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Michael Edwards on incentivising kids by turning it into a game

Michael Edwards talks about incentivising kids by turning it into a game. >
Margot Molyneux

Fashion Designer

Margot Molyneux's eponymous range of elegant, classic clothing is made to suit any lifestyle. >
Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto on satire and ZA News

ZA News is the result of a long-term collaboration between political cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (aka Zapiro), and producer Thierry Cassuto. >
Oliver Hermanus on his film "Shirley Adams"

Filmmaker Oliver Hermanus talks about the construction of characters for his film "Shirley Adams". >
Tomas Kral

ECAL graduate Tomas Kral talks about designing a luxury tea set for his graduation project and integrating craft and industrial design. >
Stefan G Bucher

While his brain may not be a team player, Stefan G Bucher works to get out of his head. >
Your Street

Social Activism

Your Street Challenge is a competition to transform space through creativity, one street at a time. >
Thomas Thwaites on making a toaster from scratch

Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites investigates how one would go about making a toaster from scratch. >
Design guru Bruce Nussbaum means business

Design is a powerful tool for adding economic and social value to business, says Bruce Nussbaum. >
"Design Samurai" Manabu Mizuno on the possibilities of design

Manabu Mizuno likes to refer to himself as a design samurai, in a very positive sense. >
William Drenttel on design's global impact

Promoting social entrepreneurship and applying design innovation to impact the world is what creativity is about for the William Drenttel (1953-2013). >
Harry Pearce on useful uselessness in graphic design

Conundrums, dreams and fluttering butterflies. Harry Pearce talks about his graphic design process. >
Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West

African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré. >
021 Magazine

021 is a Cape Town-based magazine dedicated to the on-goings of South Africa's Mother City. >
Verrassende Creaties

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Design Explosie

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Design uit Zuid-Afrika

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3D Printed Heads - Design Indaba 2009

What can your creativity do? Behind the scenes of the Design Indaba 2009 campaign, 3D printing is utilised to create a series of busts. >
Design by Ubuntu

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Design Indaba Expo 2012

Exhibition

Take home the best of South African creativity at Design Indaba Expo from 2 to 4 March 2012 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. >
HBL Interview: Natalie du Toit of Indigi Designs

During this year's Design Indaba in South Africa, WGSN-homebuildlife came across the work of new design brand Indigi Designs. >
The real Paul Ward

Seemingly effortlessly, Paul Ward discreetly captures and expresses Cape Town’s nightlife through his photographic blog. >
Opening a window into the design heart of Africa

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Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré repurposes European techniques for his native country

African-born architect Francis Kéré gets big results by mixing a little mud with a lot of heart, writes Fast Company's Linda Tischler. >

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