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40 rising stars join the creative constellation

Next Generation > Product Design

Meet the 2017 Emerging Creatives, the next wave of South Africa’s buzzing design scene.

6 Feb 17
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What if we can recreate and control lava?

Design News > Product Design

gt2P, a Chilean studio investigates the material properties of volcanic lava.

6 Feb 17
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A Couple of Little Things: A performative installation

Design News > Food Design

An interactive food installation by eating designer Marije Vogelzang.

6 Feb 17
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Adidas and Parley for the Oceans release eco-friendly swimwear collaboration

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

“From the oceans, for the oceans.”

6 Feb 17
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Entries for the A' Design Awards are open

Design News > Product Design

Featuring over 100 categories, the A' Design Awards is one of the world’s largest design accolades.

6 Feb 17/ Advertorial
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Cesar Biojo: Exploring the relationship of creation & destruction

Design News > Art & Photography

Damage can also be an important part of creativity.

3 Feb 17
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Photographer Siaka Soppo Traoré creates a bridge between two urban cultures

Design News > Art & Photography

These expressive photographs capture the feeling of hip hop culture in Dakar and Douala.

3 Feb 17
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A new way to experience the township of Khayelitsha

Design News > Food Design

Food as a way to experience a South African township.

3 Feb 17
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An interview with visual artist Robin Rhode

Q&A > Art & Photography

The Cape Town-born, Berlin-based expat gives us a tour of his new exhibition ahead of his appearance at Design Indaba 2017.

3 Feb 17
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The Why Factory: Future-making machine

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Winy Maas, co-founder of MVRDV and The Why Factory, is the kind of architect who constantly asks, “What if..?” Maas will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017.

2 Feb 17
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Could these A’ Design Award winning projects change our world?

Design News > Design Thinking

Amidst the hundreds of entries, these stand out as the ones that could have the most positive impact.

2 Feb 17/ Advertorial
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Nairobibounce: Meet Kenyan alternative music producer Blinky Bill

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Meet "Blinky" Bill Sellanga, one of Kenya's most exciting music producers.

2 Feb 17
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University of the Underground: Learn deviance in creativity

Design News > Design Thinking

Experience designer and everyday astronaut, Nelly Ben Hayoun launches the University of the Underground to train up young designers as creative soldiers.

2 Feb 17
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The emotive illustrations of Luca Boni

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

This designer used art as a means to escape the drudgery of every-day life. Now it’s his profession.

2 Feb 17
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The online magazine created for women of colour by women of colour

Design News > Information Design

Gal-Dem affirms a growing appetite for more intersectional and inclusive media.

2 Feb 17
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Where are you now? Pinpoint locations with three simple words

Design News > Design Thinking

Tech startup what3words can tell you exactly where you are with just three simple, easy-to-remember words. Its founder will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017.

1 Feb 17
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Uncovering the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa in 2017

Design News > African Design

Design Indaba's annual search for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa for the year challenges notions of beauty in design.

1 Feb 17
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The Hawker’s Rocking Chair: A cross-pollination of ideas, styles and materials

Video Interviews > Craft

Arye Kellman tells us why he nominated this furniture design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017.

1 Feb 17
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Beauty is a quality inherent in anything, says Caroline Vieira

Video Interviews > Craft

Roger Ballen tells us why he nominated this ceramic design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017.

1 Feb 17
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Kariba: The mythology of the Zambezi river

Video Interviews > Film & Animation

Artwell Nwaila tells us why he nominated this film trailer for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017.

1 Feb 17
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Gqama Ntyatyambo: Capturing the dynamics of the modern woman

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

Alinah Seloane tells us why she nominated this artwork for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017.

1 Feb 17
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Sym: Navigating social anxiety in a unique way

Design News > Interaction Design

This video game offers an interactive experience of what it is like to live with social phobias.

1 Feb 17
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The Butterfly Wall: Expressing the tension between preciousness and mundaneness

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

Jo-Ann Strauss tells us why she nominated this art installation for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017.

1 Feb 17
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The Sankara Rug: Weaving the past into the future

Video Interviews > Craft

Bielle Bellingham tells us why she nominated the handcrafted Sankara Rug for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017, the Rug went on to win the public vote.

1 Feb 17

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Design News • 6 Jun 22

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