2015 Archive

5 design projects saving the oceans

Focus On • 8 Jun 15

Today – World Oceans Day – we celebrate the ocean’s power to inspire and the innovative thinkers who’re protecting them. >
Focus On: Luxury

Focus On • 5 Jun 15

Luxury may have always been a relative thing but its definition is shifting more than ever in our time-starved, media-saturated world. >
Take Five

Take Five • 23 May 15

Our top story featured Nigerian graphic designer Karo Akpokiere, who didn’t know about the Venice Biennale until his work was selected for an exhibition there. >
Take Five

Take Five • 16 May 15

Joburg artists Hlanganani Nkambule and Melikhaya Ntlangeni’s Izikhotane-inspired cartoon touched a chord with readers this week. >
Mothers and daughters in design

Focus On • 10 May 15

Here's a feel-good feature about three mother-daughter design teams for Mother's Day. >
Take Five

Take Five • 9 May 15

Boundary-pushing fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi pulled the most interest on our website this week. >
Focus on: Telling time

Focus On • 26 Apr 15

Six innovative timepieces that turn clock-watching into an unusual experience. >
Take Five

Take Five • 25 Apr 15

Our gallery of specially made anti-xenophobia posters submitted by local illustrators was the most popular story this week. >
10 product highlights at Milan 2015

Focus On • 19 Apr 15

As Milan Design Week draws to an end, we look back at ten new designs that made an impression. >
Take Five

Take Five • 18 Apr 15

Christoph Niemann’s illustration, made for us in response to the recent spate of xenophobic violence in South Africa, had universal impact. >
Focus on: South African designers working in wool

Focus On • 12 Apr 15

It’s Wool Week in Cape Town! We round up five recently launched designs that explore the tactile possibilities of this natural fibre. >
Take Five

Take Five • 11 Apr 15

The tale of a traditional Nigerian fabric called Aso Oke, reinvented in contemporary shoe designs, walked away with the top spot. >
Focus on: The fine art of street signs

Focus On • 6 Apr 15

Street signs hold sway in our urban psyches, thanks to these design masters – and subverters. >
Focus on: The rich possibilities of play

Focus On • 5 Apr 15

These designers and creatives embrace their inner child to keep their creativity alive and kicking in their work. >
Take Five

Take Five • 4 Apr 15

The top feature this week told the story of a young designer following the trail of his Zulu roots. >
Focus on: Rwanda

Focus On • 3 Apr 15

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Rwanda is full of positive signs of growth and repair. >
4 ways to rethink food production

Focus On • 29 Mar 15

Floating or far underground, these ideas chart a new course for more efficient food sources. >
Take Five

Take Five • 28 Mar 15

Readers were most intrigued by Pentagram partner Harry Pearce’s poster design using his own blood. >
Take Five

Take Five • 21 Mar 15

Michael Bierut explaining the power of logos in an exclusive interview with Design Indaba was the most popular story this week. >
Take Five

Take Five • 14 Mar 15

The stories that most captivated readers this week ranged from high-rise farming to a small-scale kids’ furniture. >
Take Five

Take Five • 7 Mar 15

The announcement that the Boomslang was voted the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa snaked its way to the top of our rankings this week. >
Take Five

Take Five • 21 Feb 15

Creativity from across Africa dominated the rankings, taking gold, silver and bronze in this week’s top five stories. >
Take Five

Take Five • 14 Feb 15

The interview with Nando’s co-founder Robbie Brozin ranked double extra hot as the most read story this week. >
Take Five

Take Five • 7 Feb 15

Nostalgic over a little boy and his stuffed tiger, readers were intrigued to know what happened to Bill Watterson and his cartoon, "Calvin & Hobbes". >

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