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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. >
How the Pinda table was born

Next Generation • 27 Mar 15

The evolution of Siyanda Mbele’s Pinda table is the story of his growth as a designer finding a place for traditional African aesthetics in contemporary design. >
Album covers strike a chord

Lookbook • 27 Mar 15

Buenos Aires-based graphic designer Max Rompo designs boldly graphic album covers for Argentina’s tango and jazz musicians. >
East meets East

Lookbook • 26 Mar 15

Lebanese furniture studio Bokja collaborates with fashion designer Milia Maroun in a limited-edition range of coats. >
"Jump off a Cliff" by Dark Suburb

Track of the Week • 26 Mar 15

A warning about the lures of love from Ghana's first ever rock band, who conceal their identities at every performance. >
Polishing tomorrow's gems

Lookbook • 25 Mar 15

The Ekurhuleni Jewellery Project in Gauteng trains aspiring designers and gives graduates an incubated space to start their own businesses. >
An interview with Stanley Hainsworth of Tether – Designboom

Q&A • 25 Mar 15

During Design Indaba 2015 Designboom spoke to Stanley Hainsworth, the founder and creative director of Tether. >
7 talented South African illustrators to watch – Computer Arts

Lookbook • 25 Mar 15

Nick Carson picks his favourites from last month's Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town >
Tasting the creative process

Q&A • 24 Mar 15

Bubblegum spaceships, an idea kitchen and food as performance art. Emilie Baltz's job is so Willy Wonka one has no idea how she crafts a career out of it. >
You are how you eat

Profiling • 24 Mar 15

Emilie Baltz designs tools and eating experiences that surprise and delight – and make you rethink your relationship to food. >
Blood as ink

Design News • 24 Mar 15

Pentagram partner Harry Pearce uses his own blood for a poster design that questions the self-destructiveness of the human species. >
Joburg Her Homeburg

Next Generation • 23 Mar 15

Rendani Nemakhavhani, graphic designer and frequent taxi commuter, captures the hustle and style of Joburg’s streets in her work. >
Dominic Wilcox on playful creativity – Cool Hunting

Profiling • 23 Mar 15

Cajsa Carlson catches up with the English artist at this year's Design Indaba for an inside look at his open-minded approach. >
Roy Choi takes gourmet fast food to the streets – Designboom

Q&A • 23 Mar 15

Roy Choi, co-founder of Kogi BBQ trucks, has revolutionised food truck culture by bringing gourmet cooking to the masses, reports Designboom. >
Head, hands and heart

Q&A • 23 Mar 15

"Craft art", says author Elbé Coetsee, heralds the merging of "art" and "craft" as makers bring a conceptual approach to traditional handmade techniques. >
Where craft and art meet

Lookbook • 23 Mar 15

Elbé Coetsee's new book, "Craft Art in South Africa", is a beautifully illustrated journey through the tactile possibilities of handmade work. >
#MakeChange: Flipping trash into treasure

Lookbook • 22 Mar 15

They might be light and summery but flip-flops pose a deadly threat to Kenya’s coast. >
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. >
A living memorial to Rwanda's genocide

African Report • 20 Mar 15

Ntarama Church, where 5 000 Tutsis were murdered, has stood untouched since 1994. Now an architect is helping to preserve its legacy. >
The rapid prototyping of policy

Inside View • 20 Mar 15

Christian Bason, CEO of the Danish Design Centre, tells us how governments are turning to designers to help them be more nimble in their policy making. >
"Masangango" by Mokoomba

Track of the Week • 19 Mar 15

A swirl of sounds by the internationally acclaimed Zimbabwean sextet that gives traditional Tonga music a rhythmic twist. >
A hustler and champion of local comics

Inside View • 19 Mar 15

Loyiso Mkhize tells us about his local superhero comic, “KWEZI”, which he hopes will become a phenomenon. >
An alternative market stall

Design Frontiers • 18 Mar 15

A studio in New York searches for a way to alleviate the daily struggles of Ghanaian street vendors – and finds it in an unusual place. >
A reason to celebrate

Lookbook • 18 Mar 15

Party Bunch & Co’s illustrated designs blur the line between stationery and art. >
Shapes in clay

Profiling • 18 Mar 15

Ceramicist Chuma Maweni creates contemporary black-and-white striped conical pots at Art In The Forest, a ceramics centre where young artists are mentored. >
A store design made for walking

Lookbook • 17 Mar 15

Multidisciplinary studio Lagranja Design crafts a contemporary cobbler look for Spanish shoe retailer Tascón’s two stores in Barcelona. >
Kassena Town by Dokter and Misses

Product Spotlight • 17 Mar 15

Dokter and Misses’ new range of storage pieces is a further exploration of West African Kassena architecture. >
The DeskStand by RCAgency

Product Spotlight • 16 Mar 15

It’s said to be as deadly as smoking and sugar but have no fear, Cape Town-based designer Ryan Roberts has created a healthy alternative to sitting. >
Honey-Comb shelves by Leg Studios

Product Spotlight • 15 Mar 15

This new shelving system from South African trio Leg Studios pairs delicate copper connectors with raw wood. >

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