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El Ultimo Grito on creating a new design ecosystem

Talks > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Through their exploratory work husband-and-wife team Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado challenge our most fundamental understanding of design. >

17 Sep 14
How to create a portfolio that will get you hired

Inside View > Design Thinking / Product Design

Industrial designer Amina Horozic shares some of the insights from her new book "Breaking In" on how to create a winning showcase of your work. >

16 Sep 14
El Ultimo Grito on creating a new design ecosystem (trailer)

Trailers > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

The Spanish design duo talk about how they use their own projects to interrogate how we define design. >

15 Sep 14
Take Five

Take Five > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

This week Ilze Wolff's opinion piece on gender in architecture peaked readers' interested. See what else made it into the top five stories. >

12 Sep 14
Take Five

Take Five > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

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

5 Sep 14
Design Indaba Simulcast 2015

We broadcast Design Indaba Conference live to Joburg, Durban, PE, Potchefstroom and now TWO venues in Cape Town. Ticket sales now open for all cities. Cape Town is sold out. >

27 Aug 14
Design Indaba FilmFest 2015

Design Indaba teams up with The Labia Theatre to present the annual Design Indaba FilmFest 2015 in Cape Town from 20 February to 1 March. >

27 Aug 14
Juliana Rotich on a new tech ecosystem for Africa

Talks > African Design / Design Thinking / Information Design

What if solutions to the world’s problems came from Africa? asks Juliana Rotich, co-founder of Kenyan technology firm Ushahidi. >

27 Aug 14
Take Five

Take Five > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

A music video and track, two galleries of beautiful designs and why we should all start a side project – here are this week's top stories. >

22 Aug 14
2 minutes of creativity

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking

We asked 20 of the world's leading designers what they think creativity can do. >

19 Aug 14
Inside View: Side projects are the new CVs

Inside View > Design Thinking

Dave Duarte champions the power of side projects and small ideas. >

19 Aug 14
Focus On: Water

Focus On > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

The total usable freshwater supply for ecosystems and humans is less than 1% of all freshwater resources. We roundup designs that are water wise. >

10 Aug 14
The mathematics of success at Design Indaba Expo

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

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

6 Aug 14
Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding

Talks > Design Thinking

It's more useful to think about branding as a messy creative process than as a pristine product, says Wolff Olins global CEO. >

6 Aug 14
Lorelle Bell

Lorelle Bell is the curator for the Design for Social Impact sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015. >

31 Jul 14
Inside View: Content's king

Inside View > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Alistair King tells us how the One Rand Man began – and it didn’t start with a brief. >

29 Jul 14
Renny Ramakers: A voice for beauty and relevance

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

The veteran of the Dutch design world exhorts her colleagues to find poetic solutions that engage with society's ills. >

28 Jul 14
Win a course in business skills for creatives

Digital News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

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. >

25 Jul 14
Inside View: The business of art

Inside View > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Design Thinking

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. >

23 Jul 14
Ineke Hans: We can't speak about 'Dutch design' anymore

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

The Dutch no longer have a sole mandate on their quintessentially experimental approach to design, says this product designer. >

23 Jul 14
The possibilities of bioprinting

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Now that 3D bioprinting is becoming a reality, speculative designer Agi Haines explores the possibilities of new and improved replacement organs. >

22 Jul 14
The world's most pressing problems?

Hot Topic > Design Activism / Design Thinking

If there were a global design agency stationed at the UN bringing governments, NPOs and designers together, what issues would it address? >

9 Jul 14
Inside View: 3 creative tools

Inside View > Design Thinking

Don't underestimate how handy these three humble (and free) tools can be, says our digital product manager, Sarah Jayne Fell. >

8 Jul 14
Q&A: Thebe Ikalafeng

Q&A > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / African Design

We chat to one of Africa's leading brand gurus about his appointment to the jury of the Red Dot Communication Design Awards. >

7 Jul 14

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