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Guerilla Architect – trailer

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Film & Animation

Watch a preview of the first episode of "Rebel Architecture", Al Jazeera's new documentary series on architects who push the boundaries of the profession. >

12 Aug 14
Veld couch and Pebble Stool by Dokter and Misses

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Dokter and Misses are on a collab kick – this time with renowned felt artist Ronel Jordaan. >

11 Aug 14
Soldier Screens by Dokter and Misses and Gone Rural.

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Dokter and Misses collaborates with Gone Rural to create a new partition screen system. >

11 Aug 14
Lookbook: Open Field

Lookbook > Urban & Landscape Design

The wild natural gardens of Piet Oudolf belie the masterful hand that conceived them. A new exhibition of his sketches reveals his creative process. >

10 Aug 14
Piet Oudolf – Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

FilmFestFriday > Urban & Landscape Design

Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf takes us on a walk through the seasons and their perennial cycle of bloom and decay. >

8 Aug 14
Next Generation: Jess Gouws

Next Generation > Fashion & Jewellery Design

This young local jewellery designer tells us about finding beauty in old and discarded objects. >

8 Aug 14
"Someway Bi" by M.anifest

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

Succumb to the slick verbal gymnastics and hip-turning melody of this track by Ghanaian artist M.anifest. >

7 Aug 14
The Sticky Brick Fingers

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of "The Sticky Brick Fingers", Henrik Vibskov's Spring/Summer 2015 men's collection. >

7 Aug 14
The rebels of architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A new six-part documentary series tracks architects operating at the fringes of the profession – and even the law. >

6 Aug 14
Bamboo engineering

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Building with bamboo is not new but researchers at MIT are exploring new ways of creating construction products from the sustainable resource. >

5 Aug 14
Lookbook: What's Your Type?

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

An exhibition of alphabet prints by David Kindersley harks back to the pre-digital days of typographic design. >

4 Aug 14
Eclectic interiors

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Studio Makkink & Bey combines antiques and contemporary design to transform a 17th-century French hotel into a university research centre. >

3 Aug 14
SA's top buildings

Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors

Presenting this year's winners of the South Africa Institute of Architecture's awards celebrating architectural excellence in the country. >

2 Aug 14
Next Generation: Megan King

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa. >

1 Aug 14
Iconic Houses

FilmFestFriday > Architecture & Interiors / Film & Animation

A two-minute animated tour of some of the 20th century’s most recognisable and well-loved buildings. >

1 Aug 14
Whisper chandelier by High Thorn

Product Spotlight > Product Design

High Thorn's latest lighting design is a cascade of leather evoking a laidback sense of luxury. >

31 Jul 14
"Lazy Eys" by Sakawa Boys

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Shiba Mazaza selects a deliciously fluid and fun single by the Sakawa Boys, 'arguably one of the best acts to come out of Cape Town this year'. >

31 Jul 14
A helping hand

Design Frontiers > Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

A new smart tool from MIT Media Lab is blurring the lines between handmade and digital technology. But that's not a bad thing. >

29 Jul 14
Lookbook: Marianne Fassler's Resort 2015 collection

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

South Africa's favourite iconoclastic fashion designer unleashes a riot of colour and pattern at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town. >

28 Jul 14
Orbit coffee table by Stratflex

Product Spotlight > African Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

The Stratflex family of furniture grows with the addition of this cleverly designed flat-pack table. >

26 Jul 14
Next Generation: Ruth McNaughton

Next Generation > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

This young designer uses a 100-year-old loom to create refreshingly modern garments in mohair. >

25 Jul 14
John Stezaker: The collage of subtraction

FilmFestFriday > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

In this interview by Gestalten.tv, British artist John Stezaker talks about the "universal amnesia" created by visual culture and how his art subverts it. >

25 Jul 14
Instomi metal sideboard by Meyer von Wielligh

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Meyer von Wielligh contrasts smooth metal with aged wood in the latest addition to its signature range. >

24 Jul 14
"Let Go" by Jarel

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Kenyan crooner Jarel's track is a jazz-infused celebration of freedom and release. >

24 Jul 14

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