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Handmade Home Collection by Quazi Design
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African Design
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Quazi Design’s new range of homeware is an ambitious departure from its previous focus on jewellery.
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20 Aug 14
Lookbook: Common Methods First Edition
Lookbook
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African Design
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Craft
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Product Design
South African and Dutch designers collaborated to create a range of products that experiments with bronze and leather.
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15 Aug 14
Lookbook: AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS
Lookbook
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Kristen Malan’s “Halo” headpiece wins the AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS gold jewellery design competition.
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14 Aug 14
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Advertorial
Veld couch and Pebble Stool by Dokter and Misses
Product Spotlight
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African Design
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Product Design
Dokter and Misses are on a collab kick – this time with renowned felt artist Ronel Jordaan.
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11 Aug 14
Dakar's new creative wave
African Report
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African Design
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Design Activism
In Senegal’s capital, a collective of creative activists called Les Petites Pierres is taking back the city for the sake of art.
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11 Aug 14
African architecture on the global agenda
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
The recent UIA2014 conference in Durban presented an opportunity to discuss the priorities for architects in Africa, writes Sean O'Toole.
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9 Aug 14
"Someway Bi" by M.anifest
Track of the Week
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
Succumb to the slick verbal gymnastics and hip-turning melody of this track by Ghanaian artist M.anifest.
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7 Aug 14
Stefan van Biljon: Tapping the urban unconscious
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
This young South African architect is intrigued by the untold stories that lie beneath the city's fabric.
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4 Aug 14
Next Generation: Megan King
Next Generation
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Design Activism
Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa.
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1 Aug 14
Take Five
Take Five
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African Design
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Industrial Design
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What got readers clicking this week? Local fashion, a digital tool for manufacturing and insights about African consumers, among others.
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1 Aug 14
Building revolution in the city - part 2
Opinion
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African Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
Architect and urbanist Andrew Makin unravels the chaos that is Mexico city and finds more than a little method in the madness.
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26 Jul 14
Orbit coffee table by Stratflex
Product Spotlight
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African Design
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
The Stratflex family of furniture grows with the addition of this cleverly designed flat-pack table.
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26 Jul 14
Next Generation: Ruth McNaughton
Next Generation
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
This young designer uses a 100-year-old loom to create refreshingly modern garments in mohair.
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25 Jul 14
Hillywood's big week
African Report
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African Design
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Film & Animation
In this new series of first-hand reports by our team of correspondents in Africa, Katherine Sullivan writes on the growth of Rwanda's film industry.
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25 Jul 14
Take Five
Take Five
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
African icons old and new abound in this week's top stories, from a graphic collage of Madiba to new designs for bubblegum brand Chappies.
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25 Jul 14
Africa rising: 10 myths busted
Inside View
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African Design
A new report from South African consumer research agency Instant Grass lifts the veil on 10 common misperceptions about the continent.
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24 Jul 14
The quiet ambassador of African design
Profiling
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African Design
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Design Activism
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Meet Mugendi M'Rithaa, the Kenyan educator and activist who has been working behind the scenes to promote the power of design in Africa.
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22 Jul 14
Garth Walker: Why Durban is a hotbed of creativity
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The founder of 'ijusi' magazine credits the city’s unique cultural mix and location as the inspiration for his graphic work.
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21 Jul 14
Designer Q&A: Jaco Haasbroek
Q&A
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Did you know? Cape Town-based illustrator Jaco Haasbroek drew 170 new icons to represent the facts on the inside of the Chappies bubblegum wrapper.
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21 Jul 14
Building revolution in the city - part 1
Opinion
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
Architect and urbanist Andrew Makin considers the South African city and proposes a new vision for our urban centres.
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19 Jul 14
Fashion takes flight
Profiling
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Two New Yorkers started an ethical fashion line made in Ghana – and found more opportunity to do good on the ground.
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17 Jul 14
Inside View: The journey of BRCK
Inside View
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African Design
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Industrial Design
Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenyan tech firm Ushahidi, shares the journey of BRCK with us as the first orders of the self-powered, mobile WiFi device go out.
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16 Jul 14
Bright spark
Design Frontiers
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African Design
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Faithless percussionist Sudha Kheterpal wants to shake up the world to create clean energy for people without access to electricity.
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15 Jul 14
Lookbook: Rebranding Rwanda
Lookbook
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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African Design
George Pericles Creative Think-Tank proposes a visual identity for Rwanda's provinces based on traditional patterns.
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14 Jul 14
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