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Juliana Rotich on a new tech ecosystem for Africa (trailer)

Trailers > African Design / Creative Economy / Product Design

The co-founder of Ushahidi shares her journey on the frontlines of technology and digital connectivity in Africa. >

22 Aug 14
Take Five

Take Five > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

A music video and track, two galleries of beautiful designs and why we should all start a side project – here are this week's top stories. >

22 Aug 14
Handmade Home Collection by Quazi Design

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Quazi Design’s new range of homeware is an ambitious departure from its previous focus on jewellery. >

20 Aug 14
A water pump for remote farmers

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Interaction Design / Product Design

A new foot-operated irrigation device is capable of tripling the revenue of smallholder farmers, says its manufacturer. >

19 Aug 14
Focus on: Marcelo Rosenbaum

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

With Sao Paulo Design Weekend in full swing, we feature a carnival of creativity by this exuberant Brazilian designer. >

16 Aug 14
Lookbook: Common Methods First Edition

Lookbook > African Design / Craft / Product Design

South African and Dutch designers collaborated to create a range of products that experiments with bronze and leather. >

15 Aug 14
Offis System by Raw Studio

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Raw Studio unveils a sleek system of furniture to suit the changing needs of modern work habits. >

13 Aug 14
Veld couch and Pebble Stool by Dokter and Misses

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Dokter and Misses are on a collab kick – this time with renowned felt artist Ronel Jordaan. >

11 Aug 14
Jens Martin Skibsted: Humanity needs to focus on two things

Q&A > Industrial Design / Product Design

The Danish designer and creator of Biomega bicycles on his love for t-shirts and why he doesn't do sci-fi. >

11 Aug 14
Soldier Screens by Dokter and Misses and Gone Rural.

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Dokter and Misses collaborates with Gone Rural to create a new partition screen system. >

11 Aug 14
Focus On: Water

Focus On > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

The total usable freshwater supply for ecosystems and humans is less than 1% of all freshwater resources. We roundup designs that are water wise. >

10 Aug 14
Sister act

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together. >

7 Aug 14
Bamboo engineering

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Building with bamboo is not new but researchers at MIT are exploring new ways of creating construction products from the sustainable resource. >

5 Aug 14
Eclectic interiors

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Studio Makkink & Bey combines antiques and contemporary design to transform a 17th-century French hotel into a university research centre. >

3 Aug 14
Nomad's Land

Profiling > Art & Photography / Product Design

Steve Kotze talks art and Afrikaner adaptability with artist Stefan Naude aka ST(E)AK. >

2 Aug 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

What got readers clicking this week? Local fashion, a digital tool for manufacturing and insights about African consumers, among others. >

1 Aug 14
Meet the curators of Design Indaba Expo 2015

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Product Design

Design Indaba Expo 2015 will be curated by an exciting mix of South African creatives, thought-leaders and industry experts. >

31 Jul 14
Whisper chandelier by High Thorn

Product Spotlight > Product Design

High Thorn's latest lighting design is a cascade of leather evoking a laidback sense of luxury. >

31 Jul 14
How do you deal with failure?

Hot Topic > Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Failure is built into the creative process. But how to face it? Nine designers tell us how they do it. >

30 Jul 14
Naoto Fukasawa: Design as second nature

Video Interviews > Product Design

Five minutes with the acclaimed Japanese designer, whose products emerge so seamlessly from their environment that they feel at once familiar and inevitable. >

29 Jul 14
A helping hand

Design Frontiers > Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

A new smart tool from MIT Media Lab is blurring the lines between handmade and digital technology. But that's not a bad thing. >

29 Jul 14
Renny Ramakers: A voice for beauty and relevance

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

The veteran of the Dutch design world exhorts her colleagues to find poetic solutions that engage with society's ills. >

28 Jul 14
Q&A: Studio Formafantasma

Q&A > Product Design

The Italian duo tell us how it works to design as a unit, their conceptual approach and experimenting with lava as a material. >

28 Jul 14
Giving back on Mandela Day

Do Tank News > Design Activism / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

On 18 July Design Indaba joined VPUU and Sikhula Sonke in Monwabisi Park, Khayelitsha for the maiden voyage of a new mobile activity and information hub. >

27 Jul 14

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