2015 Archive

Tracing the intersecting lines of African food

African Report • 29 May 15

Tuleka Prah tells us why the representation of African food needs a makeover, and how she plans on doing it. >
"Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier" by Alan Warburton

FilmFestFriday • 29 May 15

Alan Warburton gives classical music a digital twist in this 3D-animated interpretation of Bach’s “The Well Tempered Clavier”. >
Mikhael Subotzky & Patrick Waterhouse win Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015

Design News • 29 May 15

Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse hailed for "Ponte City" book, which portrays the culture and community of Joburg's most famous building. >
Buzz lamp by The Artisan

Product Spotlight • 1 Jun 15

A rugged copper-pipe lamp from Ingrid Auret and Jovan Geldenhuys of The Artisan launches today. >
Design Indaba announces its new documentary on William Kentridge

Design News • 1 Jun 15

Watch the teaser for "William Kentridge: The Collaborative Artist", a candid, behind-the-scenes documentary by Design Indaba. >
Alejandro Aravena’s UC Innovation Centre wins 2015 Design of the Year Award for Architecture

Design News • 1 Jun 15

London’s Design Museum selects the Chilean’s university building over 15 other acclaimed nominees. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Marije Vogelzang

Lookbook • 1 Jun 15

Food, a musical swing and red stockings populated our Instagram account as “eating designer” Marije Vogelzang took over. >
Students’ stop-motion animation of a Beatles classic

Next Generation • Duration: 00:02:31 • 1 Jun 15

A group of AAA School of Advertising students have created a colourful contemporary video for the Beatles song “Come Together”. >
Surfers become citizen scientists with the Smartphin

Design Frontiers • 2 Jun 15

The Smartphin enables surfers to collect vital information about the changing condition of the oceans in the hostile near-shore zone. >
30 Weeks supercharges entrepreneurial training for designers

Design News • 2 Jun 15

A team of New York design schools in collaboration with Google have created 30 Weeks, a hybrid between a tech incubator and design school. >
Seven films about African creativity at Encounters

Design News • 2 Jun 15

These films at the annual Encounters documentary festival probe compelling issues at play in Africa’s creative landscape. >
Skinny laMinx launches Diggi Dot collection

Product Spotlight • 2 Jun 15

South Africa's favourite fabric designer, Heather Moore of Skinny laMinx, goes all sweet and subtle in her new collection. >
A cell phone designed to be used as little as possible

Product Spotlight • 2 Jun 15

The Lightphone is a thoughtfully designed phone that allows you to be more connected to the moment. >
Tabanlıoğlu Architects recognised for Dakar Congress Centre

Design News • 3 Jun 15

Istanbul-based Tabanlıoğlu Architects wins a trio of awards, including one for the Dakar Congress Centre with its distinctive latticed roof. >
Trailer: William Kentridge on peripheral thinking

Trailers • 3 Jun 15

South Africa’s foremost artist demonstrates how productive procrastination is at the heart of his creative process. >
William Kentridge on peripheral thinking

Talks • Duration: 00:52:54 • 3 Jun 15

South Africa’s foremost artist demonstrates how productive procrastination is at the heart of his creative process. >
Online portfolio platform Format launches documentary series

Design News • 3 Jun 15

“Inframe” is a new documentary series tracing the paths of photographers, artists, designers and illustrators around the world. Watch the first episode here. >
Beyond Entropy Africa: A new kind of common ground in Luanda

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:05 • 3 Jun 15

The Angola-based architecture group Beyond Entropy Africa brings radical change to an urban sprawl with a single plant. >
5 tips for young architects from Thorsten Deckler

Inside View • 3 Jun 15

Thorsten Deckler, the co-founder of 26’10 South Architects, says sharpening your creative skills starts with looking outside the industry. >
A cross-continental architecture studio with solutions for Harare’s informal traders

African Report • 4 Jun 15

The architects behind Studio [D] Tale propose a set of innovative designs to improve life for informal traders in African cities. >
3 films by South African artist Michael MacGarry

Next Generation • 4 Jun 15

Contrary to what he might have you believe, Michael MacGarry's film work is not "all theory and no practice". >
Matali Crasset’s “We Trust In Wood” project supports local craftsmen in France

Product Spotlight • 4 Jun 15

Matali Crasset collaborates with craftsmen in the rural French woodland of La Muese. >
Dutch students upcycle old KLM interior into new products

Design News • 4 Jun 15

Students for the Design Academy Eindhoven turn discarded material from the KLM cabins into inventive new travel items. >
New York City’s pulse beats at 100 stories above the ground

Design News • Duration: 00:01:10 • 4 Jun 15

Jake Barton’s design studio Local Projects launches a new interactive story-telling experience at the top of the One World Trade Centre. >

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