distorted”, the collaboration between Monica Albini and Adriana C. Cota, will make you think twice about the objects on display. >
The sangomas and weavers of Du Noon

Lookbook • 12 May 15

An exhibition of photos captures the daily lived realities of the talented women collaborating with Pichulik and Design Afrika on a new range of bags. >
An edible water-filled bead

Design Frontiers • 12 May 15

Meet the Ooho! – if water were a fruit, this is how it would be packaged. >
Africa Month's must-see design exhibition

Festival News • 12 May 15

Celebrate Africa Month by visiting the “We Are Africa” design and innovation exhibition at the KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA) from 14 May – 7 June. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Faith47

Lookbook • 11 May 15

Street artist Faith47 took us around the world with images of her ghostly creations. >
Sunken candleholders by Adriana Castillo Cota

Product Spotlight • 11 May 15

Mexican designer Adriana Castillo Cota draws on ship wreckages for a collection of striking candleholders. >
16 global startups to change the world

Design Frontiers • 11 May 15

Chivas Regal reveals the finalists of The Venture, the most promising social entrepreneurs from across the globe. >
Ballo's local labour of love

Lookbook • 11 May 15

At least 25 processes go into creating each pair of Ballo's wooden sunglasses, all carried out by hand or hand-operated machines in Woodstock, Cape Town. >
Mothers and daughters in design

Focus On • 10 May 15

Here's a feel-good feature about three mother-daughter design teams for Mother's Day. >
Take Five

Take Five • 9 May 15

Boundary-pushing fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi pulled the most interest on our website this week. >
In the desert everything burns

Lookbook • 8 May 15

Nearly 10 000 part-time pyromaniacs watched great wooden structures blaze at Afrikaburn, Africa’s regional Burning Man festival. >
How Anatomy Design broke into the European market

Inside View • 8 May 15

Anatomy Design has two lights in the collection of new Danish brand Karakter. Andrea Kleinloog tells us what it took to get into the European market. >
Joe Public responds to women abuse

Design News • 8 May 15

South African ad agency Joe Public creates a pro bono campaign for POWA to raise awareness of intimate partner violence. >
The first solar-powered flight around the world

Design Frontiers • 7 May 15

Two intrepid pilots are halfway through a round-the-world trip in a lightweight aeroplane powered only by the sun. >
“Unga Pfula A Chi Pfalo” by Kabasa

Track of the Week • 7 May 15

From out of “the dark ages” of Apartheid, a slice of progressive, funky Sowetan rock ’n roll! >
Haldane Martin’s interior for Striped Horse beer

Lookbook • 7 May 15

Haldane Martin creates a moody, masculine interior for a new South African craft beer brand. >
Stain, wash, rinse, repeat: The story of a perfect white dress

Lookbook • 6 May 15

Can a pure white dress stay perfectly fabulous, stain after stain, wash after wash? Skip washing powder found out – the creative way. >
Carrying the can for African design

Design News • 6 May 15

Young graphic designer Ofentse Letebele tells us what inspired his winning design for the inaugural BOS Ice Tea Design-A-Can competition. >
The banal becomes bold in Martina Paukova's illustrations

Q&A • 5 May 15

We talk to Slovakian illustrator Martina Paukova about her vibrant interpretations of everyday life in the first of our WeTransfer Featured Artist series. >
Form meets content

Design News • 5 May 15

Pentagram partner Abbott Miller is the subject of a new exhibition surveying his vast portfolio of design work. >
A legal gift to the creative community

Design News • 5 May 15

Need to protect your creative ideas? Download this Non-Disclosure Agreement and say thank you to Adams & Adams law firm. >
Q&A: Ng’endo Mukii

Q&A • 4 May 15

The filmmaker on why she fell in love with drawing and how “Yellow Fever” has catapulted her to the attention of the world. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Trevor Stuurman

Lookbook • 4 May 15

Faultlessly stylish and talented behind the camera, Trevor Stuurman took over the Design Indaba Instagram handle this week. Here’s what he came up with. >
Si Maclennan channels Sol Lewitt

Q&A • 4 May 15

For his first solo show, "Geometcentricity", Cape Town illustrator Si Maclennan was inspired by the American artist famous for his geometric minimalism. >
Pentagram's "I Give an X" campaign

Lookbook • 3 May 15

Only 65% of the UK's population voted in the last election, with young people in particular staying away. A new campaign by Pentagram hopes to change that. >
A most contemporary Karakter

Lookbook • 1 May 15

Danish brand Karakter launches its debut collection by distinctive and diverse designers – including South Africa's own Anatomy Design. >
#MakeChange: The incredible growing shoe

Design Frontiers • 30 Apr 15

An American innovator has designed a pair of robust shoes that can be adjusted up to five sizes so poor children need never go barefoot. >

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