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Ballo's local labour of love

Creative Work • 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. >
Take Five

RoundUp • 9 May 15

Boundary-pushing fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi pulled the most interest on our website this week. >
How Anatomy Design broke into the European market

Point of 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

Creative Work • 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

Creative Work • 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

Creative Work • 7 May 15

Two intrepid pilots are halfway through a round-the-world trip in a lightweight aeroplane powered only by the sun. >
Haldane Martin’s interior for Striped Horse beer

Creative Work • 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

Creative Work • 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

Creative Work • 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. >
Interlude brings Led Zeppelin to life

Creative Work • 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

Interviews • 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. >
Form meets content

Creative Work • 5 May 15

Pentagram partner Abbott Miller is the subject of a new exhibition surveying his vast portfolio of design work. >
A legal gift to the creative community

Creative Work • 5 May 15

Need to protect your creative ideas? Download this Non-Disclosure Agreement and say thank you to Adams & Adams law firm. >
Q&A: Ng’endo Mukii

Interviews • 4 May 15

The filmmaker on why she fell in love with drawing and how “Yellow Fever” has catapulted her to the attention of the world. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Trevor Stuurman

Creative Work • 4 May 15

Faultlessly stylish and talented behind the camera, Trevor Stuurman took over the Design Indaba Instagram handle this week. Here’s what he came up with. >
Si Maclennan channels Sol Lewitt

Interviews • 4 May 15

For his first solo show, "Geometcentricity", Cape Town illustrator Si Maclennan was inspired by the American artist famous for his geometric minimalism. >
Pentagram's "I Give an X" campaign

Creative Work • 3 May 15

Only 65% of the UK's population voted in the last election, with young people in particular staying away. A new campaign by Pentagram hopes to change that. >
A most contemporary Karakter

Creative Work • 1 May 15

Danish brand Karakter launches its debut collection by distinctive and diverse designers – including South Africa's own Anatomy Design. >
#MakeChange: The incredible growing shoe

Creative Work • 30 Apr 15

An American innovator has designed a pair of robust shoes that can be adjusted up to five sizes so poor children need never go barefoot. >
Egyptian twins bring comic love to Cairo

Point of View • 30 Apr 15

Since the Arab Spring comic book artists in Egypt have undergone a revolution of their own, say cartoonists Haitham and Mohamed Raafat El-seht. >
Nordic designers help the needy

Creative Work • 29 Apr 15

Nordic Designers Aid plans to open a fashion boutique in Cape Town that will fund craft and design workshops for low-income communities. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Akosua Afriye-Kumi

Creative Work • 29 Apr 15

Handbag designer Akosua Afriye-Kumi took us on a trip to the unlikely home of her handcrafted fashion label AAKS: the dusty villages of Bolgatanga, Ghana. >
One dress, so many jobs

Creative Work • 28 Apr 15

Do you know who made your clothes? This short film by Ernst Heusser sheds light on why it’s important to ask. >
Contemplating our freedom

Point of View • 27 Apr 15

As South Africa celebrates Freedom Day, we look back on hopeful beginnings to remind us of what we set out to achieve as a nation. >

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