In an industrial part of Amsterdam the locals refer to as "Noord", 16 grounded houseboats now dot a former shipyard: tricky architectural brief, magical space. >
Celeste Theron had an entrepreneurial streak in primary school: she sold her art work to the teachers. Now she's empowering other women to be entrepreneurs too. >
The design writer and the Fuller Challenge judge speaks about one of the prize contenders: a Ugandan social design project with “extraordinary consequences”. >
The three winners of the Better Living Challenge design competition each receive R500 000 worth of support services to develop their products for market. >
Dutch author Anne van der Zwaag hopes her new book will help businesses and governments see the power of design to address key challenges facing the world. >
Many designers have shifted the perception that good design is born from the spark of brilliance from the lone genius to one of collaborative creativity. >
The award-winning sci-fi writer shows how South Africa's dark past transforms into her fiction in this unusual presentation at Design Indaba Conference. >
Watch the full episode from Al Jazeera's Rebel Architecture series on Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi's groundbreaking projects in Lagos and Port Harcourt. >
Take Five > African Design / Craft / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design24 Oct 14
