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Pop-up Happiness

Design News • 8 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Could there be a design solution for unhappiness? >
Zandile Tisani’s upcoming web series People You May Know resonates with a global audience

Design News • 8 May 17 • Sponsored Content

The South African series was recently nominated at a premier international festival >
Visualising Human Rights with Benjamin Dix’s PositiveNegatives

Design News • 8 May 17 • Sponsored Content

The UK-based nonprofit produces comics to educate the masses. >
Marianne Fassler’s latest lookbook is #FASSLERFABULOUS

Design News • 5 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Check out the newest editorial from the South African fashion label. >
Scientists fight malnutrition with super-shake

Design News • 5 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Peanut butter, chickpeas and a bit of oil can go a very long way in saving a life. >
Using your eyes to trick your stomach

Design News • 4 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Eating designer Marije Vogelzang explores the relationship between the eyes, the stomach and the appetite in her new project, Volumes. >
The twisted and wonderful illustrations of Shaun Hill

Design News • 4 May 17 • Sponsored Content

“It’s not so important to try to find inspiration, but rather to grab it when it comes naturally.” >
Redefining golf with visual artist Imraan Christian and friends

Design News • 4 May 17 • Sponsored Content

This short film follows a crew of South African creatives exploring their connection to their city. >
A solution to childbirth related deaths in Nigeria

Product Spotlight • 4 May 17 • Sponsored Content

The death of a friend inspired Adepeju Jaiyeoba’s to invent life-saving kits for pregnant women in Nigeria. >
KwaDukuza: A music video that addresses taxi violence in South Africa

Design News • 3 May 17 • Sponsored Content

The town of KwaDukuza in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa grabbed headlines last year for a number of fatal taxi shootings. The video for this hit song address this. >
A tribute to the gourd

Design News • 3 May 17 • Sponsored Content

This designer reimagines the traditional calabash for the contemporary home. >
A photographer and a chef collaborate on this series of deconstructed dishes

Design News • 3 May 17 • Sponsored Content

“A good menu is a story, with its own narrative arc. Tension is built and released, emotions are evoked and questions are raised.” >
Giorgia Lupi and Kaki King on the value of beauty in design

Design News • 3 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Beauty or functionality? We ask the designers who helped us feel data and see music. >
This short film from Kenzo is a celebration of Nigeria’s youth

Design News • 3 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Akinola Davies Jr captures the spirit of a community in this beautiful video. >
International graphic design campaign combats malaria

Design News • 2 May 17 • Sponsored Content

This cross-continental project advocates for malaria prevention with colourful designs. >
Bug poop apparel

Design News • 2 May 17 • Sponsored Content

The Clean Colour Collection is the latest trend in eco-friendly fashion. >
Interactive robot helps disabled children develop

Design News • 27 Apr 17 • Sponsored Content

Leka, the robot that changes the way children with developmental disorders learn, play and interact. >
Tapping into the limitless creativity of children

Design News • 27 Apr 17 • Sponsored Content

IKEA turns strange & colourful kids’ drawings into real toys. >
An ode to making mixtapes

Design News • 26 Apr 17 • Sponsored Content

PHFAT x Mac Motel have teamed up with Cape Town director Rob Smith to launch a nostalgic new track. >
Inarchi: Lights that float against the wall

Design News • 26 Apr 17 • Sponsored Content

Light design firm Inarchi create elaborate chandelier light installations for projects all around the world. >
The science of water sustainability by TechKnow

Design News • 26 Apr 17 • Sponsored Content

TechKnow is series exploring how the latest scientific and technological discoveries are changing our lives. >
Bobby Rogers’ portrait series addresses anti-Black racism and Islamophobia in the United States

Design News • 25 Apr 17 • Sponsored Content

Inspired by the viral twitter hashtag: #BeingBlackAndMuslim. >
Check out this year's A’ Design Award winners

Design News • 25 Apr 17 • Sponsored Content

The global platform announces its best designers and designs for 2016 to 2017. >
I got garbage

Design News • 24 Apr 17 • Sponsored Content

A human-centred approach to India’s brimming landfills. >

From the Archives

Hopeful romantic

Q&A • 24 Oct 22

Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series. >
Head above water

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October. >
Parking off

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet. >
Modern classics

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection. >

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