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A US soldier in Afghanistan is using creativity and recycled materials to bring joy to the children in this war-torn area. >

Here are the winners of the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa and the Most Creative Stand at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo. >

From Mexico, Brazil and Africa, Design Indaba welcomes creatives from emerging economies, working for a sustainable and inclusive future. >

The streets of Brazil are full of startling design solutions by ordinary people driven by pure human need. >

The Hillcrest Aids Centre Trust was established in 1991 offering testing and counselling to the local communities outside Durban. >

“Use what you’ve got,” proclaimed master product designer Tord Boontje in his sensitive, meditative presentation. >

The annual Wasted exhibition at the Unity Gallery showed beautiful objects made from bottle tops, ring pulls, waste paper and more. >

Two chandeliers by the Karoo-based Magpie Collective have been selected for the Obamas' private residence. >

Editor of Worldchanging.com and Design Indaba 2007 speaker, Alex Steffen weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >

The KZNSA Gallery, in collaboration with Design Indaba, are presenting an exhibition of the best local sustainable design. >

The Wasted exhibition, at Johannesburg’s Unity Gallery, emphasised the beauty of the art and technical skill, instead of the materials used. >

The finalists for Design Indaba's Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2008 award have been announced. >

Design Indaba Expo, from February 23 to 26, 2008, pushes the boundaries of creative expression with some highly original new exhibitors. >

The Shared Talent Project saw crafters from Soweto and Hillbrow teamed with students from London College of Fashion. >

Product developer Amanda Youngleson uses design to the development context of bad tools, poor skills, limited markets and deep poverty. >

Focusing on Droog's eco explorations proves that the Dutch design collective's fountain of good ideas never runs dry. >

KEAG's Ilithalomsa project evolves the litter that gets washed up on our beaches into desirable sculptures and homeware products. >

Haldane Martin's pieces say a lot about their creator. Here, their creator says a lot about his pieces. >

Twenty thousand jobs were lost in 2003, another estimated 16 000 more in 2004. South Africa's clothing and textile industry is in crisis. >

An extract from the text of Zest for Life: The Work of Fernando and Humberto Campana at the Design Museum, London. >

Design as we currently understand and practise it is being radically changed on several levels, writes Prof John Heskett. >