Creative Work | Design Indaba

"Stepps" by AmaraFleur

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

In this week's exploration of sounds from across the African continent, we bring you a unique mix of chillwave and electronic house. >

27 Nov 14
New exhibitors at Design Indaba Expo 2015

Lookbook > African Design / Craft / Product Design

Here's a taste from the feast of new work that will be showcased for the first time at Africa's largest design exhibition. >

26 Nov 14
3 game-changers for low-income housing?

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The three winners of the Better Living Challenge design competition each receive R500 000 worth of support services to develop their products for market. >

26 Nov 14
Silk Quilted Plaids by Borre Akkersdijk and Piet Hein Eek

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The designers present a range of richly patterned quilts made from fabrics left behind at an old tie factory. >

24 Nov 14
Hammered Bowls by Piet Hein Eek and Studio Floris Wubben

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This collection of misshapen bowls captures the performative act of making. >

22 Nov 14
Music to your ears, eyes and nose

Next Generation > Interaction Design / Product Design

Joris Petterson's new-age speaker system emits lights and smells that match the tone of your music playlist. >

21 Nov 14
"The Thing Under the Tree" by Lily Fang

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

The attention to detail in this stop-motion animation by recent RCA grad Lily Fang makes for a visually arresting story. >

21 Nov 14
Technology and textiles, knitted together

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Dutch designer Borre Akkersdijk has created an eye-catching suit that is a wearable connected platform – with technological applications way beyond that. >

20 Nov 14
"Soumbouya Ancestral Soul Remix" by Boddhi Satva

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Salif Keita's "Soumbouya" gets a smoky reinterpretation from Boddhi Satva, a DJ and producer from the Central African Republic. >

20 Nov 14
An app for allergy sufferers

Next Generation > Interaction Design

Two graduates of Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design have designed an early warning system that connects a special sensor to your smartphone. >

17 Nov 14
The Diamond Condition by Kirsten Goss

Product Spotlight > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Kirsten Goss's latest collection proves that sometimes a girl's best friend is a bit of irreverence. >

17 Nov 14
Floral Bomb by Missibaba

Product Spotlight > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Celebrated accessory and handbag label, Missibaba delights with a flowery explosion. >

15 Nov 14
Walls that mark the passage of time

Lookbook > Art & Photography

A tour of the street art in Cape Town's neighbourhoods reveals some hidden artworks in the city. >

14 Nov 14
Dreams woven in raffia

Lookbook > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

A trip to Bolgatanga in northern Ghana to meet the women who weave A A K S’s sought-after raffia bags. >

14 Nov 14
"Somewhere" by Sipho The Gift, featuring Well$

Track of the Week > African Design / Music & Sound Design

A catchy, thought-provoking track by young Stellenbosch-based rapper-producer Sipho The Gift. >

13 Nov 14
A safer and speedier rescue

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Spark Design and Innovation's inflatable raft uses an innovative tilting mechanism that makes it easier to pull rescue victims out of the water. >

13 Nov 14
Tekku stools by Ira Studio

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Teak and brass combine in two stools that exemplify this Chennai-based studio's subtle synthesis of age-old Indian craft and contemporary design. >

12 Nov 14
Matali Crasset on making baskets in Bulawayo

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft

The French designer tells us in her own words about her time spent with Zimbabwean weavers developing baskets based on the gourd. >

11 Nov 14
A next-generation tree harvester

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Like the insect it is named after, the Gerridae harvester is light on its feet and the environment. >

10 Nov 14
BISAZZA Hayón Tiles by Jaime Hayón

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Patterns multiply underfoot in the Spanish designer's new collection of tiles for Bisazza. >

10 Nov 14
Window shopping at the Watershed

Lookbook > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

We popped by the newly opened Watershed at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town to check out some of the gorgeous local design and craft on sale. >

9 Nov 14
Basotho blankets go north

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Emerging fashion designer Thabo Makhetha launched her modern take on the Basotho blanket at Vancouver Fashion Week 2014. >

8 Nov 14
Architecture & Water (Part 3): Water Park

FilmFestFriday > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The final part of this documentary series looks at ideas such as floating islands, which bring the Thames River into the greater urban fabric of London. >

7 Nov 14
Victoria Hayes is ready for battle

Next Generation > Fashion & Jewellery Design

She graduated from Parsons with a collection inspired by samurai armour. Now she’s taking on the New York City fashion world. >

7 Nov 14

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