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Michael Bierut designs symbol for US Pavilion at Milan Expo

Design News • 13 May 15

Pentagram partner Michael Bierut puts a thematic spin on the star-spangled banner for the US pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. >
Woven grass handbags by DXP

Product Spotlight • 12 May 15

Pichulik collaborates with Design Africa and the Du Noon Urban Weavers on a collection of unusual bags made of rope and indigenous grass. >
Objects with a distorted sense of reality

Next Generation • 12 May 15

“Distorted”, the collaboration between Monica Albini and Adriana C. Cota, will make you think twice about the objects on display. >
The sangomas and weavers of Du Noon

Lookbook • 12 May 15

An exhibition of photos captures the daily lived realities of the talented women collaborating with Pichulik and Design Afrika on a new range of bags. >
An edible water-filled bead

Design Frontiers • 12 May 15

Meet the Ooho! – if water were a fruit, this is how it would be packaged. >
Africa Month's must-see design exhibition

Festival News • 12 May 15

Celebrate Africa Month by visiting the “We Are Africa” design and innovation exhibition at the KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA) from 14 May – 7 June. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Faith47

Lookbook • 11 May 15

Street artist Faith47 took us around the world with images of her ghostly creations. >
Sunken candleholders by Adriana Castillo Cota

Product Spotlight • 11 May 15

Mexican designer Adriana Castillo Cota draws on ship wreckages for a collection of striking candleholders. >
16 global startups to change the world

Design Frontiers • 11 May 15

Chivas Regal reveals the finalists of The Venture, the most promising social entrepreneurs from across the globe. >
Ballo's local labour of love

Lookbook • 11 May 15

At least 25 processes go into creating each pair of Ballo's wooden sunglasses, all carried out by hand or hand-operated machines in Woodstock, Cape Town. >
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. >
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. >
“Agrabagrabah” by Calvin Frederick

FilmFestFriday • 8 May 15

Calvin Frederick’s hallucinatory short film is remarkable for the fact that it was made using no visual special effects. >
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. >
M.anifest releases “Forget Dem” music video

Design News • 6 May 15

Ghanaian MC M.anifest’s latest music video for ”Forget Dem” is a light-hearted call to audiences to stop sweating the small stuff. >
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. >
Interlude brings Led Zeppelin to life

Design News • 6 May 15

Classic rock band Led Zeppelin uses sophisticated interactive video technology to transport fans back to 1975. Choose a room and then use arrow keys to explore. >
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. >

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