2014 Archive

Focus on: Marble's comeback

Focus On • 6 Jul 14

More and more designers are being inspired by the ancient stone's striated smoothness. Here are five recent examples from our archives. >
Outside In: Lynda Relph-Knight

Inside View • 5 Jul 14

Design writer and former editor of Design Week Lynda Relph-Knight gives Design Indaba an outsider's perspective on the design future of Africa. >
Blocks and Grid by Scholten & Baijings

Product Spotlight • 5 Jul 14

Scholten & Baijings latest fabric collection reinterprets colour blocking as an exercise in subtle colour gradations. >
Ije Nwokorie: The changing currency of brands

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:04 • 4 Jul 14

The global CEO of Wolff Olins offers insights into changing approach to branding in an age where immediacy makes all the difference. >
Take Five

Take Five • 4 Jul 14

A balmy musical track and a fierce video, a juicy exhibition and a leading exhibition designer - here are this week's most popular features. >
Wawd Ahp

FilmFestFriday • 4 Jul 14

In the last of our SXSW 2014 Film Award winner series, the filmmaker takes us on a romp through his warped subconscious. DISTURBING CONTENT, PASSWORD BELOW. >
Michel Rojkind on a design strategy to cope with overstimulation (trailer)

Trailers • 3 Jul 14

The Mexican architect shares three ways he wades through our world of chaos and flux to create award-winning work. >
Haroon Gunn-Salie: History's vigilante

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:13 • 3 Jul 14

Listen to the Cape Town-based artist talk about how he uses the city as his canvas to raise the ghosts of South Africa's past. >
"Mau Vivi" by Jo Kunnuji

Track of the Week • 3 Jul 14

Meander through the sounds of Nigeria's lesser-known Ogu culture as interpreted by Nigerian composer Jo Kunnuji. >
Lookbook: Word Cup

Lookbook • 3 Jul 14

Facebook communication designer and football fanatic Ji Lee creates a league of his own with his Word Cup challenge. >
Michel Rojkind: Buildings that go beyond the brief

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:35 • 2 Jul 14

Find out how Mexican architect Michel Rojkind uses a nifty design tool to help clients imagine so much more for their buildings. >
How important is a sense of place?

Hot Topic • 2 Jul 14

What role does locale play in shaping a design identity? We asked six producers to reflect on the role a sense of place can play in design. >
News: Exemplary colours

Design News • 2 Jul 14

Colour maven Hella Jongerius gets outs her paintbrush for a group exhibition celebrating MAK's 150th anniversary. >
Watt scooter

Design Frontiers • 1 Jul 14

This electric push scooter by industrial design outfit eLabs is a made-in-South-Africa solution to inner-city congestion. >
Inside View: The New Mainstream

Inside View • 1 Jul 14

How have consumers' interactions with brands evolved in the age of social media? Here are the top five take-outs from Wolff Olins’ The New Mainstream report. >
Beaded iPhone cases by Vukile Batyi and Laduma Ngxokolo

Product Spotlight • 1 Jul 14

The quintessential 21st-century accessory gets a Xhosa-inspired case courtesy of Vukile Batyi and Laduma Ngxokolo. >
Jake Barton: Where space and storytelling meet

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:48 • 30 Jun 14

The interaction designer and founder of Local Projects tells us how technology is changing the ancient art of storytelling. >
Opinion: Charl Thom on why FoxP2 is taking a break from awards

Opinion • 30 Jun 14

Why sit out the ad world's most important annual events? FoxP2 Group CEO Charl Thom tells us how the decision germinated from a midnight walk in New York City. >
Lookbook: Our picks of the DDA finalists

Lookbook • 30 Jun 14

Every year the Dutch Design Awards ferret out the most forward-thinking work produced in The Netherlands. We select our favourites. >
Inside Out: Robin Rhode & Mpumelelo Mcata (BLK JKS)

Dialogues • 29 Jun 14

"Could we live here?” South African visual artist Robin Rhode chats to BLK JKS guitarist Mpumelelo Mcata over Skype about life in three major capitals. >
Focus on: Design for rural contexts

Focus On • 29 Jun 14

Six projects that broaden access to products and services in rural communities around the globe. >
Product Spotlight: Karoo Chair

Product Spotlight • 28 Jun 14

The Karoo Chair by Curious Room is a felt and fabric ode to the natural beauty of the South African landscape. >
Inside Out: Spoek Mathambo & Xander Ferreira

Dialogues • 28 Jun 14

Over a Skype call, South African musicians Spoek Mathambo and Xander Ferreira (Gazelle) talk about the changing landscape of making music in South Africa. >
Belly

FilmFestFriday • 27 Jun 14

British illustrator Julia Pott tells a melancholic tale about a pair of sparring boys, a kindly monster and an undersea trip that goes awry. >

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