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On the soles of her feet

Profiling > African Design

Bethlehem Alemu is not your standard shoe saleswoman. Her fair-trade brand soleRebels is merging Ethiopian artisanal heritage with modern design sensibilities.

20 Jan 15
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Kyla Philander on using empathy as a design tool (trailer)

Trailers > Art & Photography

Cape Town-based musician, storyteller and videographer Kyla Philander outlines her journey into creativity.

20 Jan 15 / Design Indaba Conference 2014
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Printing joints

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Embody Ortho is just one example of how designers are on the front line of medical innovation.

19 Jan 15
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Mother of Song

Track of the Week > African Design

Listen to the entrancing "Voices", an unreleased acoustic track by South African songstress Nongoma, who will perform at Design Indaba Music 2015.

19 Jan 15 / Design Indaba Music 2015
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Alice Rawsthorn: Extraordinary consequences

Video Interviews > Creative Economy

The design writer and the Fuller Challenge judge speaks about one of the prize contenders: a Ugandan social design project with “extraordinary consequences”.

19 Jan 15
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Clive Wilkinson on playing at work (trailer)

Trailers > Architecture & Interiors

South African-born architect Clive Wilkinson on how all work and no play makes for a dull office.

18 Jan 15 / Design Indaba Conference 2014
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Take Five

Take Five > African Design

Readers loved our features on new South African talent who will show their work as Emerging Creatives at Design Indaba.

17 Jan 15
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Christien Meindertsma: Design includes what lies behind the product

Video Interviews > Craft

In this exclusive interview, the Rotterdam-based designer tells us why she felt compelled to buy a flax farm in the Netherlands.

16 Jan 15
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“DIS\CONNECT” by Doug Hindson

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

Doug Hindson pulls the strings to produce a short film about a modern topic with old storytelling tools.

16 Jan 15
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Teller of a thousand tales

Q&A > Creative Economy

Stanley Hainsworth talks to us about performing in the workplace, his ability to help brands communicate, being independent, and his hair.

16 Jan 15

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