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RoundUp • 14 Feb 15

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

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:54:02 • 13 Feb 15

A Danish delegation spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2014 on designing "like you give a damn". >
Building with communities

Interviews • 12 Feb 15

26'10 South Architects work to upgrade informal settlements by changing the physical, as well as emotional, landscape of the place. >
Danes on design that matters (trailer)

Conference Talks • 11 Feb 15

At Design Indaba Conference 2014, a Danish delegation talks about design that has nothing to do with chairs, coffee cups or couches. >
Leg Studios: The local design talent is incredible

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:37 • 11 Feb 15

From third person brand design to first person furniture design and the finer detail in between. >
Tanning leather from pineapples

Creative Work • 10 Feb 15

In a world where sustainability is high on the agenda, Carmen Hijosa is looking to pineapples as the future of textiles. >
#MakeChange: Retail therapy for the homeless

Creative Work • 10 Feb 15

The Street Store extends the popular pop-up store trend onto the pavement to give homeless people the joy of shopping. For free. >
Enter your work to A' Design Awards 2015

Creative Work • 9 Feb 15

Your last chance to enter this international juried competition expires 28 February – and here’s why you should enter! >
Take Five

RoundUp • 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". >
"Modern Love: Breaching the Seawall" by Adam Wells

Creative Work • 6 Feb 15

Taken from the “Modern Love” column published in The New York Times, Adam Wells animates the story of a woman who falls in love in the Philippines. >
A realised utopia

Creative Work • 6 Feb 15

In an industrial part of Amsterdam the locals refer to as "Noord", 16 grounded houseboats now dot a former shipyard: tricky architectural brief, magical space. >
Born to create

Creative Work • 4 Feb 15

Emerging Creative Bonga Jwambi designs with an impulse to make things no one has seen before. >
Balance and disorder

Creative Work • 4 Feb 15

Ceramicist Martine Jackson has partnered with fine artist Galia Gluckman to produce a vibrant range of limited edition, hand-coiled pots. >
Cutting down on timber

Creative Work • 3 Feb 15

Xanita is ahead of the game with its cradle-to-cradle designed X-board that is strong, multi-purpose and endlessly recyclable. >
Asif Khan: Always work with different scales

Interviews • Duration: 00:05:04 • 3 Feb 15

London-based architect Asif Khan talks about architecture and design that is appropriate for the modern human being. >
#MakeChange: Three simple, sustainable solutions

Creative Work • 3 Feb 15

Planters from billboard vinyl, solar-powered light bulbs and low-voltage power packs: three South African solutions for African problems. >
Urquiola’s universe

Creative Work • 1 Feb 15

Kartell dedicated its flagship store in Cologne to Patricia Urquiola with an exhibition rounding up all of her designs for the brand. >
Twenty years of jamming with design

Creative Work • 31 Jan 15

The first all-encompassing retrospective show of the work of Austrian design studio EOOS is on at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna. >
Take Five

RoundUp • 31 Jan 15

The heartwarming story of two fathers using design to help underprivileged newborns in their country drew the attention of readers this week. >
Andrea Zittel: Wagon Station Encampment

Creative Work • 30 Jan 15

Art21 releases the second of a two-part documentary on Andrea Zittel. In this installation she talks about wagons and “sci-fi pioneer aesthetics”. >
Tomorrow We Disappear

Design Indaba News • 29 Jan 15

"Tomorrow We Disappear" is a film that follows the lives of a fading community of Indian puppeteers and performers. >
The entertainment designer

Creative Work • 29 Jan 15

Multidisciplinary designer Emily Oberman has a formidable portfolio of work. We have a look at some of the campaigns she championed. >
Six launches in Cologne

Creative Work • 29 Jan 15

Patricia Urquiola unveils her first kitchen design at international furniture fair IMM Cologne and Passagen Interior Design Week. >
Stefan van Biljon: Unearthing the urban unknown

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:07:36 • 28 Jan 15

This Cape Town and New York-trained architect talks about uncovering the invisible forces that influence our relationships with our cities. >

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