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  • G-Star RAW Skeleton Dog. Image: G-Star RAW.
    The cultural universe of brands
    Point of View • 16 Jan 14
    Global brand director of G-Star RAW, Shubhankar Ray believes brands can play an enabling role in cultural production. >
  • Rois de la Forêt collection vase by Marcel Wanders for Baccarat.
    Intricate crystal
    Creative Work • 16 Jan 14
    Marcel Wanders has designed a striking vase for Baccarat, made from crystal and marble. >
  • Shubhankar Ray, global brand director of G-Star RAW.
    Shubhankar Ray: Brand DNA and unexpected combinations
    Interviews • Duration: 00:07:40 • 16 Jan 14
    G-Star RAW recently hosted their first RAW Night in Cape Town, South Africa. Design Indaba chats to G-Star global brand director Shubhankar Ray. >
  • "In the Making" exhibition by BarberOsgerby for the Design Museum London. Image: Mirko Krizanovic.
    Objects in the making
    Creative Work • 15 Jan 14
    BarberOsgerby has curated Design Museum's "In the Making" exhibition that showcases a variety of objects halfway through their manufacturing process. >
  • The Silent Village furniture collection by Brynjar Sigurðarson.
    Fishing for furniture
    Creative Work • 15 Jan 14
    Brynjar Sigurðarson uses an Icelandic fishing technique as the inspiration for his "The Silent Village Collection" of furniture. >
  • Bold by Hella Jongerius for Danskina.
    Woven wares
    Creative Work • 14 Jan 14
    Dutch product designer and new design director of Danskina, Hella Jongerius shows a new collection of rugs at imm cologne 2014. >
  • MegaFon Sochi Winter Olympics by Asif Khan.
    Kinetic façade
    Creative Work • 14 Jan 14
    Asif Khan has designed “a Mount Rushmore of the digital age” for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. >
  • Freddy Sam's Madiba mural from the original photo by Bob Gosani © BAHA foundation.
    Madiba memorial mural
    Creative Work • 13 Jan 14
    Cape Town-based street artist Freddy Sam has unveiled a ten-storey tall mural of Madiba in the inner city of Johannesburg. >
  • 151 XYZ Shoe design by Earl Stewart.
    Contemporary cobbler
    Interviews • 13 Jan 14
    Industrial designer Earl Steward explores the possibilities of multi-material 3D printing that allows for footwear to be tailored to the individual. >
  • Tool the Perpetual Calendar by Tom Dixon.
    Calendar accessories
    Creative Work • 12 Jan 14
    Tom Dixon looks to sustainable design with his Tool the Perpetual Calendar, which is made from stainless steel and can be reused year after year. >
  • Theory interior design by Nendo.
    Go with the flow
    Creative Work • 12 Jan 14
    Nendo takes inspiration from city streets and movement patterns for the design of interiors for the retail spaces of fashion label Theory. >
  • Ghost by Martí Guixé for Nanimarquina. Image: Nanimarquina.
    Ghostly apparitions
    Creative Work • 11 Jan 14
    "Ghost" is Catalonian interior and industrial designer, Martí Guixé's new take on classic Kerman rug design. >
  • Organik luggage collection by Karim Rashid.
    Eccentric travelling
    Creative Work • 11 Jan 14
    Bright, bold and hypnotic... Karim Rashid's "Organik" collection of luggage is sure to make travellers stand out. >
  • TEN Collection by Fotolia.
    Digital art competition
    Creative Work • 10 Jan 14
    International stock photo agency, Fotolia launches an international digital art competition as part of their TEN campaign. >
  • Pieter-Jan Pieters at Design Indaba Conference 2013.
    Pieter-Jan Pieters on using human movement to compose music
    Conference Talks • Duration: 00:06:42 • 9 Jan 14
    Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pieter-Jan Pieters makes digital music using his body parts as the instruments. >
  • Watch Flower by Bjarke Ingels.
    Architecture in bloom
    Creative Work • 9 Jan 14
    Bjarke Ingels's Watch Flower promenade structure mimics and draws on the natural process of a growing flower. >
  • Nelly Ben Hayoun appointed WeTransfer's first Head of Experiences.
    Cosmic experiences
    Creative Work • 8 Jan 14
    Experiential designer Nelly Ben Hayoun has been appointed as WeTransfer's first Head of Experiences. >
  • Under the sea from Pichulik's 2014 Spring/Summer Collection. Image:
    Storysmith
    Interviews • 8 Jan 14
    Katherine-Mary Pichulik is the creative mind and maker behind Pichulik. Design Indaba chats to her about her journey and telling stories through jewellery. >
  • Pichulik Spring/Summer 2014 Collection
    Creative Work • 8 Jan 14
    Pichulik's 2014 Spring/Summer collection celebrates the seaside glamour of the golden age on the French Riviera in the 50s and 60s. >
  • MARBLES interactive installation by Daan Roosegaarde.
    Marbles of light
    Creative Work • 6 Jan 14
    Daan Roosegaarde's eye-catching MARBLES installation will illuminate the 2014 Route du Nord Light exhibition with bright and bold colours. >
  • Beat Brass lamp by Tom Dixon.
    Brass vessels
    Creative Work • 6 Jan 14
    Tom Dixon takes inspiration from traditional vessels used to carry water for his latest collection of authentic brass pendant lamps. >
  • Typographer Matthew Carter at Design Indaba Conference 2013.
    Focus On: A-type personalities
    Focus On • 6 Jan 14
    Meet four typographers who’s work goes beyond just the art and technique of arranging type to make language visible, to conveying cultural messages of its own. >
  • Frozen Garden by Marcel Wanders for Bisazza. Image: Bisazza.
    Vertical garden
    Creative Work • 6 Jan 14
    Dutch designer Marcel Wanders creates an interior garden of ceramic flowers with his wall cladding design, Frozen Garden, for Bisazza’s 2014 collection. >
  • The Hanataba chopsticks by Nendo. Image: Akihiro Yoshida
    Pick-up sticks
    Creative Work • 5 Jan 14
    Japan-based Nendo redesigns an ancient traditional eating utensil, the chopstick, transforming people’s interaction with this everyday object. >

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