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The FES watch by Fashion Entertainments
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Interaction Design
The FES Watch, made of electronic paper, is a blank canvas that displays a range of patterns activated by user gestures.
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13 Apr 15
Focus on: South African designers working in wool
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African Design
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
It’s Wool Week in Cape Town! We round up five recently launched designs that explore the tactile possibilities of this natural fibre.
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12 Apr 15
Take Five
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Product Design
The tale of a traditional Nigerian fabric called Aso Oke, reinvented in contemporary shoe designs, walked away with the top spot.
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11 Apr 15
Jongerius and Schouwenberg label design industry depressing - Dezeen
Opinion
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Hella Jongerius and Louise Schouwenberg launch manifesto against "depressing" design industry.
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10 Apr 15
Shubhankar Ray: This is more powerful than advertising
Video Interviews
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Why the G-Star RAW global brand director thinks flashy ad campaigns are not always the answer.
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9 Apr 15
Quazi Design – How it all began
FilmFestFriday
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African Design
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
A charming stop-motion film that recounts the journey of Swaziland-based studio Quazi Design.
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27 Mar 15
East meets East
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Lebanese furniture studio Bokja collaborates with fashion designer Milia Maroun in a limited-edition range of coats.
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26 Mar 15
Polishing tomorrow's gems
Lookbook
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Ekurhuleni Jewellery Project in Gauteng trains aspiring designers and gives graduates an incubated space to start their own businesses.
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25 Mar 15
A store design made for walking
Lookbook
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Multidisciplinary studio Lagranja Design crafts a contemporary cobbler look for Spanish shoe retailer Tascón’s two stores in Barcelona.
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17 Mar 15
Sindiso Khumalo: We’re embracing our heritage and subverting it
Video Interviews
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
This fashion designer’s latest collection marks a change for her but she thinks we’re only starting to see Africa’s full creative potential.
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11 Mar 15
Visual journal: My favourites from Design Indaba
Festival News
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
9Lives' Liezel Fourie picks her top exhibitors at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
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10 Mar 15
"It's the end of fashion as we know it," says Li Edelkoort
Q&A
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fashion is dead, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has declared. Dezeen editor Marcus Fairs interviews Li Edelkoort.
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6 Mar 15
Milkmaids and cowboys
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
South African fashion designer Thula Sindi's new collection melds rural and urban influences.
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4 Mar 15
Rosita Missoni at Design Indaba 2015 – SA Homeowner
Festival News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
SA Homeowner's Janine Jorgensen covers Rosita Missoni's presentation on stage at Design Indaba Conference.
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3 Mar 15
The memory of a print
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fashion and textile designer Sindiso Khumalo recently launched a fashion collection very different from anything she has done before.
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3 Mar 15
Hempsuit by the Joinery
Product Spotlight
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Organic fashion brand The Joinery uses hemp as a design material to reduce the carbon footprint of the local fashion industry.
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3 Mar 15
Advice for young designers (part one)
Inside View
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Interaction Design
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Product Design
Wise words for aspiring creatives from some of the most globally acclaimed design professionals.
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2 Mar 15
Lost in the euphoria of creating
Next Generation
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Emerging Creative Rich Mnisi tells us about the inspiration behind his fashion brand, OATH
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1 Mar 15
The feminine allure
Lookbook
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Renowned South African fashion designer David Tlale captivated local fashionistas as he took to the Design Indaba Expo fashion ramp.
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28 Feb 15
Denim fashion retailer G-Star Raw woos female audience in latest campaign
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
G-Star Raw is preparing to launch a marketing push to engage female consumers with the brand.
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28 Feb 15
A new leaf
Lookbook
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Art & Photography
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
From real palm fronds to leafy prints on textiles, botany is a standout trend at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
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27 Feb 15
Selly Raby Kane on the power of collaboration in her design
Video Interviews
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
For Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane, her work is not just about the clothes – it's also about the story.
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26 Feb 15
Patterns and pleats
Next Generation
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Jennifer Jacobs tells us about pattern making and how it can empower and inspire.
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24 Feb 15
Mothers & Daughters in Design (Part 3): One of Each
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
Meet Pauline and Tamburai, the mother and daughter duo and creators of African-inspired, one-of-a-kind handbags.
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23 Feb 15
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