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Ian Murchison on wooden knives and bendy bicycle racks (trailer)

Trailers > Industrial Design / Product Design

This Canadian industrial designer is making waves in the product design industry. At Design Indaba Conference 2014, he shares his story of success. >

6 Nov 14
Evans Wadongo: The little light that could

Video Interviews > Product Design

Kenyan engineer and businessman Evans Wadongo tells us about his award-winning MwangaBora light and creating a sustainable economy in rural areas. >

4 Nov 14
Make. Change: A DIY sleeping bag for the homeless

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

Meet Jo Maxwell, an ordinary citizen who prototyped a sleeping bag made of newspaper and plastic bags that has been distributed to more than 20,000 people. >

3 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
SEA ME by Nienke Hoogvliet

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This Dutch designer trades traditional textiles for yarn made from sea algae woven into a luxurious rug. >

30 Oct 14
Internet inspiration: Threat or enabler?

Hot Topic > Design Thinking / Information Design / Product Design

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. >

29 Oct 14
Shining a light on workers’ safety

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The new Halo Light is a multi-task light that ensures construction workers are visible from 600 metres away. >

28 Oct 14
Party Bunch & Co

Party Bunch & Co offer a different take on party and wedding stationery. >

28 Oct 14
Touchee Feelee

Touchee Feelee is a Cape Town-based homeware and lifestyle brand. >

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
Island style

Lookbook > Product Design

The bespoke furniture collection that put Fogo Island on the map is now available globally. >

24 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
On their knees

Lookbook > Craft / Product Design

We Make Carpets, a trio of Dutch artists, recreates 50 of their 'temporary' carpets out of everyday objects for Dutch Design Week 2014. >

22 Oct 14
SQUARE MOON

SQUARE MOON is a Cape Town-based handbag label taking pride in their use of locally sourced materials. >

22 Oct 14
Peaches Handmade (Pty) Ltd

Peaches Handmade is a Cape Town-based lifestyle brand specialising in leather. >

22 Oct 14
Bye Bye Bunny by Victoria Verbaan

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Victoria Verbaan’s latest range of products bring her paintings to life. >

21 Oct 14
John Vogel on making it as your own manufacturer

Inside View > Product Design

South African furniture designer John Vogel on being hands-on in the workshop and accessing the market in multiple ways. >

21 Oct 14
13 Ideas to stop global warming

Design News > Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

IDEO's latest "Designs On" semi-annual review brings together some unusual solutions to fighting the warming of our planet. >

20 Oct 14
Lab Vases by Wiid Design and Ceramic Matters

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Collaboration was the catalyst for this new creative experiment by a furniture designer and two ceramicists. >

20 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
The darlings of Dutch design

Focus On > Product Design

5 of our favourite projects by husband-and-wife team Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings, the official ambassadors of Dutch Design Week. >

18 Oct 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

This week, readers loved our African Report, in which we profile Lagos-born textile and accessories designer Buki Akib. >

17 Oct 14

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