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How Blackboard is helping kids unleash their creativity

Next Generation > African Design / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

Nkanyezi Masango, founder of Blackboard, believes exposing kids to creative careers can unlock a world of opportunities. >

13 Aug 19
Neo Mashigo

Neo Mashigo is an advertising influencer and spearhead of authentic excellence in the field. >

17 Jan 18
On Nathan Reddy, one of the leading design specialists in the ad industry

Design News > African Design

The founder of GRID Worldwide Branding and Design, was inducted into the Loeries Creative Hall of Fame. >

24 Aug 17
Ali Ali: Unconventional Advertising

Video Interviews > Creative Economy / Film & Animation

Ali Ali, film director and founder of Egyptian agency Elephant, explains how small, unconventional agencies can leave the bigger advertising agencies behind. >

24 Aug 15
Know the user, know the magic, connect the two

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

Steve Vranakis, executive creative director of Google Creative Lab, shows us how Google is taking the brand beyond the browser. >

18 Aug 15
#MakeChange: The future of fonts

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Creative agency Joe Public’s latest fund-raising initiative has galvanised 200 scholars from a school in Soweto to create a new designer alphabet. >

19 Feb 15
Why formulas for creativity fail

Inside View > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Patrick Barron, who led the blockbuster "Dumb Ways to Die" campaign, says what works for one brand won't necessarily work for another. >

14 Oct 14
The many uses of social media

Inside View > Creative Economy / Interaction Design

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. >

7 Oct 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

It's no surprise that advertising stories were a big hit with readers the week after the Loerie Awards – in particular an essay by the much-loved Milton Glaser. >

26 Sep 14
Ulric Charteris: Conquering Kilimanjaro

Q&A > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

South African adman Ulric Charteris on setting up shop in Dar es Salaam and why Tanzanians hate billboard advertising. >

26 Sep 14
Stephen Doyle: Magic, nonsense and macramé

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

The New York-based graphic designer's love for words is so big, he's not content to leave them on the page. >

23 Sep 14
How useful are ad awards?

Hot Topic > African Design / Creative Economy

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

23 Sep 14
Grandest of them all

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design / Interaction Design

The four winners of Grand Prix awards at this weekend's Loeries celebrated real-life, digital, print and radio. >

22 Sep 14
The mad men of advertising

Focus On > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

We round up four interviews with some of the world's greatest ad men in honour of the Loeries, South Africa's annual advertising awards. >

19 Sep 14
Resetting the rules in advertising

Inside View > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

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

19 Sep 14
Opinion: Charl Thom on why FoxP2 is taking a break from awards

Opinion > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Why sit out the ad world's most important annual events? FoxP2 Group CEO Charl Thom tells us how the decision germinated from a midnight walk in New York City. >

30 Jun 14
Don't hate, create

Design News > Creative Economy

"Don't Hate. Create" is the theme of this year's Loerie Awards, taking place in Cape Town this weekend. >

15 Sep 11
Stop hating, start creating

Design News > Creative Economy

The early bird catches the worm. But luckily the Loeries have extended their deadline, giving the slow coaches a steady nudge. >

12 May 11
Entries open for the Loerie Awards

Design News > Creative Economy

The biggest advertising, communication design and experiential media awards in Africa are now accepting entries. >

23 Mar 10
Design Indaba wins at the 2009 Loeries

Festival News > Creative Economy

Jupiter Drawing Room won six awards for the Design Indaba 2009 campaign, “What can your creativity do?” at the Loerie Awards. >

25 Sep 09
Loeries makes its new nest in Cape Town

Design News > Creative Economy

South African advertising awards, the Loeries have announced that the 2009 event will take place in Cape Town from 25 to 27 September. >

1 Feb 09
Design Indaba Expo: Newcomers set to delight visitors

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

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

12 Feb 08
See what creativity can do

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

A round-up of highlights at the upcoming Design Indaba Conference and Expo 2008. >

1 Feb 08
mapDIct

Hot Topic > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

map n 1 a diagrammatic representation of the Earth’s surface or part of it. 2 what Design Indaba asked four Cape Town creatives to redefine >

1 Feb 08

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