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London Design Festival: Our picks

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

We go in search of all things Africa at the London Design Festival. Here are our highlights. >

12 Sep 14
Battle of the Jazz Guitarist

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

This short film by Mark Columbus is a twisting but sincere portrayal of the complex relationship between father and son. >

12 Sep 14
"The Fake Fences of Abazon Remix" by A Million Things

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Seamless and fluid, this track features soaring digital sounds layered over infectious guitars, tight percussives and resounding bells. >

11 Sep 14
Soft Pots by Lisa Firer

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

The Cape Town-based ceramicist's latest range experiments with retaining the softness of wet clay. >

11 Sep 14
Geometric Storm chandelier by Willowlamp

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

The complex quadrangles and shifting shapes of this new design signal a change of direction for the internationally acclaimed South African lighting brand. >

10 Sep 14
Magic Veld collection by Evolution Product

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Amanda du Plessis's latest textile designs take a nostalgic trip to the Cape, circa 1781. >

9 Sep 14
Liselore Frowijn

Next Generation > Fashion & Jewellery Design

This rising star of the Dutch fashion world creates complex garments that play off the clash of sportswear and luxury. >

5 Sep 14
Yellow Sticky Notes

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

A charming animation by a group of Canadian illustrators inspired by their to-do lists scribbled on Post-it notes. >

5 Sep 14
"Faya di Burn" by Gasha, featuring Magasco

Track of the Week > African Design / Music & Sound Design

This Track of the Week is a melancholic but melodic reflection on the social conditions in Cameroon. >

4 Sep 14
Touch wood

Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors

The finalists for the first "Wood Excellence Prize" at the World Architecture Festival take the creative application of wood to new heights. >

3 Sep 14
Cool cat

Design News > African Design / Music & Sound Design

Okmalumkoolkat's new music video for "All Black, Black Kat", directed by Chris Saunders, is a dreamlike mash-up of tradition and modernity. >

2 Sep 14
Cork bar stool by Wiid Design

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Wiid Design's new bar stool brings together two unlikely materials – cork and concrete. >

2 Sep 14
A multilingual typeface

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

Azer, co-designed by Wael Morcos, is a family of fonts that can be used in Arabic script, English and Latin variations. >

2 Sep 14
Camera Obscura

Lookbook > African Design / Art & Photography

The upcoming LagosPhoto Festival highlights photography that imagines alternative African realities and obscures the medium's role as truth-teller. >

2 Sep 14
Wild Motion (Set It Free)

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

Illustrator Sebastian Borckenhagen creates an impressionistic animated video perfectly suited to Australian band Miami Horror's synth-pop sound. >

29 Aug 14
Ildikó Valicsek

Next Generation > Graphic Design & Illustration

This Hungarian textile designer has come up with an ingenious system for generating a never-ending array of patterns. >

29 Aug 14
"TRVPMVSKV (Impendulo kaBaba)" by Mashayabhuqe KaMamba

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Young producer and wordsmith Mashayabhuqe KaMamba brings us an an emotive maskandi anthem. >

27 Aug 14
The Biopanel

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Product designer Alejandra Olivera turns seaweed into a new eco-friendly insulation material for informal housing. >

26 Aug 14
Vime centrepiece by the Campana Brothers

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Campana Brothers' versatile design for Alessi celebrates handwoven rattan in a single undulating form. >

26 Aug 14
New work by Daniel Ting Chong

Lookbook > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Cheeky, bouncy and bold – here's a sampling of this prolific Cape Town-based designer's recent work. >

25 Aug 14
Picturing the brain

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Pentagram's Eddie Opara captures the complexity of creative thinking in his cover design for "The Atlantic" magazine. >

25 Aug 14
Maria Lebedeva

Next Generation > Graphic Design & Illustration

This local illustrator is set to launch her first children's book, "Mu's Wolf Problem", later this month. We catch up with her here. >

25 Aug 14
Shout

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

Japanese interactive designer Masashi Kawamura takes us on a journey through a world of real and animated shadows in this music video. >

22 Aug 14
"Gift of Three" by Tumi Mogorosi

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

This track from Tumi Mogorosi's first solo album is thrillingly discordant – an impressive composition to say the least. >

21 Aug 14

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