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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
Lattice work

Lookbook > African Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

Cape Town-based Leg Studios launches a range of decor products inspired by nomadic African patterns. >

25 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
Bag it

Lookbook > African Design / Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

The cheap "China bag" has become a symbol of migration in Africa – and a popular material for artists and designers to reimagine. >

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
Africa calls, London answers

Profiling > African Design / Craft / Product Design

British design consultant Kathy Shenoy launches Africa Calling, a platform to bridge the divide between makers from the UK and Africa. >

22 Sep 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Stories about London Design Festival 2014, which closes this Sunday, proved popular with our readers this week. >

18 Sep 14
Jon Daniel: Four corners of the diaspora

Q&A > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

London-based creative director Jon Daniel shares the story behind his Design Week column on designers of African descent. >

15 Sep 14
London Design Festival: Our picks

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

We go in search of all things Africa at the London Design Festival. Here are our highlights. >

12 Sep 14
Soft Pots by Lisa Firer

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

The Cape Town-based ceramicist's latest range experiments with retaining the softness of wet clay. >

11 Sep 14
Geometric Storm chandelier by Willowlamp

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

The complex quadrangles and shifting shapes of this new design signal a change of direction for the internationally acclaimed South African lighting brand. >

10 Sep 14
Magic Veld collection by Evolution Product

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Amanda du Plessis's latest textile designs take a nostalgic trip to the Cape, circa 1781. >

9 Sep 14
Paradigm city

African Report > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

For architecture agency Beyond Entropy Africa, Luanda is a kind of muse inspiring bold, creative solutions to regional urban problems. >

5 Sep 14
Fluid forms

Profiling > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Nigerian-born Ifeanyi Oganwu is a rising design talent who creates highly engineered, sculptural furniture. >

4 Sep 14
"Faya di Burn" by Gasha, featuring Magasco

Track of the Week > African Design / Music & Sound Design

This Track of the Week is a melancholic but melodic reflection on the social conditions in Cameroon. >

4 Sep 14
David Goldblatt on life through the lens

Talks > African Design / Art & Photography

The veteran photographer selects 20 career-defining photos that open a window onto South Africa's conflicted history. >

3 Sep 14
Cool cat

Design News > African Design / Music & Sound Design

Okmalumkoolkat's new music video for "All Black, Black Kat", directed by Chris Saunders, is a dreamlike mash-up of tradition and modernity. >

2 Sep 14
Cork bar stool by Wiid Design

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Wiid Design's new bar stool brings together two unlikely materials – cork and concrete. >

2 Sep 14
Camera Obscura

Lookbook > African Design / Art & Photography

The upcoming LagosPhoto Festival highlights photography that imagines alternative African realities and obscures the medium's role as truth-teller. >

2 Sep 14
Tomà Berlanda: Building for education in Rwanda

Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

This Italian architect is helping to pioneer a new model for early childhood development centres being built in Rwanda. >

1 Sep 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
New work by Daniel Ting Chong

Lookbook > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Cheeky, bouncy and bold – here's a sampling of this prolific Cape Town-based designer's recent work. >

25 Aug 14
An artisanal architect in Nairobi

African Report > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Kenyan-born Naeem Biviji is a rare kind of architect who takes on only small-scale projects and crafts all his furnishings by hand. >

22 Aug 14
Juliana Rotich on a new tech ecosystem for Africa (trailer)

Trailers > African Design / Creative Economy / Product Design

The co-founder of Ushahidi shares her journey on the frontlines of technology and digital connectivity in Africa. >

22 Aug 14

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