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The big reveal: Design Indaba 2015 Emerging Creatives
Festival News
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12 Jan 15
Forty young designers, five days of pure inspiration and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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Bees Beside Us by Amy Pliszka
Product Spotlight
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12 Jan 15
British designer Amy Pliszka creates ornate, textile hives for the urban environment.
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Take Five
Take Five
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10 Jan 15
Our coverage of various weaving projects around the globe captured the imagination of readers this week.
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From the African earth
Lookbook
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9 Jan 15
Bright and bold pieces from two new Klomp Ceramic ranges.
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Mille Collines goes down south
African Report
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9 Jan 15
The story of how two Spaniards created a fashion brand designed, produced and retailed entirely in Africa.
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Under the mango trees
Inside View
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8 Jan 15
Switzerland-based product designer Béatrice Durandard discovers on a trip to Africa that an inability to communicate can lead to taking more risks.
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"La La" by Tabi Bonney
Track of the Week
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8 Jan 15
The Togolese hip-hop artist explores new electronic ground in this futuristic and buoyant track.
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A typographic response to the "pornographic era"
Design News
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7 Jan 15
Oded Ezer’s latest exhibition uses font as a content-bearing tool to demonstrate the politicisation of pornography and the pornographication of politics.
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When the model becomes the medium
Inside View
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7 Jan 15
How do you collaborate with someone who speaks another language? Swiss designer Laurence Stoffel tells us how she overcame the culture barrier.
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Veggies in vogue
Next Generation
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6 Jan 15
South Africa design graduate Tarryn Chudleigh whips up a fresh new way to think about food and fashion.
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Four inspired talents from Ghana
Focus On
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5 Jan 15
The country that inspired Fela Kuti to create his Afrobeat sound is producing another wave of edgy creatives from fashion to furniture to music.
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Brass beauties
Focus On
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5 Jan 15
Five designs from 2014 that draw on the subtle glow of brass, from jewellery and interior accessories to furniture and lamps.
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Wise Words – Part 3
Hot Topic
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4 Jan 15
A selection of memorable quotes from some of the most acclaimed designers and creative thinkers featured in the "Design Indaba All Stars" book.
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Speculative design
Focus On
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3 Jan 15
How far will we go to alter our bodies, nature and the universe? These five design projects ask questions about our future.
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Of warp and weft
Focus On
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2 Jan 15
Six weaving projects from across the globe that exemplify what's possible when the ancient technique is combined with progressive design.
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Wise Words – Part 2
Hot Topic
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1 Jan 15
A selection of memorable quotes from some of the most acclaimed designers and creative thinkers featured in the "Design Indaba All Stars" book.
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US is frontrunner in global design awards
Design News
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1 Jan 15
2014 World Design Rankings rate 79 represented countries according to sector, industry, strengths and weaknesses.
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