Katie de Klee

Egyptian twins bring comic love to Cairo

Since the Arab Spring comic book artists in Egypt have undergone a revolution of their own, say cartoonists Haitham and Mohamed Raafat El-seht. >
Dan Wieden (Part 2): “Just Do It”

Want fresh ideas? Hire the misfits, says the co-founder of one of the largest independent agencies in the world. >
Focus on: Telling time

Six innovative timepieces that turn clock-watching into an unusual experience. >
An encounter between faith and design

Local designer Nawaaz Saldulker is included in "Islamopolitan", a travelling exhibition that is part of Milan 2015. >
Larry Harvey: Artists deserve to make money

The founder of Burning Man talks about how the annual arts festival has become an alternative market for art. >
Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work. >
Satyendra Pahkalé launches two designs in Milan

The Amsterdam-based designer’s new extendable glass table for FIAM and contemporary corseted chair for Poltrona Frau. >
Five illustrators contemplate the end of summer

“Summer’s End” is the first exhibition at the Drawing Room, a new gallery in Observatory, Cape Town. >
Voting with your waste

A Dutch design collective has come up with a fun way to make festival-goers more conscious of their rubbish. >
The FES watch by Fashion Entertainments

The FES Watch, made of electronic paper, is a blank canvas that displays a range of patterns activated by user gestures. >
Refugee Republic

A Dutch artist combines hand-drawn illustrations and documentary storytelling to convey real life in a refugee camp in Iraq. >
Février Rugs by Florian Pretet

These wool and silk rugs are handmade in Nepal from patterns drawn by French designer Florian Pretet. >
Emily Oberman: All good design has a level of wit

The designer of numerous “Saturday Night Live” identities talks about the role of humour in her work. >
Muse light by Axo

Axo’s Muse light blooms with a distinctive colourful luminosity. >
The value of milk

A pop-up milk parlour in Amsterdam brings designers and milk farmers together to create a more sustainable dairy industry. >
How the Pinda table was born

The evolution of Siyanda Mbele’s Pinda table is the story of his growth as a designer finding a place for traditional African aesthetics in contemporary design. >
Album covers strike a chord

Buenos Aires-based graphic designer Max Rompo designs boldly graphic album covers for Argentina’s tango and jazz musicians. >
The Workers: Digital designers in the shadows

An exclusive interview with London studio The Workers, the digital wizards behind some of the most innovative interactive experiences in design and art. >
Michael Bierut (Part 2): The primitive power of logos

The award-winning graphic designer decodes why the simple shapes of a logo can have such great impact. >
An alternative market stall

A studio in New York searches for a way to alleviate the daily struggles of Ghanaian street vendors – and finds it in an unusual place. >
Shapes in clay

Ceramicist Chuma Maweni creates contemporary black-and-white striped conical pots at Art In The Forest, a ceramics centre where young artists are mentored. >
A store design made for walking

Multidisciplinary studio Lagranja Design crafts a contemporary cobbler look for Spanish shoe retailer Tascón’s two stores in Barcelona. >
Michael Bierut (Part 1): How to... write a book about your work

Hot on the heels of launching his new book at Design Indaba Conference, Michael Bierut tells us about the challenges of representing your own work. >
A feast for all the senses

Maranda Engelbrecht deconstructs a special meal at Babylonstoren for a fuller, more sensual experience. >

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