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Shoe designer Sara Gulyas shares some astute and savvy advice gleaned from launching her start-up brand, Pikkpack, with funding from Kickstarter. >

Leading creative thinkers give advice to aspiring artists and designers, but their philosophies really pertain to every field or creative endeavour. >

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Design Indaba is at an interesting stage of its development as it develops from an event to a design institution, with activities through-out the year. >

Entrepreneurial expo exhibitors create direct and indirect jobs and income from business orders and sales to the public adds to GDP. >

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

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

Canadian industrial designer Ilana Ben-Ari’s puzzle game teaches the creative skills children won’t find in textbooks. >

Can getting design on the government's agenda really benefit working designers? We ask 7 presenters at next week's WDC2014 Design Policy Conference to weigh in. >

The value of social media is shifting far beyond PR and marketing – and that's good news for creative enterprises, says Nadia Mannell of Meltwater Group. >

What is the value of advertising awards to agencies? Do they have value outside of the industry? Four agency heavyweights share their thoughts. >

Efficiency has become more of a priority than creativity, says award-winning Brazilian adman PJ Pereira. >

The marketing mind behind Woolworths' in-house agency shares her 360-degree perspective with us. >

We ask five renowned international designers what tickles their funnybone. >

A compelling piece arguing that designers need to think like entrepreneurs tops this week's list of most popular stories. >

Steven Heller and Lita Talarico, co-founders and co-chairs of SVA's MFA Design programme, tell us why today's designers need to also think like entrepreneurs. >

Law firm Adams & Adams is the winner of the “Sponsorship In-Kind Category” of the 17th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, for their sponsorship of Design Indaba. >

Designers share key strategies for keeping their ideas fresh among the clutter of today's visual culture. Jorge Grimberg reports from São Paulo. >

Emerging Creatives = 1 place + 4 days + 806 buyers + 43 000 pairs of eyes on your work >

We interview Ross Chowles about the art of selling products to humans – and why he thinks it's in danger. >

Why the co-founder of The Jupiter Drawing Room believes that job-bags and MDs are a thing of the past. >

UCT's Graduate School of Business and Design Indaba are giving away a place at the next Business Acumen for Artists course, valued at R7 500. >

Moving from being an artist to a creative entrepreneur takes an enormous leap of faith. We chat to educator Elaine Rumboll about the potential and pitfalls. >

Booking your spot at Design Indaba Expo 2015 is about so much more than securing floor space. >

Columnist and editor Julie Lasky gives us a firsthand account of her journey of first discovering South African design. >