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Unmissable monographs

We celebrate two titles by designers in the service of joy and collective wellbeing >
Erik Kessels on the power of failure

Do not fear failure; move towards your mistakes. Dutch advertising guru Erik Kessels shares some industry wisdom at the Design Indaba Conference. >
Tech that reawakens awe – studio DRIFT's kinetic installations to light up #DI2020

The multidisciplinary studio will be speaking at Design Indaba 2020. >
Sheltersuit is a wearable shelter for homeless people

"Homelessness is a global problem and Sheltersuit, as we see it, is a solution that fits in any country," says designer Bas Timmer. >
Students explore death through a video game and our fascination with fake goods

We spotlight the work of two graduates from the University of the Underground which was started by Dr Nelly Ben-Hayoun. >
Frame

Media Company

Established in 1997, Frame is the world’s leading media brand for interior-design professionals. >
Frame Lab aims to catalyse the future of interior design

The event will takes place over two days and explore innovation in retail, hospitality, shows, institutions, work and residences. >
Lucas De Man uses art to help bring more social cohesion to our cities

His latest project called EYE humanises the anonymous city by giving it eyes and offering visitors new perspectives. >
The Frame Awards 2019 will honour the world’s best interiors

The international jury includes former Design Indaba speaker, Yinka Ilori. >
Art collective tells painful stories of the displaced

Foundland Collective uses research, art and design to track the traumatic stories of people affected by forced migration. >
Meet Dutch designer, artist and entrepreneur, Joris Laarman

“I don’t do things with a goal in my head. I just do them to discover things.” >
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | February 2018

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
London-based experience designer on the University of the Underground

Nelly Ben Hayoun teaches students how to engineer situations, to design experiences and challenge structures of power. >
Wasted reimagines how we deal with urban trash

Amsterdam-based CITIES Foundation has used plastic as currency for two years. Now they’ve added paper, textiles and glass. >
Swiss-born Rafael Kouto wants to dewesternise fashion

"The next big thing in fashion is open source and engagement of the consumer in the creative process." >
Winy Maas

Architect

Architect and urban designer Winy Maas is a co-founder of Rotterdam-based architecture studio MVRDV and The Why Factory. >
University of the Underground: Learn deviance in creativity

Experience designer and everyday astronaut, Nelly Ben Hayoun launches the University of the Underground to train up young designers as creative soldiers. >
Lernert & Sander: Smells like Everything

Artists and filmmakers Lernert & Sander create exquisitely detailed conceptual films. Subjects include the smell of everything and the sound effects of fashion. >
Lernert & Sander

Artist • Filmmaker

Dutch artists and filmmakers Lernert & Sander are known for their installations and high-conceptual art films. >
Art that creates empathy for China's visually impaired children

'Like a Pearl in my Hand' is a series of portraits of China's visually impaired children, many of whom were abandoned during the one-child policy. >
Spying on a thief in this fascinating documentary

Film student Anthony van der Meer made a documentary tracking his stolen phone and the thief who stole it >
The Current collection integrates solar energy in everyday objects

The Current Table by Dutch design studio Caventou uses solar-integrated glass to generate energy from light in a process similar to photosynthesis. >
Erik Kessels: In advertising, ideas are more important than craft

Erik Kessels believes that in advertising, ideas are more important than craft and that to stay creatively stimulated you have to be a hybrid. >
Lava Lab on the millennial renaissance

Members of Amsterdam-based studio Lava Lab, Cecilia Martin and Klasien van de Zandschulp are risk takers with a deliberately disruptive approach to work. >

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