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Paper Prison lets the user experience Mandela’s Robben Island cell
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Design Activism
The Mandela inspired Paper Prison lauded as one of this year’s most creative designs, according to AIGA.
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1 Jan 16
Furqan Jawed’s talking smack with a poster a day
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Indian graphic designer and illustrator Furqan Jawed celebrates the crazy conversations he overhears with "A Poster Everyday".
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2 Oct 15
Commemorative William Kentridge print for Design Indaba
William Kentridge has created a limited-edition print to commemorate his partnership with Design Indaba.
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3 Jun 15
Response to xenophobia
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The appalling incidents of xenophobia (yes, call it what it is… it's a crisis, not a challenge, as some politicians suggest) has moved us all at Design Indaba.
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14 Apr 15
And the winner is...
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The 2014 Design Indaba Poster Competition winner is… Chevawn Blum!
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20 Jun 13
Design Indaba Poster Competition finalists
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We present… the 12 finalists in the Design Indaba Poster Competition!
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14 Jun 13
Design Indaba 2014 Poster Design Competition
Design Indaba invites all South African students to take a shot at designing an event poster for Design Indaba 2014.
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10 May 13
Design a poster for Design Indaba 2014
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Calling all South African students: Design Indaba wants you to get your design on!
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3 May 13
Poster people
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Graphic Design & Illustration
For many years posters have been an effective means of communicating social or political messages. Now see a local creative's take on it.
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21 Sep 10
The final countdown
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Graphic Design & Illustration
With days to go until the “greatest show on earth”, David Watson of Trebleseven has released a funky World Cup calendar poster.
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3 Jun 10
Power art
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design Indaba alumnus Luba Lukova releases a portfolio of political posters.
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1 Nov 08
A life in design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We speak to Shigeo Fukuda at the 2004 Design Indaba Conference.
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1 May 04
Divas by design
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Luba Lukova from New York, Teresa Roviras from London, Lucille Tenazas from San Francisco.
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1 May 02
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