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Product spotlight: Chairman by Nawaaz Saldulker

In the first of a new series looking at bespoke South African designs that demonstrate a unique craftsmanship, we feature Nawaaz Saldulker's Chairman.

Design Indaba Music Circuit 2013.

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Music Circuit 2013 highlights

Design Indaba Music Circuit 2013 was a true showcase of the power of creativity in South African music. Here is a roundup of the event.

Delicious Monster by Isabeau Joubert.

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Deliciously textured

Texture designer Isabeau Joubert's interest in handcrafts like knitting and crochet has led her to creating objects that introduce a new kind of materiality.

Suzaan Heyns. SAMA.

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Performance style

Suzaan Heyns designed performance looks for Toya Delazy and Reason at this year's MTN South African Music Awards.

Somerset West Soweto

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Bar Design Initiative Published 16 May 2013 Fine Brandy. By Design invites talented designers to create a mobile bar in the Bar Design Initiative.	One Book highlights Design Indaba Expo 2013 Published 16 May 2013 One Book magazine in Chile covered their highlights of Design Indaba Expo 2013 for their Fall Issue.
Celestial Origins Published 15 May 2013 Mythical, magical and beautiful, the much-anticipated AuDITIONS 2013 \| 2014 design competition, presented by AngloGold Ashanti, has officially launched.	Weekend racer Published 15 May 2013 Dutchmann and Tim Abbot collaborate to design a contemporary version of the iconic Porsche 912.
Roger Martin on leveraging design in business Published 14 May 2013 At Design Indaba Conference 2007, Roger Martin discusses the difference between a design view of business and a business view of design.	Richard Hart on the stuff of creativity Published 10 May 2013 At Design Indaba Conference 2011, Richard Hart speaks about how the uselessness of a design can be poetic and beautiful.
Design Indaba 2014 Poster Design Competition Published 10 May 2013 We are challenging all design students to display their creative genius by taking a shot at designing our event posters!	Louise Fili: My main passion is food and anything to do with Italy Published 09 May 2013 In an interview with Design Indaba, Louise Fili gives insight into how packaging design needs to inform and seduce at equal levels.
100 World Class South Africans Published 08 May 2013 Ravi Naidoo was selected as one of the 100 World Class South Africans for Design Achievement by City Press.	Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013 Published 07 May 2013 Here are the 20 projects shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Alex Atala: One of the most important souvenirs for a traveller is flavour Published 02 May 2013 In an interview at Design Indaba 2013, Alex Atala explains how a change in attitude towards food can help people and the environment.	Nobumichi Tosa on making nonsense machines Published 02 May 2013 Nobumichi Tosa’s interactive work is difficult to classify. Speaking at Design Indaba 2009 he says, “We make many many nonsense machines.”
Design Indaba 2013: Where art, culture, science and technology collide Published 29 April 2013 KATHY BERMAN concludes that design really could change the lives of all South Africans, if we’re only open to the possibilities.	Balaclava bear Published 29 April 2013 Sootcookie ceramics and Alex Goldberg have collaborated to design a range of characters who create havoc in the woods.
Elizabeth Galloway at Design Indaba 2013 Published 28 April 2013 Cape Town’s Design Indaba Expo is a cultural mix of all things design related in South Africa.	Leanie van der Vyver: not many people get the opportunity to design in gold Published 26 April 2013 Leanie van der Vyver explains her design process behind the Design Indaba gold medallion.
Take flight Published 25 April 2013 Spilt Milk's Autumn/Winter 2013 collection takes inspiration from the beauty of birds in flight.	We're trying to get design out of the way – Ben Terrett Published 25 April 2013 Ben Terrett explains the design principles behind the new Gov.uk website, which combines all the UK Government's websites into a single site.
We've been designing biology for 10 000 years – Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg Published 24 April 2013 Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg discusses synthetic biology – a new field of science that could see designers creating artificial lifeforms.	Digital technology will continue to disappear – Alex Chen Published 23 April 2013 Google Creative Lab creative director Alexander Chen explains to Dezeen how he created a digital string you can pluck like a viola.

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