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It's a sign

Focus On • 12 Oct 14

We often take for granted the graphic signs that help us navigate our environments. Here are four excellent examples of wayfinding designs from our archive. >
Africa through the lens

Lookbook • 11 Oct 14

The winning work from the third annual POPCAP photography competition celebrates new visions of Africa. >
Marching to her own Afrobeat

African Report • 10 Oct 14

Buki Akib's luxurious fashion accessories capture the pulsating rhythms of her West African heritage. >
Take Five

Take Five • 10 Oct 14

Readers loved graphic design maestro Seymour Chwast's personal history of the evolution of styles this week. >
A haunted, handmade world

Next Generation • 10 Oct 14

Artist Ali Aschman makes emotionally layered animations using handmade puppets and paper cut-outs. >
'Function/Void' by The Bug and Factory Fifteen

FilmFestFriday • 10 Oct 14

This creative collaboration of music and film offers up a dystopian vision of a possible near-future. >
"Kinshasa" by Alec Lomami (CHLLNGR Remix)

Track of the Week • 9 Oct 14

Our Track of the Week is an Afro-electro ode to the idea of home by Congolese rapper-producer Alec Lomami. >
Brass Top dressing table by James Mudge

Product Spotlight • 9 Oct 14

Cape Town-based designer-carpenter James Mudge crafts a delicate, contemporary dressing table. >
What is the value of a national design policy?

Hot Topic • 8 Oct 14

Can getting design on the government's agenda really benefit working designers? We ask 7 presenters at next week's WDC2014 Design Policy Conference to weigh in. >
The many uses of social media

Inside View • 7 Oct 14

The value of social media is shifting far beyond PR and marketing – and that's good news for creative enterprises, says Nadia Mannell of Meltwater Group. >
Bad Boys by Matali Crasset

Product Spotlight • 7 Oct 14

French designer Matali Crasset has designed a quirky collection of wall clocks for DesignerBox. >
A step up

Design Frontiers • 7 Oct 14

Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest pieces take her technical proficiencies to new heights – and onto the fashion runway. >
Eye on digital art from Africa

Design News • 6 Oct 14

Curator Christine Eyene tells us about her selection of experimental artists from Africa whose work was part of London's recent "Africa Utopia" festival. >
A brief personal history of illustration

Opinion • 6 Oct 14

The legendary graphic designer Seymour Chwast gives us a bird's-eye view of the period styles that have shaped the industry. >
Bronze Age by Studio Tjep.

Product Spotlight • 6 Oct 14

Frank Tjepkema's latest body of work conveys solidity even as it seems to be melting away. >
For the love of trees

Focus On • 5 Oct 14

Trees must be one of nature's finest designs. We roundup five designs from our archive that take their inspiration from the leafy form. >
Industrial dreams

Lookbook • 4 Oct 14

The director David Lynch's black and white photographs of factories affirm his penchant for dark, surreal imagery. >
Crawly couture

Lookbook • 3 Oct 14

It might make us twitchy, but Hendrik Vermeulen's latest fashion collection is inspired by the intricate patterns of insects. >
Take Five

Take Five • 3 Oct 14

Top of the popular posts this week is Leg Studios' furniture range that sports intricate geometric latticework. >
Tyneside lounger by David Irwin

Product Spotlight • 2 Oct 14

The Irish designer's timber chair for Deadgood began life as cinema seating. >
Geraldine Fenn: The bare bones of business and creativity

Q&A • 2 Oct 14

We chat to one of South Africa's most imaginative jewellery designers on balancing creative innovation with the demands of running a business. >
"Get High" by Mr Moeh 24

Track of the Week • 2 Oct 14

This track by multitalented designer, photographer and DJ Mpumelelo Macu is a staple for anyone who values seamless production. >
Vitra Design Museum looks to Africa

Design News • 1 Oct 14

The institution plans a major exhibition on contemporary African design in spring 2015. >
Designing better HIV treatment

Opinion • 1 Oct 14

Digital designer Jepchumba tells us about the making of Aviro, a mobile app for HIV clinicians to accurately prescribe ARV medication. >
Eve bench by Frank Böhm Studios

Product Spotlight • 30 Sep 14

The Cape Town-based architect begins a series of slender, clean-lined benches. >
Light and shadow

Design News • 29 Sep 14

The subtle play of light through the spaces of this children's facility in the Japanese town of Yamadi-machi is designed to encourage healing. >
Well-heeled

Design News • 29 Sep 14

"Killer Heels" at the Brooklyn Museum explores the cultural history of the high heel. >
Walls that talk

Lookbook • 29 Sep 14

Robin Sprong Wallpaper wants to plaster your walls in pattern. Here are three recent collaborations with locally based designers. >
Aeon Rocket pendant light by Morten Voss

Product Spotlight • 28 Sep 14

The Danish designer's new light harmoniously marries rigid material and malleable plastic. >
Lullaby pendant lamp by Monica Förster

Product Spotlight • 27 Sep 14

The Swedish designer's harmonious angular light was inspired by the work of Isamu Noguchi. >

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