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Two weeks to enter A'Design Awards
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Don't miss out on your chance to enter this international juried competition – late application expires 28 February!
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16 Feb 15
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The multiplier effect
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Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni is the man behind what is undoubtedly the most instantly recognisable bar stool in the world.
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15 Feb 15
Meet the graduates of 2015
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Here are the eight recent design school graduates who will present their work Pecha Kucha-style at Design Indaba Conference 2015.
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11 Feb 15
Leg Studios: The local design talent is incredible
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From third person brand design to first person furniture design and the finer detail in between.
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11 Feb 15
Ackeem Ngwenya
This South African-born designer created the Roadless wheel for use in rural areas, an innovative product that turns scarcity into opportunity.
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10 Feb 15
Tyler Pratt
Tyler Pratt is a Canadian industrial designer known for his use of clean and simplistic design principles.
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10 Feb 15
Enter your work to A' Design Awards 2015
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Your last chance to enter this international juried competition expires 28 February – and here’s why you should enter!
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9 Feb 15
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Naoto Fukusawa on why objects shouldn’t stand out too much
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The Japanese industrial designer believes successful designs are things we interact with naturally and inevitably, without thinking.
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3 Feb 15
Naoto Fukusawa on why objects shouldn’t stand out too much (trailer)
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Objects are merely interfaces, says the Japanese industrial designer. It's humans that are at the centre of the design process.
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30 Jan 15
mema designs
mema designs is a Jo'burg-based collaboration between Sian Eliot and Ari Geva that creates lighting products and architectural detailing.
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23 Jan 15
Christien Meindertsma: Design includes what lies behind the product
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In this exclusive interview, the Rotterdam-based designer tells us why she felt compelled to buy a flax farm in the Netherlands.
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16 Jan 15
Carla Erasmus and Christa Botha
Carla Erasmus and Christa Botha are self-taught product designers, owners of Bofred and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programmme.
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12 Jan 15
Bonga Jwambi
Bonga Jwambi is a Cape Town-based visual artist, furniture designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
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12 Jan 15
Wise Words – Part 3
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A selection of memorable quotes from some of the most acclaimed designers and creative thinkers featured in the "Design Indaba All Stars" book.
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4 Jan 15
Wise Words – Part 2
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A selection of memorable quotes from some of the most acclaimed designers and creative thinkers featured in the "Design Indaba All Stars" book.
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1 Jan 15
Five design breakthroughs in 2014
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Here are the five standout solutions from our Design Frontiers series that are edging the industry forward in different ways.
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31 Dec 14
Six Kenyan names to watch
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These diverse talents in art, music, architecture and technology are at the forefront of Kenya's creative explosion.
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28 Dec 14
Top 10 Product Spotlights of 2014
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We've featured a wide array of products over the course of the year. Here are our 10 favourite designs whose ingenuity and craftsmanship stand out.
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27 Dec 14
A contemporary craftswoman
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Hella Jongerius, who will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2015, creates a flora- and fauna-inspired paradise of new textile designs for Maharam.
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12 Dec 14
MBOISA 2015: 12 ways to define beauty
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Here are the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2015 nominations, from the personal to the practical to the political.
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1 Dec 14
Take Five
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Our Inside View on Code4CT who is empowering girls from Cape Town's townships through coding proved to be the most popular feature of the week.
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14 Nov 14
Lara Bohinc: I was dying to design something really big
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The jewellery designer tells us how collaborating with large-scale producers enabled her to branch out.
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13 Nov 14
Ian Murchison on wooden knives and bendy bicycle racks
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This Canadian industrial designer talks about finding the freedom to develop products that question everyday perceptions.
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11 Nov 14
A next-generation tree harvester
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Like the insect it is named after, the Gerridae harvester is light on its feet and the environment.
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10 Nov 14
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