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An avant-garde approach to macramé

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Wire, plastic, string – Lukhanyo Mdingi is not afraid to use unusual materials in his fashion design. He tells us about his latest material exploration.

24 Apr 15/ Brand Collaboration
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Who made my clothes?

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Fashion Revolution Day encourages consumers to be more aware of the fashion supply chains they buy into.

24 Apr 15
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Droog's hardware will make you happy

Design News > Industrial Design

The Dutch studio puts the fun into functional with an award-winning range of smile-inducing nuts and bolts.

23 Apr 15
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Burning Man founding member Larry Harvey speaks at Design Indaba 2015 – Designboom

Inside View > Music & Sound Design

Larry Harvey reflects on the impact the annual Burning Man festival offers those who experience it.

23 Apr 15
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Why standardisation is a good thing

Opinion > Design Thinking

In this exclusive extract from David Butler and Linda Tischler’s new book, “Design to Grow”, they outline the role standards play in scaling a design.

23 Apr 15
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Judging a bookstore by its cover

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The newly opened Taschen bookstore in Milan has a luxe interior that combines traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge design.

23 Apr 15
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An encounter between faith and design

Design News > Product Design

Local designer Nawaaz Saldulker is included in "Islamopolitan", a travelling exhibition that is part of Milan 2015.

22 Apr 15
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Argali and Dew by Hella Jongerius

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Hella Jongerius’s two new rug designs will give handmade enthusiasts a reason to celebrate.

22 Apr 15
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Dan Wieden (Part 1): We started by ignoring the rules of advertising

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

How a mutual disregard for traditional advertising kickstarted Wieden + Kennedy and Nike’s success.

22 Apr 15
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Business of Design returns in 2015

Design News > Creative Economy

The two-day seminar programme returns to Johannesburg and Cape Town in May, with a new line up of speakers.

22 Apr 15/ Advertorial
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#cocreateSA calls on designers again

Q&A > Urban & Landscape Design

The Dutch government goes for impact with a second project linking innovators from South Africa and the Netherlands to solve local challenges.

21 Apr 15
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Memories in watercolour

Design News > Product Design

Cape Town watercolour artist and designer Euodia Roets talks about her pamper boutique brand Touchee Feelee.

21 Apr 15
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#DITakeover on Instagram: Katherine-Mary Pichulik

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Accessories designer Kat Pichulik took us inside her world as she prepped for the launch of her AW2015 collection last week.

21 Apr 15
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8 illustrators on #NoToXenophobia

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

Local illustrators respond to our call for poster designs speaking out against the xenophobic attacks visited on foreign Africans this past week.

20 Apr 15
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Gong Repeater by Jordi Pla

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This Spanish designer creates a wall clock that forces people to slow down.

20 Apr 15
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Larry Harvey: Artists deserve to make money

Video Interviews > Design Activism

The founder of Burning Man talks about how the annual arts festival has become an alternative market for art.

20 Apr 15
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10 product highlights at Milan 2015

Focus On > Product Design

As Milan Design Week draws to an end, we look back at ten new designs that made an impression.

19 Apr 15
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Take Five

Take Five > Graphic Design & Illustration

Christoph Niemann’s illustration, made for us in response to the recent spate of xenophobic violence in South Africa, had universal impact.

18 Apr 15
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Eating and shitting, Milan-style

Design News > Food Design

Design Academy Eindhoven’s “Eat Shit” exhibition at Ventura Lambrate looks at the myriad ways our lives revolve around human waste.

17 Apr 15
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Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

Talks > Industrial Design

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work.

17 Apr 15
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Bellissimo! Pichulik does it again

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

“Pietra Terra”, the latest collection by Katherine Pichulik, imagines Italy through an African lens.

17 Apr 15
00:02:04

Trailer: Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

Trailers > Product Design

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work.

17 Apr 15
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"Dinosigning" by Max Litvinov

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

In this strange short film by Russian animator Max Litvinov, a woman creates an alternate reality filled with dinosaurs.

17 Apr 15
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Designers breathe new life into Milan

Lookbook > Product Design

“Liveability” seems to be a common thread among the designs on show at Milan Design Week 2015.

17 Apr 15

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Arbour days

Design News • 21 Jun 22

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Q&A • 21 Jun 22

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Home and away

Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 22

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Design News • 21 Jun 22

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