Icon's Christopher Turner writes about Thomas Heatherwick's plans for the first contemporary African art museum on the continent unveiled at Design Indaba 2014. >

Architect and urbanist Andrew Makin considers the South African city and proposes a new vision for our urban centres. >

Morocco's first-ever pavilion at the Venice Biennale explores the country's experimental approach to 'desert architecture'. >

Every year the Dutch Design Awards ferret out the most forward-thinking work produced in The Netherlands. We select our favourites. >

Two great South African creative exports – an architect and a fashion designer – discuss the challenges of flexing their creative muscles on the world stage. >

Experimental Jetset recreates a fragment of architect Jaap Bakema’s iconic De Lijnbaan street for the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. >

We dip into our archives to pull out our most interesting features showing how design can impact education. >