May 2015 Archive

Take Five

Take Five • 9 May 15

Boundary-pushing fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi pulled the most interest on our website this week. >
In the desert everything burns

Lookbook • 8 May 15

Nearly 10 000 part-time pyromaniacs watched great wooden structures blaze at Afrikaburn, Africa’s regional Burning Man festival. >
How Anatomy Design broke into the European market

Inside View • 8 May 15

Anatomy Design has two lights in the collection of new Danish brand Karakter. Andrea Kleinloog tells us what it took to get into the European market. >
Joe Public responds to women abuse

Design News • 8 May 15

South African ad agency Joe Public creates a pro bono campaign for POWA to raise awareness of intimate partner violence. >
The first solar-powered flight around the world

Design Frontiers • 7 May 15

Two intrepid pilots are halfway through a round-the-world trip in a lightweight aeroplane powered only by the sun. >
“Unga Pfula A Chi Pfalo” by Kabasa

Track of the Week • 7 May 15

From out of “the dark ages” of Apartheid, a slice of progressive, funky Sowetan rock ’n roll! >
Haldane Martin’s interior for Striped Horse beer

Lookbook • 7 May 15

Haldane Martin creates a moody, masculine interior for a new South African craft beer brand. >
Stain, wash, rinse, repeat: The story of a perfect white dress

Lookbook • 6 May 15

Can a pure white dress stay perfectly fabulous, stain after stain, wash after wash? Skip washing powder found out – the creative way. >
Carrying the can for African design

Design News • 6 May 15

Young graphic designer Ofentse Letebele tells us what inspired his winning design for the inaugural BOS Ice Tea Design-A-Can competition. >
The banal becomes bold in Martina Paukova's illustrations

Q&A • 5 May 15

We talk to Slovakian illustrator Martina Paukova about her vibrant interpretations of everyday life in the first of our WeTransfer Featured Artist series. >
Form meets content

Design News • 5 May 15

Pentagram partner Abbott Miller is the subject of a new exhibition surveying his vast portfolio of design work. >
A legal gift to the creative community

Design News • 5 May 15

Need to protect your creative ideas? Download this Non-Disclosure Agreement and say thank you to Adams & Adams law firm. >
Q&A: Ng’endo Mukii

Q&A • 4 May 15

The filmmaker on why she fell in love with drawing and how “Yellow Fever” has catapulted her to the attention of the world. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Trevor Stuurman

Lookbook • 4 May 15

Faultlessly stylish and talented behind the camera, Trevor Stuurman took over the Design Indaba Instagram handle this week. Here’s what he came up with. >
Si Maclennan channels Sol Lewitt

Q&A • 4 May 15

For his first solo show, "Geometcentricity", Cape Town illustrator Si Maclennan was inspired by the American artist famous for his geometric minimalism. >
Pentagram's "I Give an X" campaign

Lookbook • 3 May 15

Only 65% of the UK's population voted in the last election, with young people in particular staying away. A new campaign by Pentagram hopes to change that. >
A most contemporary Karakter

Lookbook • 1 May 15

Danish brand Karakter launches its debut collection by distinctive and diverse designers – including South Africa's own Anatomy Design. >

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