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Quagga Fabrics and Wallpapers

Quagga Fabrics and Wallpapers mix traditional design principles with contemporary trends. >

7 Nov 14
Design Indaba Dialogues

"Dialogues" is an ebook collection of fly-on-the-wall dialogues and Q&A's with leading designers. Read the foreword below. >

31 Oct 14
Take Five

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

Take five minutes to catch up with designindaba.com's top five stories this week. >

31 Oct 14
Tastes like the Voortrekker Monument

Lookbook > Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration

As an ode to their hometown, a group of designers recreates the city of Pretoria in icing sugar, nougat, coconut and biscuits. >

28 Oct 14
It takes more than one

Focus On > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

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. >

26 Oct 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Craft / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

A global call to design out Ebola drew readers' attention this week. >

24 Oct 14
Emerging Creatives: 5 reasons to apply

Festival News > Art & Photography / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Product Design

Five rising stars from the Emerging Creatives programme at Design Indaba Expo 2014 tell us what the exposure did for their careers. >

23 Oct 14
Design advice from New York

Inside View > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Three New York design legends share lessons from their careers in graphic design. >

22 Oct 14
Colin Charles: The biggest mistake Western advertisers make in Africa

Video Interviews > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

The executive creative director of Publicis West Africa tells us how he goes about making ads for Ghanaian audiences. >

21 Oct 14
The face of the future

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Product Design

The overall winner of the Dutch Design Awards is 'Sweetie', a project that fights sex tourism online through an avatar that has the appearance of a young girl. >

18 Oct 14
Jessica Hische - Like Knows Like

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

This short film takes a revealing look at American typographer Jessica Hische's everyday life. >

17 Oct 14
Dean Poole on playing with words

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

The creative director of New Zealand agency Alt Group reveals the ABC's of his creative language. >

15 Oct 14
Why formulas for creativity fail

Inside View > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Patrick Barron, who led the blockbuster "Dumb Ways to Die" campaign, says what works for one brand won't necessarily work for another. >

14 Oct 14
Nikki Gonnissen: No more rotten tomatoes

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Amsterdam-based graphic designer tells us why she stepped out of her comfort zone to design for the Dutch Socialist Party. >

14 Oct 14
Dean Poole on playing with words (trailer)

Trailers > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

"Part of the system of creativity is creating the rules," says Dean Poole at Design Indaba Conference 2014. >

13 Oct 14
It's a sign

Focus On > Graphic Design & Illustration

We often take for granted the graphic signs that help us navigate our environments. Here are four excellent examples of wayfinding designs from our archive. >

12 Oct 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Readers loved graphic design maestro Seymour Chwast's personal history of the evolution of styles this week. >

10 Oct 14
A brief personal history of illustration

Opinion > Graphic Design & Illustration

The legendary graphic designer Seymour Chwast gives us a bird's-eye view of the period styles that have shaped the industry. >

6 Oct 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

Top of the popular posts this week is Leg Studios' furniture range that sports intricate geometric latticework. >

3 Oct 14
What's in a brief?

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Watch Tom Bassett's documentary "Briefly", featuring interviews with top designers such as Frank Gehry, Yves Béhar and David Rockwell. >

1 Oct 14
Max Kisman: Creating visual headlines

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Dutch typographer and illustrator's iconic posters "subtract the noise" but speak volumes. >

1 Oct 14
Well-heeled

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"Killer Heels" at the Brooklyn Museum explores the cultural history of the high heel. >

29 Sep 14
Walls that talk

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Robin Sprong Wallpaper wants to plaster your walls in pattern. Here are three recent collaborations with locally based designers. >

29 Sep 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

It's no surprise that advertising stories were a big hit with readers the week after the Loerie Awards – in particular an essay by the much-loved Milton Glaser. >

26 Sep 14

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