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Plant loving

Design News • 9 Mar 14

Margarete Woermann combined her love of plants and clay to create a unique set of vases for Design Indaba Expo's First Editions feature. >
Life on two wheels

Lookbook • 8 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

Bicycles were big at 2014 Design Indaba Expo. More than just trendy commuting, the bikes on show proved what real "pedal power" can do. >
Skull and bones trend

Lookbook • 7 Mar 14

Our fascination with what lies beneath the surface is revealed in the large selection of skeletal-inspired designs on the Design Indaba Expo floor. >
Black and white trend

Lookbook • 6 Mar 14

The black and white Spring/Summer 2014 fashion trend has set the tone for home and décor accessories seen at the Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
Simply colourful

Lookbook • 6 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

Renowned South African fashion designer Hendrik Vermeulen launches Simply Vermeulen at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
Rise and Fall of Apartheid

Design News • 5 Mar 14

Design Indaba Conference speaker David Goldblatt's work can be seen at the "Rise and Fall of Apartheid" exhibition on at Museum Afrika in Johannesburg. >
Triangular trend

Lookbook • 5 Mar 14

A triangle is one of the basic shapes in geometry. This simple shape found a myriad of applications at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
Design Indaba Expo 2014 Innovation Award

Product Spotlight • 3 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

Shonaquip, a mobility and seating solutions provider, was the unanimous winner of Design Indaba's Innovation Award for 2014. >
Be happy

Lookbook • 3 Mar 14

Here's a look at Stefan Sagmeister's renowned "The Happy Show" exhibition that he presented at the 2014 Design Indaba Conference. >
Fashion for Africa

Lookbook • 3 Mar 14

Renowned South African fashion designer David Tlale treats Design Indaba Expo 2014 visitors to a surprising show. >
Let your guard down

Lookbook • 3 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content

2014 Design Indaba Pecha Kucha presenter photographer Joy Mckinney shared a photographic series "The Guardian" that explored the boundaries of personal space. >
Africa is Sharp!

Lookbook • 1 Mar 14

"Africa is Sharp!" is one of the five themes of the "Africa is Now" exhibition at the Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
Stefan Sagmeister on Happiness

Design News • 28 Feb 14

The difference 11 years can make. >
ABC according to Dean Poole

Design News • 28 Feb 14

Dean Poole takes a closer look at the letters of the alphabet. >
Africa is Tradition Reinvented

Lookbook • 28 Feb 14

"Africa is Tradition Reinvented" is one of the five themes of the "Africa is Now" exhibition at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
#YoungerThanRihanna

Design News • 28 Feb 14

An 89Plus panel at Design Indaba Conference 2014 >
Zonnebloem Renamed

Design News • 28 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

Zonnebloem is renamed District Six by Haroon Gunn-Salie for Design Indaba Conference 2014. >
Africa is Tranformed

Lookbook • 28 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

"Africa is Transformed" is one of the of the five themes explored in the "Africa is Now" exhibition at the Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
Using Art for Good

Design News • 27 Feb 14

Lauren Beukes in support of Rape Crisis >
Marcello Serpa and the Scottish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Japanese, Hawaiian flip-flop

Design News • 27 Feb 14

“We make the best glass in the world. Your job is to make the best advertising.” – Arthur Houghton to David Ogilvy. >
Building blocks for a new phone

Design News • 27 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

Dutch industrial designer Dave Hakkens presents his graduate project, Phonebloks, at the Pecha Kucha session on the 2014 Design Indaba Conference stage. >
Disruptive by Design

Design News • 27 Feb 14

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of sports performance, Oakley launches its first integrated brand culture campaign in LA – and at Design Indabar in CT. >
Reimaging history

Design News • 26 Feb 14 • Sponsored Content

British designer Thomas Heatherwick unveils his design proposal for Silo in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town – a project that started nine years ago. >
IDEO: A Design Powerhouse

Design News • 26 Feb 14

Tom Hulme, the Design Director for IDEO, is speaking today at Design Indaba 2014. >

From the Archives

Design for Human Rights

Design News • 13 Mar 23

In honour of Human Rights Day on 21 March, we take a look at human-centred innovations from South Africa. >
To the world

Q&A • 13 Mar 23

Sumayya Vally is shaping and shifting architectural discourses for the future. >
Something fishy

Design News • 13 Mar 23

This floating pavilion, which resembles a fish eye, is dedicated to sustainable fishing. >
Full of beans

Design Frontiers • 13 Mar 23

Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture lies ‘squashed’ under a high-rise building. >

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