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SEVEN THIRTY Films: Capturing Kenyan perspectives in film

Video Interviews > Film & Animation

The sister duo behind this filmmaking studio tells us about the opportunities and challenges of being creative in Kenya.

27 Oct 14
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It takes more than one

Focus On > Product Design

Many designers have shifted the perception that good design is born from the spark of brilliance from the lone genius to one of collaborative creativity.

26 Oct 14
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First Smart Highway goes live

Design News > Interaction Design

Daan Roosegaarde’s much-anticipated Smart Highway has been built on a stretch of the R329 in Oss, the Netherlands.

25 Oct 14
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Architecture and Water (Part 1): A River Runs Through It

FilmFestFriday > Urban & Landscape Design

The first of a three-part documentary series asserts that water management is as much a political issue as it is an urban planning one.

24 Oct 14
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Island style

Lookbook > Product Design

The bespoke furniture collection that put Fogo Island on the map is now available globally.

24 Oct 14
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Take Five

Take Five > Product Design

A global call to design out Ebola drew readers' attention this week.

24 Oct 14
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Gavin Elder: A backstage pass

Video Interviews > Film & Animation

South African filmmaker Gavin Elder talks about his lucky break filming Duran Duran, working with artists and what he learnt from David Lynch.

23 Oct 14
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Lauren Beukes on confronting the monsters around us (trailer)

Trailers > Design Activism

The award-winning sci-fi writer shows how South Africa's dark past transforms into her fiction in this unusual presentation at Design Indaba Conference.

23 Oct 14
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Catching up with Kesivan & The Lights

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Our music writer, Shiba Mazaza, talks to prolific drummer Kesivan Naidoo about his new EP "Brotherhood" before he heads to Carnegie Hall.

23 Oct 14
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On their knees

Lookbook > Product Design

We Make Carpets, a trio of Dutch artists, recreates 50 of their 'temporary' carpets out of everyday objects for Dutch Design Week 2014.

22 Oct 14
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Design advice from New York

Inside View > Graphic Design & Illustration

Three New York design legends share lessons from their careers in graphic design.

22 Oct 14
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Bye Bye Bunny by Victoria Verbaan

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Victoria Verbaan’s latest range of products bring her paintings to life.

21 Oct 14
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Colin Charles: The biggest mistake Western advertisers make in Africa

Video Interviews > Information Design

The executive creative director of Publicis West Africa tells us how he goes about making ads for Ghanaian audiences.

21 Oct 14
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John Vogel on making it as your own manufacturer

Inside View > Product Design

South African furniture designer John Vogel on being hands-on in the workshop and accessing the market in multiple ways.

21 Oct 14
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13 Ideas to stop global warming

Design News > Product Design

IDEO's latest "Designs On" semi-annual review brings together some unusual solutions to fighting the warming of our planet.

20 Oct 14
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Lab Vases by Wiid Design and Ceramic Matters

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Collaboration was the catalyst for this new creative experiment by a furniture designer and two ceramicists.

20 Oct 14
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The face of the future

Design News > Product Design

The overall winner of the Dutch Design Awards is 'Sweetie', a project that fights sex tourism online through an avatar that has the appearance of a young girl.

18 Oct 14
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The darlings of Dutch design

Focus On > Product Design

5 of our favourite projects by husband-and-wife team Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings, the official ambassadors of Dutch Design Week.

18 Oct 14
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Jessica Hische - Like Knows Like

FilmFestFriday > Graphic Design & Illustration

This short film takes a revealing look at American typographer Jessica Hische's everyday life.

17 Oct 14
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Take Five

Take Five > Product Design

This week, readers loved our African Report, in which we profile Lagos-born textile and accessories designer Buki Akib.

17 Oct 14
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How the Cape Was Made

Design News > Product Design

The "Make It New" exhibition traces the Western Cape's indigenous past and contemporary creativity through craft and design.

16 Oct 14
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Paul Priestman: How I developed a taste for transport

Q&A > Industrial Design

The designer behind London's next-generation underground trains tells us about the perks and perils of being a designer – and where he goes to escape them.

16 Oct 14
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"Golide" by Sonye

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Track of Week is a light and catchy love song by Malawian R&B singer-songwriter Sonye.

16 Oct 14
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Using design thinking to help fight Ebola

Design News > Design Thinking

OpenIDEO and USAID launch global call for innovative tools to help health-care workers on the frontlines of the virus.

15 Oct 14

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Design News • 21 Jun 22

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Q&A • 21 Jun 22

Mona-Lisa Mthethwa believes architecture can be used as a tool to bring about sustainable change >
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Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 22

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Design News • 21 Jun 22

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