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Stephen Doyle: Magic, nonsense and macramé

Interviews • Duration: 00:06:08 • 23 Sep 14

The New York-based graphic designer's love for words is so big, he's not content to leave them on the page. >
How useful are ad awards?

Point of View • 23 Sep 14

What is the value of advertising awards to agencies? Do they have value outside of the industry? Four agency heavyweights share their thoughts. >
Cork & Felt rugs by Hella Jongerius

Creative Work • 23 Sep 14

The Dutch designer's collection for Danskina breaks away from traditional materials and manufacturing techniques. >
Bag it

Creative Work • 23 Sep 14

The cheap "China bag" has become a symbol of migration in Africa – and a popular material for artists and designers to reimagine. >
Grandest of them all

Creative Work • 22 Sep 14

The four winners of Grand Prix awards at this weekend's Loeries celebrated real-life, digital, print and radio. >
Africa calls, London answers

Interviews • 22 Sep 14

British design consultant Kathy Shenoy launches Africa Calling, a platform to bridge the divide between makers from the UK and Africa. >
Milton Glaser's "10 Things I Have Learnt"

Point of View • 22 Sep 14

The celebrated graphic designer on the limits of being professional, why style is not to be trusted and other career (and life) lessons. >
Topiary Lamps by Vera & Kyte

Creative Work • 21 Sep 14

This high-impact light by the Norwegian duo rethinks the traditional lampshade. >
The mad men of advertising

RoundUp • 19 Sep 14

We round up four interviews with some of the world's greatest ad men in honour of the Loeries, South Africa's annual advertising awards. >
Resetting the rules in advertising

Point of View • 19 Sep 14

Efficiency has become more of a priority than creativity, says award-winning Brazilian adman PJ Pereira. >
Take Five

RoundUp • 18 Sep 14

Stories about London Design Festival 2014, which closes this Sunday, proved popular with our readers this week. >
Orla sofa by Jasper Morrison

Creative Work • 18 Sep 14

A new sofa by the influential British designer for Italian furniture brand Cappellini goes on show at 2014 London Design Festival. >
The story behind London Design Festival's identity for 2014

Creative Work • 17 Sep 14

Pentagram partner Domenic Lippa tells us what inspired this year's visual identity for the London Design Festival. >
Subway reading

Creative Work • 17 Sep 14

The NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual, a feat of design brilliance by Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda, is about to be turned into a book. >
Working on Water

Interviews • 16 Sep 14

Watch the full episode from Al Jazeera's Rebel Architecture series on Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi's groundbreaking projects in Lagos and Port Harcourt. >
Tropical Noire by Simone Brewster

Creative Work • 16 Sep 14

The London-based designer's new vessels, inspired by African woodcarvings, are unveiled at London Design Festival today. >
How to create a portfolio that will get you hired

Point of View • 16 Sep 14

Industrial designer Amina Horozic shares some of the insights from her new book "Breaking In" on how to create a winning showcase of your work. >
Reminder: Enter the A’ Design Awards

Creative Work • 15 Sep 14

The standard deadline for this global design competition is 30 September. Latecomers pay extra so register and submit your work today! >
Jon Daniel: Four corners of the diaspora

Interviews • 15 Sep 14

London-based creative director Jon Daniel shares the story behind his Design Week column on designers of African descent. >
Hacked notebooks

Creative Work • 14 Sep 14

An exhibition of Moleskine notebooks customised by and containing the sketches of designers is on exhibition in London. >
Crafted elements

Creative Work • 13 Sep 14

Lina Kanafani's London Design Festival show brings together diverse work illustrating the impact of craft on the design process. >
London Design Festival: Our picks

Creative Work • 12 Sep 14

We go in search of all things Africa at the London Design Festival. Here are our highlights. >
Take Five

RoundUp • 12 Sep 14

This week Ilze Wolff's opinion piece on gender in architecture peaked readers' interested. See what else made it into the top five stories. >
Soft Pots by Lisa Firer

Creative Work • 11 Sep 14

The Cape Town-based ceramicist's latest range experiments with retaining the softness of wet clay. >

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