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Africa is Tradition Reinvented

Lookbook • 28 Feb 14

"Africa is Tradition Reinvented" is one of the five themes of the "Africa is Now" exhibition at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
#YoungerThanRihanna

Design News • 28 Feb 14

An 89Plus panel at Design Indaba Conference 2014 >
Zonnebloem Renamed

Design News • 28 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

Zonnebloem is renamed District Six by Haroon Gunn-Salie for Design Indaba Conference 2014. >
Africa is Tranformed

Lookbook • 28 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

"Africa is Transformed" is one of the of the five themes explored in the "Africa is Now" exhibition at the Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
Using Art for Good

Design News • 27 Feb 14

Lauren Beukes in support of Rape Crisis >
Marcello Serpa and the Scottish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Japanese, Hawaiian flip-flop

Design News • 27 Feb 14

“We make the best glass in the world. Your job is to make the best advertising.” – Arthur Houghton to David Ogilvy. >
Building blocks for a new phone

Design News • 27 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

Dutch industrial designer Dave Hakkens presents his graduate project, Phonebloks, at the Pecha Kucha session on the 2014 Design Indaba Conference stage. >
Disruptive by Design

Design News • 27 Feb 14

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of sports performance, Oakley launches its first integrated brand culture campaign in LA – and at Design Indabar in CT. >
Reimaging history

Design News • 26 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

British designer Thomas Heatherwick unveils his design proposal for Silo in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town – a project that started nine years ago. >
IDEO: A Design Powerhouse

Design News • 26 Feb 14

Tom Hulme, the Design Director for IDEO, is speaking today at Design Indaba 2014. >
Design Indaba Expo kicks off this Friday

Design News • 25 Feb 14

Here's what's new and noteworthy at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
Paul Smith Autumn/Winter 2014 collection

Lookbook • 24 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

Paul Smith deconstructs sartorial conventions, injecting femininity into tailored outerwear, neatly cut tuxedo pyjama pants and panelled suit jackets. >
Design Indaba Music Chart: Ade Omotade

Design News • 24 Feb 14

Check out the third instalment of an exclusive weekly music feature. This week's artist is Ade Omotade, drummer of Johannesburg "urban-scapers" The Fridge. >
Handmade vision

Design News • 24 Feb 14

Studio Formafantasma offer an alternative vision to today's consumer society with their "Prima Materia" exhibition in the Netherlands. >
A story of light

Design News • 22 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

Internationally renowned designer Christopher Jenner launches "Urbem" lighting collection at Salone del Mobile 2014. >
It's all a facade

Design News • 21 Feb 14

2014 Design Indaba Conference speaker, Michel Rojkind's firm receives a Progressive Architecture citation for his design of the Liverpool Department Store. >
Table manners

Design News • 20 Feb 14

Jaime Hayón has designed two striking ceramic side tables for Bosa. >
Design Indaba Conference AND Cape Town Simulcast SOLD OUT

Design News • 19 Feb 14

If you’re in Cape Town and you weren’t able to secure your seat, you can still have an unforgettable Design Indaba experience. Here’s how... >
Design Indaba FilmFest kicks off this Friday

Design News • 19 Feb 14

Book your tickets now for these one night only South African premieres. >
Embroidered skulls

Design News • 19 Feb 14

Calavera will showcase a new range of embroidered skulls as part of Design Indaba Expo 2014's First Editions feature. >
Portal to nature

Design News • 18 Feb 14

Studio Tjep. have designed two entrance gates to the Aemstel Schooltuin in the Netherlands. >
Take time

Design News • 18 Feb 14

Mathieu Lehanneur has designed a new, even more chic, version of his Take Time! watch for Lexon. >
A’ Design Award & Competition call for entries

Design News • 17 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

A’ Design Award & Competition invites designers and collectives from around the world to enter products, projects and design solutions for award consideration. >
African beauty

Design News • 15 Feb 14

Jewellery design studio Oh Dear Megan is set to unveil the "Africana Collection" at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >

From the Archives

Time flies

Design News • 1 May 22

Design Indaba alumnus Neil Harbisson is ready to live Einstein’s theory of relativity with the help of a new wing-shaped sense organ >
Skyfall

Design News • 1 May 22

A never-ending stream of dominoes extending upwards provides the building blocks of architect Jean-Paul Cassia’s latest brainchild, the Zanzibar Tower >
The multipotentialite side of life

Q&A • 1 May 22

Design Indaba Emerging Creative Nuraan Khan wants to make beautiful, functional design accessible to everyone >
Where science and fiction meet

Q&A • 1 May 22

Kuang-Yi Ku, a former dentist turned speculative designer and artist, explores a fictional future where termites and humans live in harmony >

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