a better world through creativity
Home
About Design Indaba
Design Indaba News
Projects
Press Room
Emerging Creatives
News & Features
Design News
Africa Now
Creative Work
Interviews
Next Generation
Design Frontiers
African Design
Design Activism
Videos
Conference Talks
Video Archive (2006 – present)
Designer Directory
Our database of African and international creatives and companies making waves in the design world.
Search
How the Cape Was Made
Design News
>
African Design
/
Art & Photography
/
Craft
/
Creative Economy
/
Fashion & Jewellery Design
/
Product Design
The "Make It New" exhibition traces the Western Cape's indigenous past and contemporary creativity through craft and design.
>
16 Oct 14
A toy that teaches empathy
Design Frontiers
>
Creative Economy
/
Product Design
Canadian industrial designer Ilana Ben-Ari’s puzzle game teaches the creative skills children won’t find in textbooks.
>
15 Oct 14
Ed Suter launches wallpaper
Product Spotlight
>
African Design
/
Art & Photography
/
Product Design
The Cape Town-based photographer brings the vibrant style of Africa's street life and tropical climate indoors.
>
14 Oct 14
Tile style
Lookbook
>
Product Design
We round up the top five tiles trends that emerged at the recent Cersaie international exhibition of ceramic tiles in Bologna, Italy.
>
13 Oct 14
Mushroom mania
Design News
>
Product Design
Ineke Hans gets playful with her latest glassware collection for Czech brand Křehký.
>
13 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
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
Brass Top dressing table by James Mudge
Product Spotlight
>
African Design
/
Product Design
Cape Town-based designer-carpenter James Mudge crafts a delicate, contemporary dressing table.
>
9 Oct 14
Bad Boys by Matali Crasset
Product Spotlight
>
Product Design
French designer Matali Crasset has designed a quirky collection of wall clocks for DesignerBox.
>
7 Oct 14
Bronze Age by Studio Tjep.
Product Spotlight
>
Product Design
Frank Tjepkema's latest body of work conveys solidity even as it seems to be melting away.
>
6 Oct 14
For the love of trees
Focus On
>
Architecture & Interiors
/
Interaction Design
/
Product Design
Trees must be one of nature's finest designs. We roundup five designs from our archive that take their inspiration from the leafy form.
>
5 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
Eve bench by Frank Böhm Studios
Product Spotlight
>
African Design
/
Craft
/
Product Design
The Cape Town-based architect begins a series of slender, clean-lined benches.
>
30 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
Lullaby pendant lamp by Monica Förster
Product Spotlight
>
Product Design
The Swedish designer's harmonious angular light was inspired by the work of Isamu Noguchi.
>
27 Sep 14
Lattice work
Lookbook
>
African Design
/
Industrial Design
/
Product Design
Cape Town-based Leg Studios launches a range of decor products inspired by nomadic African patterns.
>
25 Sep 14
Emotional ceramics
Next Generation
>
Craft
/
Product Design
Students explore the future of this ancient material in "Ceramic Futures" at the CERSAIE expo of ceramic tiles and sanitaryware in Bologna, Italy.
>
25 Sep 14
Cork & Felt rugs by Hella Jongerius
Product Spotlight
>
Product Design
The Dutch designer's collection for Danskina breaks away from traditional materials and manufacturing techniques.
>
23 Sep 14
Bag it
Lookbook
>
African Design
/
Art & Photography
/
Fashion & Jewellery Design
/
Product Design
The cheap "China bag" has become a symbol of migration in Africa – and a popular material for artists and designers to reimagine.
>
23 Sep 14
Africa calls, London answers
Profiling
>
African Design
/
Craft
/
Product Design
British design consultant Kathy Shenoy launches Africa Calling, a platform to bridge the divide between makers from the UK and Africa.
>
22 Sep 14
Topiary Lamps by Vera & Kyte
Product Spotlight
>
Product Design
This high-impact light by the Norwegian duo rethinks the traditional lampshade.
>
21 Sep 14
Call for submissions: "Take Two" at Design Indaba Expo 2015
Festival News
>
Architecture & Interiors
/
Craft
/
Design Thinking
/
Product Design
We're planning an exciting new exhibition on the second life of objects – and we want your work to be part of it. Apply before 31 October!
>
19 Sep 14
Take Five
Take Five
>
African Design
/
Design Thinking
/
Graphic Design & Illustration
/
Product Design
Stories about London Design Festival 2014, which closes this Sunday, proved popular with our readers this week.
>
18 Sep 14
Pages
« first
‹ previous
…
65
66
67
68
69
…
next ›
last »
Sign up to our newsletter
Sign up to Design Indaba Weekly for the latest design news and inspiration. Sign up to Design Indaba News for updates on Design Indaba events and projects.
Email Address
Design Indaba (select one or both)
Weekly editorial newsletter
Festival and event updates
Top Features
Regulars
Take Five
6 clever design solutions for pressing healthcare issues
28 Nov 19
Focus On
Five examples of great design from Singapore
17 Sep 18
Lookbook
A look into the work of Luke Rudman
3 Feb 22
FilmFestFriday
This short film is a meditation on the joys girlhood
12 Feb 16
Twitter
Follow @designindaba
Tweets by @designindaba
23 Sep 14
18 Sep 14
