2014 Archive

The Sticky Brick Fingers

Design News • 7 Aug 14

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of "The Sticky Brick Fingers", Henrik Vibskov's Spring/Summer 2015 men's collection. >
Sister act

Q&A • 7 Aug 14

We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together. >
Inhouse Brand Architects: How offices are evolving

Q&A • 6 Aug 14

Google's approach to designing their workspace radically changed the office layout landscape. Inhouse Brand Architects tells us how offices are evolving. >
The mathematics of success at Design Indaba Expo

Festival News • 6 Aug 14

Emerging Creatives = 1 place + 4 days + 806 buyers + 43 000 pairs of eyes on your work >
The rebels of architecture

Design News • 6 Aug 14

A new six-part documentary series tracks architects operating at the fringes of the profession – and even the law. >
Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding

Talks • Duration: 00:35:21 • 6 Aug 14

It's more useful to think about branding as a messy creative process than as a pristine product, says Wolff Olins global CEO. >
Bamboo engineering

Design Frontiers • 5 Aug 14

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

Q&A • 5 Aug 14

We interview Ross Chowles about the art of selling products to humans – and why he thinks it's in danger. >
Inside View: The agency of the future

Inside View • 5 Aug 14

Why the co-founder of The Jupiter Drawing Room believes that job-bags and MDs are a thing of the past. >
Stefan van Biljon: Tapping the urban unconscious

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:53 • 4 Aug 14

This young South African architect is intrigued by the untold stories that lie beneath the city's fabric. >
Andrew Shoben: City spirit

Q&A • 4 Aug 14

We chat to the playful artist and founder of greyworld, who counts the city as his biggest inspiration. >
Lookbook: What's Your Type?

Lookbook • 4 Aug 14

An exhibition of alphabet prints by David Kindersley harks back to the pre-digital days of typographic design. >
Focus on: Architects at UIA 2014

Focus On • 3 Aug 14

Watch these interviews from our archives with four architects speaking at the International Union of Architects World Congress in Durban. >
Eclectic interiors

Design News • 3 Aug 14

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

Profiling • 2 Aug 14

Steve Kotze talks art and Afrikaner adaptability with artist Stefan Naude aka ST(E)AK. >
SA's top buildings

Lookbook • 2 Aug 14

Presenting this year's winners of the South Africa Institute of Architecture's awards celebrating architectural excellence in the country. >
Next Generation: Megan King

Next Generation • 1 Aug 14

Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa. >
Take Five

Take Five • 1 Aug 14

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

FilmFestFriday • 1 Aug 14

A two-minute animated tour of some of the 20th century’s most recognisable and well-loved buildings. >
Joy McKinney: Studies in awkwardness

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:12 • 31 Jul 14

This photographer puts herself in awkward social positions to challenge the socially accepted boundaries between people. >
Meet the curators of Design Indaba Expo 2015

Festival News • 31 Jul 14

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

Festival News • 31 Jul 14

Icon's Christopher Turner writes about Thomas Heatherwick's plans for the first contemporary African art museum on the continent unveiled at Design Indaba 2014. >
Whisper chandelier by High Thorn

Product Spotlight • 31 Jul 14

High Thorn's latest lighting design is a cascade of leather evoking a laidback sense of luxury. >
"Lazy Eys" by Sakawa Boys

Track of the Week • 31 Jul 14

Shiba Mazaza selects a deliciously fluid and fun single by the Sakawa Boys, 'arguably one of the best acts to come out of Cape Town this year'. >

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