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ShowMe
ShowMe is proud to be a media partner to Design Indaba FilmFest and Music for 2015.
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11 Feb 15
Enter your work to A' Design Awards 2015
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Urban & Landscape Design
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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The Newsroom – Off The Record
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Information Design
The struggle for print newspapers to stay solvent in the digital age rivetingly told from inside a Danish tabloid.
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29 Jan 15
Regarding Susan Sontag
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She famously said: I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. “Regarding Susan Sontag” tells the story of the legendary writer, critic and traveller.
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29 Jan 15
Stripped
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“Stripped” is a love-letter to comic strips and an investigation into what happens to comics in a failing newspaper industry.
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29 Jan 15
Winemag.co.za
Winemag.co.za is an online magazine that covers everything to do with the South African fine wine scene.
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26 Jan 15
What's on in Cape Town
WhatsoninCapeTown is a proud media partner to Design Indaba Music and FilmFest 2015.
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22 Jan 15
Veggies in vogue
Next Generation
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Food Design
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South Africa design graduate Tarryn Chudleigh whips up a fresh new way to think about food and fashion.
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6 Jan 15
Wise Words – Part 1
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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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26 Dec 14
Dan Wieden
Dan Wieden is an American advertising executive who co-founded Wieden+Kennedy and coined the Nike tagline "Just Do It".
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10 Dec 14
Joe Public
Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana are chief creative officer and executive creative director respectively of advertising agency Joe Public.
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5 Dec 14
To do: Get organised
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NYC-based creative studio Trollbäck+Company have launched an app for compulsive list-makers.
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4 Dec 14
Teaching the next generation of tech trailblazers
Video Interviews
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Design Thinking
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Judith Owigar, president of Akirachix, talks tech and its ability to empower young women in Kenya.
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12 Nov 14
Cape Town Etc
Cape Town Etc showcases the ultimate in entertainment and leisure in the Mother City.
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7 Nov 14
Why girls should code
Inside View
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African Design
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Code4CT is getting girls to code – while arming them with a technical toolkit to take on leadership roles.
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5 Nov 14
Internet inspiration: Threat or enabler?
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Lazy man's library or a window onto the world? Four South African creatives tell us whether the internet stymies or aids their creative process.
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29 Oct 14
Inside Kenya's iHub
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The iHub is the heart centre of Kenya's tech revolution. We took its pulse on this tour inside.
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28 Oct 14
Emerging Creatives: 5 reasons to apply
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Craft
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Five rising stars from the Emerging Creatives programme at Design Indaba Expo 2014 tell us what the exposure did for their careers.
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23 Oct 14
Colin Charles: The biggest mistake Western advertisers make in Africa
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African Design
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The executive creative director of Publicis West Africa tells us how he goes about making ads for Ghanaian audiences.
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21 Oct 14
13 Ideas to stop global warming
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IDEO's latest "Designs On" semi-annual review brings together some unusual solutions to fighting the warming of our planet.
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20 Oct 14
Why formulas for creativity fail
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Design Thinking
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Patrick Barron, who led the blockbuster "Dumb Ways to Die" campaign, says what works for one brand won't necessarily work for another.
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14 Oct 14
Mark Kaigwa: Tracking digital trends in East Africa
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African Design
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The Nairobi-based social media strategist and blogger tells us where digital technology is heading in Kenya.
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8 Oct 14
Designing better HIV treatment
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Digital designer Jepchumba tells us about the making of Aviro, a mobile app for HIV clinicians to accurately prescribe ARV medication.
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1 Oct 14
Grandest of them all
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The four winners of Grand Prix awards at this weekend's Loeries celebrated real-life, digital, print and radio.
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22 Sep 14
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