2014 Archive

Take Five

Take Five • 5 Sep 14

A compelling piece arguing that designers need to think like entrepreneurs tops this week's list of most popular stories. >
Liselore Frowijn

Next Generation • 5 Sep 14

This rising star of the Dutch fashion world creates complex garments that play off the clash of sportswear and luxury. >
Yellow Sticky Notes

FilmFestFriday • 5 Sep 14

A charming animation by a group of Canadian illustrators inspired by their to-do lists scribbled on Post-it notes. >
State of the Art (trailer)

Trailers • 4 Sep 14

Three renowned South African artists let us into their intensely personal vision. >
Fluid forms

Profiling • 4 Sep 14

Nigerian-born Ifeanyi Oganwu is a rising design talent who creates highly engineered, sculptural furniture. >
"Faya di Burn" by Gasha, featuring Magasco

Track of the Week • 4 Sep 14

This Track of the Week is a melancholic but melodic reflection on the social conditions in Cameroon. >
Call for entries: Africa is Now 2015

Festival News • 3 Sep 14

Design Indaba is unearthing the next wave of design talent from across Africa in its second installment of Africa Is Now. >
Touch wood

Lookbook • 3 Sep 14

The finalists for the first "Wood Excellence Prize" at the World Architecture Festival take the creative application of wood to new heights. >
David Goldblatt on life through the lens

Talks • Duration: 00:43:51 • 3 Sep 14

The veteran photographer selects 20 career-defining photos that open a window onto South Africa's conflicted history. >
Are you obsessive over typography?

Hot Topic • 2 Sep 14

Four great graphic designers weigh in on the demands of working with type. >
Cool cat

Design News • 2 Sep 14

Okmalumkoolkat's new music video for "All Black, Black Kat", directed by Chris Saunders, is a dreamlike mash-up of tradition and modernity. >
Cork bar stool by Wiid Design

Product Spotlight • 2 Sep 14

Wiid Design's new bar stool brings together two unlikely materials – cork and concrete. >
A multilingual typeface

Lookbook • 2 Sep 14

Azer, co-designed by Wael Morcos, is a family of fonts that can be used in Arabic script, English and Latin variations. >
Camera Obscura

Lookbook • 2 Sep 14

The upcoming LagosPhoto Festival highlights photography that imagines alternative African realities and obscures the medium's role as truth-teller. >
Adventures in Venture Land

Opinion • 1 Sep 14

Steven Heller and Lita Talarico, co-founders and co-chairs of SVA's MFA Design programme, tell us why today's designers need to also think like entrepreneurs. >
Tomà Berlanda: Building for education in Rwanda

Video Interviews • 1 Sep 14

This Italian architect is helping to pioneer a new model for early childhood development centres being built in Rwanda. >
Henrik Vibskov: Chaos in systems

Q&A • 1 Sep 14

We asked the Danish fashion designer how he works and plays. His answers are typically Vibskovesque – honest, profound and a little puzzling. >
The future of craft

Focus On • 31 Aug 14

Is it craft or is it design? What's the role of craft in the 21st century? Here are four interviews from our archives that explore various notions of craft. >
Wild Motion (Set It Free)

FilmFestFriday • 29 Aug 14

Illustrator Sebastian Borckenhagen creates an impressionistic animated video perfectly suited to Australian band Miami Horror's synth-pop sound. >
Ildikó Valicsek

Next Generation • 29 Aug 14

This Hungarian textile designer has come up with an ingenious system for generating a never-ending array of patterns. >
Take Five

Take Five • 29 Aug 14

From Brazil to Swaziland, London to Nairobi, this week's top stories bring you a truly global design perspective. >
David Goldblatt on life through the lens (trailer)

Trailers • 28 Aug 14

The veteran photographer takes us through 20 photos taken over almost 50 years. >
Common Methods: Part 1

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:20 • 28 Aug 14

Matthew Nielson and Lio de Bruin discover a fruitful exchange in their collaborative designs for the Common Methods project. >
"TRVPMVSKV (Impendulo kaBaba)" by Mashayabhuqe KaMamba

Track of the Week • 27 Aug 14

Young producer and wordsmith Mashayabhuqe KaMamba brings us an an emotive maskandi anthem. >

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