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  • Design Indaba Conference 2013.
    Design Indaba Conference 2013 roundup
    Design Indaba News • 29 Nov 13
    In case you missed any of the magic, here’s a look at the highlights of the 2013 Conference. >
  • Rolex Mentor & Protégés Arts Initiative
    Sponsored video: Rolex Mentor & Protégés Arts Initiative
    Creative Work • Duration: 00:00:00 • 29 Nov 13
    Rolex supports artists by sponsoring year-long mentorship programmes between emerging artists and internationally recognised masters. >
  • Andy de Klerk Cabinetworks will exhibit an Escher-inspired kitchen at Design Indaba Expo 2014
    Returning to the source
    Creative Work • 28 Nov 13
    Bespoke kitchen, furniture and shoji screen makers Andy de Klerk Cabinetworks is back at the Expo in 2014 with a famous lithograph-inspired kitchen design. >
  • Chocolate-Paint by Nendo.
    Deceptive chocolates
    Creative Work • 28 Nov 13
    Nendo has created a limited-edition set of chocolates that resemble a variety of oil paint tubes. >
  • Kristinebergs Slottspark street lamps by Front.
    Warping lights
    Creative Work • 28 Nov 13
    Design trio Front has created attention-grabbing street lamps that light up the popular Kristinebergs Slottspark in Sweden. >
  • Harry Pearce makes his mark on the Keeper's House in London's Royal Academy.
    Keeping it historic
    Creative Work • 27 Nov 13
    Graphic designer Harry Pearce has designed a logotype with a "quirky, domestic twist" for a 19th century building in London's Royal Academy. >
  • AQMW lipstick packaging by Marcel Wanders.
    The whole package
    Creative Work • 27 Nov 13
    Marcel Wanders brings a touch of floral whimsy to Japanese cosmetic brand AQMW's new packaging. >
  • Flower placemats for Ed Suter’s 2014 range to be debuted at Design Indaba 2014
    Off the street
    Creative Work • 26 Nov 13
    For his new range of products – to debut at Design Indaba Expo 2014 – photographer Ed Suter stepped off the street and into the grass >
  • THREE bag by Konstantin Grcic.
    Sewn up
    Creative Work • 26 Nov 13
    The simple construction of German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic's cotton canvas bags ensure they will "last forever". >
  • Reg Lascaris
    Reg Lascaris: Young entrepreneurs must be brave
    Point of View • Duration: 00:06:48 • 25 Nov 13
    Advertising guru Reg Lascaris talks to us about his new book, Lessons from the Boot of a Car, and about the highlights of his career. >
  • African Queen collection by Quazi Design.
    Queen of beauty
    Creative Work • 25 Nov 13
    Quazi Design has been announced as a finalist in the SOURCE Awards 2013. >
  • KLûK CGDT show at Nigeria Fashion Week 2012
    Africa on the catwalk
    Point of View • 25 Nov 13
    There is an ever-increasing number of fashion weeks in Africa. But what does it mean for the fashion industry and the fashion designers in these countries? >
  • Tonic Death Diet by Martí Guixé. Image: © Knölke/Imagekontainer.
    A deathly diet
    Creative Work • 24 Nov 13
    For an exhibit on the future of food, Martí Guixé designed a diet to aid people to reach "a temporary transordinary lifestyle status". He tells us about it. >
  • REALITY LAB. ISSEY MIYAKE by Tokujin Yoshioka. Image: © MASAYA YOSHIMURA.
    Shopping in a laboratory
    Creative Work • 24 Nov 13
    Tokujin Yoshioka's interior design for Issey Miyake's new retail outlet is clean, minimalistic and somewhat futuristic. >
  • "Change the World" album by Karim Rashid.
    Changing the world
    Creative Work • 23 Nov 13
    Karim Rashid has released his first solo electro-pop music album and it's for sale on iTunes. >
  • Inside the soon-to-be constructed Cité du Corps Humain in Montpellier.
    Human touch
    Creative Work • 23 Nov 13
    Bjarke Ingels Architects (BIG) has been announced the winner of the international competition to design the new Cité du Corps Humain in Montpellier. >
  • Gabriel Chandelier by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec.
    Bright crystals
    Creative Work • 22 Nov 13
    The Bouroullec brothers illuminate the Palace of Versailles with a majestic crystal chandelier. >
  • Meat Merchant Andy Fenner
    Andy Fenner: My Meat Manifesto
    Interviews • Duration: 00:02:53 • 21 Nov 13
    Meat merchant and food designer Andy Fenner spoke at the Spier Secret Festival 2013 about eating less meat and giving the meat we do eat more attention. >
  • Clouds by Front.
    Melting snowflakes
    Creative Work • 21 Nov 13
    Scandinavian design team Front have designed an ice cream dessert in the shape of a cloud for Häagen-Dazs. >
  • Love Milo at the Maison et Object show in France this year
    Exporting craft
    Creative Work • 21 Nov 13
    Western Cape craft and design producers notched up exports worth more than R1.5 million at shows in Germany, France and the U.S. this year. >
  • Cohen van Balen's "And Nowhere A Shadow" at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale.
    And nowhere a shadow
    Creative Work • 20 Nov 13
    Cohen van Balen's wild, wolf-oriented installation for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale highlights conservation as entertainment. >
  • Business playground by Mathieu Lehanneur.
    Playing at work
    Creative Work • 20 Nov 13
    Mathieu Lehanneur has designed a "business playground" for Pullman London St Pancras. >
  • "Beautiful Noise" exhibition. Image: Bevan Davis
    Beautiful noise
    Creative Work • 19 Nov 13
    South Africa-based architect and artist Lorenzo Nassimbeni participated in a recent fashion/music/art happening and launched a fabric collection in Australia. >
  • Homework desk by Tomas Kraal.
    Modern workspace
    Creative Work • 19 Nov 13
    Tomas Kral's "Homework" desk is multifunctional and ideal for modern environments. >

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