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Stain, wash, rinse, repeat: The story of a perfect white dress

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Can a pure white dress stay perfectly fabulous, stain after stain, wash after wash? Skip washing powder found out – the creative way.

6 May 15/ Advertorial
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M.anifest releases “Forget Dem” music video

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Ghanaian MC M.anifest’s latest music video for ”Forget Dem” is a light-hearted call to audiences to stop sweating the small stuff.

6 May 15
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Carrying the can for African design

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Young graphic designer Ofentse Letebele tells us what inspired his winning design for the inaugural BOS Ice Tea Design-A-Can competition.

6 May 15
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Interlude brings Led Zeppelin to life

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Classic rock band Led Zeppelin uses sophisticated interactive video technology to transport fans back to 1975. Choose a room and then use arrow keys to explore.

6 May 15
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The banal becomes bold in Martina Paukova's illustrations

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

We talk to Slovakian illustrator Martina Paukova about her vibrant interpretations of everyday life in the first of our WeTransfer Featured Artist series.

5 May 15/ Brand Collaboration
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Form meets content

Design News > Interaction Design

Pentagram partner Abbott Miller is the subject of a new exhibition surveying his vast portfolio of design work.

5 May 15
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A legal gift to the creative community

Design News > Creative Economy

Need to protect your creative ideas? Download this Non-Disclosure Agreement and say thank you to Adams & Adams law firm.

5 May 15
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Q&A: Ng’endo Mukii

Q&A > Film & Animation

The filmmaker on why she fell in love with drawing and how “Yellow Fever” has catapulted her to the attention of the world.

4 May 15
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#DITakeover on Instagram: Trevor Stuurman

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Faultlessly stylish and talented behind the camera, Trevor Stuurman took over the Design Indaba Instagram handle this week. Here’s what he came up with.

4 May 15
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Si Maclennan channels Sol Lewitt

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

For his first solo show, "Geometcentricity", Cape Town illustrator Si Maclennan was inspired by the American artist famous for his geometric minimalism.

4 May 15
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Pentagram's "I Give an X" campaign

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

Only 65% of the UK's population voted in the last election, with young people in particular staying away. A new campaign by Pentagram hopes to change that.

3 May 15
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A most contemporary Karakter

Lookbook > Product Design

Danish brand Karakter launches its debut collection by distinctive and diverse designers – including South Africa's own Anatomy Design.

1 May 15
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#MakeChange: The incredible growing shoe

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

An American innovator has designed a pair of robust shoes that can be adjusted up to five sizes so poor children need never go barefoot.

30 Apr 15
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Egyptian twins bring comic love to Cairo

African Report > Graphic Design & Illustration

Since the Arab Spring comic book artists in Egypt have undergone a revolution of their own, say cartoonists Haitham and Mohamed Raafat El-seht.

30 Apr 15
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“Zvichapera” by Chiwoniso

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

This haunting and melodic track was the last studio recording by the late Zimbabwean 'mbira' queen, released this week almost two years after her death.

30 Apr 15
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Nordic designers help the needy

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Nordic Designers Aid plans to open a fashion boutique in Cape Town that will fund craft and design workshops for low-income communities.

29 Apr 15
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#DITakeover on Instagram: Akosua Afriye-Kumi

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Handbag designer Akosua Afriye-Kumi took us on a trip to the unlikely home of her handcrafted fashion label AAKS: the dusty villages of Bolgatanga, Ghana.

29 Apr 15
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How art shaped the Missoni brand

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

A new retrospective exhibition explores how art and fashion are closely intertwined in the identity of great Italian fashion house Missoni.

29 Apr 15
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One dress, so many jobs

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Do you know who made your clothes? This short film by Ernst Heusser sheds light on why it’s important to ask.

28 Apr 15
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Dan Wieden (Part 2): “Just Do It”

Video Interviews > Creative Economy

Want fresh ideas? Hire the misfits, says the co-founder of one of the largest independent agencies in the world.

28 Apr 15
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Contemplating our freedom

Opinion > Design Activism

As South Africa celebrates Freedom Day, we look back on hopeful beginnings to remind us of what we set out to achieve as a nation.

27 Apr 15
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Focus on: Telling time

Focus On > Product Design

Six innovative timepieces that turn clock-watching into an unusual experience.

26 Apr 15
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Take Five

Take Five > Product Design

Our gallery of specially made anti-xenophobia posters submitted by local illustrators was the most popular story this week.

25 Apr 15
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"Kid Warrior: The Story" by Vanessa Black

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

This short documentary, in celebration of Earth Day this week, tells the remarkable story of a longhaired teen who is taking on the American oil industry.

24 Apr 15

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