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Woven islands

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana presented the Diamantina installation at Design Miami 2008. >
Design cul-cha

Design News • 1 Feb 09

“Can design help us understand and appreciate our cultural diversity?” asked 2009’s Making the Difference Through Design competition. >
Refashion, remodel, rephotograph

Design News • 1 Feb 09

All about “reduce, reuse, recycle”, the Green-T Project by vida e caffé ticked all of the pop-culture boxes to boot. >
Rex shows at the World Bank

Design News • 1 Feb 09

The work of dynamic Jo’burg design studio Rex showed as part of the World Bank Art Programme’s Africa Now! exhibition in Washington. >
Durban’s Bigwood heads for Berlin

Design News • 1 Feb 09

After a successful show in Durban in 2008, the group graphic design and illustration exhibition Bigwood is travelling to artSPACE Berlin. >
Frame the family tree

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Carrol Boyes has announced the winners of her METAL 2008 New Designer Search, which was themed “Frame”. >
Watt the folk

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Daniel Friedman, whose alter ego is singer-songwriter Deep Fried Man, ventures in search of South African new folk music. >
Made in tjina

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Potter John Bauer is immortalising South Africa’s doily heritage through porcelain and has found happiness in craft. >
Craft debate: Justin McGuirk

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Editor of Icon, a Design Indaba media partner, Justin McGuirk weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Paul Priestman

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Industrial designer and Design Indaba 2006 speaker, Paul Priestman weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Alex Steffen

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Editor of Worldchanging.com and Design Indaba 2007 speaker, Alex Steffen weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Elsie Nanji

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Creative director and Design Indaba 2004 speaker, Elsie Nanji weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Nkhensani Nkosi

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Fashion designer, Design Indaba Expo exhibitor and Design Indaba 2008 speaker, Nkhensani Nkosi weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Professor Neil Gershenfeld

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms and Design Indaba 2007 speaker, Professor Neil Gershenfeld weighs in on the craft debate. >
Craft debate: Sean O’Toole

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Editor of Art South Africa, Design Indaba Expo exhibitor and media partner, Sean O'Toole weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Frederico Duarte

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Design writer and Design Indaba media partner, Frederico Duarte weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft Debate: Stefan Sagmeister

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Graphic designer and Design Indaba 2003 speaker, Stefan Sagmeister weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Frauke Stegmann

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Graphic and porcelain designer, and Design Indaba Expo exhibitor, Frauke Stegmann weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Product designers and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participants, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec weigh in on the craft debate. >
Craft debate: Inga Sempé

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Product designer and Design Indaba 2006 speaker, Inga Sempé weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Marisa Fick-Jordaan

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Designer, development consultant and Design Indaba Expo curator and exhibitor, Marisa Fick-Jordaan weighs in on the craft debate. >
Craft debate: Lauren Shantall

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Deputy editor of Elle Decoration SA, Design Indaba Expo curator and media partner, Lauren Shantall weighs in on the craft debate. >
Craft debate: Maxim Velčovský

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Product designer, DI2008 speaker and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participant, Maxim Velčovský weighs in on the craft debate. >
Craft debate: Geraldine Fenn

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Jeweller and Design Indaba Expo curator and exhibitor, Geraldine Fenn weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >

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What would you do on Mandela Day if we gave you R1000 to make it happen?

Design News • 15 Jul 15

We are giving 67 South Africans R1000 each towards making their communities better through a creative intervention this Mandela Day with. What's your idea? >
A new bridge across the Mzamba River connects a rural community to infrastructure

Design News • 15 Jul 15

NPO buildCollective is collaborating with Austrian thesis students to build a sustainable bridge across the Mzamba River in the Eastern Cape. >
Paper Planes: A merry band of illustrators

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:53 • 15 Jul 15

We interview the two creative entrepreneurs who founded Alexander’s Band, a South African collective of illustrators. >
Two Italian craftsmen create glass inspired by bubble wrap

Product Spotlight • 15 Jul 15

Maya Lapp and Denis Perera subvert the irresistible desire to play with bubble wrap by casting it in glass. >