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Paper Planes: A merry band of illustrators
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We interview the two creative entrepreneurs who founded Alexander’s Band, a South African collective of illustrators.
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15 Jul 15
Petter Thörne: A magical experience of materials
Video Interviews
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Copenhagen-based designer explores his fascination with materiality in his contemporary product and furniture designs.
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13 Jul 15
Margrethe Odgaard: Design that engages with society
Video Interviews
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Textile designer Margrethe Odgaard says success can be measured in how much a design project touches your heart.
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10 Jul 15
Stefano Giovannoni: The heyday of designers working with manufacturers is over
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Creative Economy
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
The Italian industrial designer advises young designers to think like entrepreneurs and work at creating their own signature brand identities.
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7 Jul 15
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: The dream of better
Video Interviews
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
By applying design thinking to emerging technologies Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg imagines a better future for us all.
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6 Jul 15
Carla Kreuser: An illustrator goes back to the drawing board
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Going back to school was one of the best decisions I’ve made, says Carla Kreuser.
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2 Jul 15
Michael Johnson: The future is social branding
Video Interviews
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Creative Economy
The founder of brand identity firm Johnson Banks unpacks the growth of social branding in a competitive corporate world.
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2 Jul 15
Breaking down social barriers with a game of ping pong
Video Interviews
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Interaction Design
Danish photojournalist Anders Find’s novel approach to bringing people together in public space.
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30 Jun 15
Martijn Engelbregt: Breaking society out of its rut
Video Interviews
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Design Thinking
Meet the ringmaster of Circus Engelbregt who oversees the delicate act of subverting social norms using design.
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26 Jun 15
Darb 1718: A place of exchange for Egypt’s artists
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Craft
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Design Activism
Reem Hatem fills us in on Darb 1718, the Cairo centre that is fostering the North African country’s art scene.
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25 Jun 15
Juliana Rotich: Harnessing Africa’s potential with technology
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Interaction Design
Kenyan technologist Juliana Rotich lays out the tangible ways that governments can harness technology’s power to deliver services efficiently.
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23 Jun 15
Roy Choi: The food truck revolution that spread like wildfire
Video Interviews
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Design Thinking
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Food Design
The LA food truck kickstarted a global movement thanks to Twitter, says Roy Choi.
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19 Jun 15
Michael Murphy: Training African architects is one of the most important needs of our time
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Architecture can help bring about wholesale change in Africa, one building at a time, says the founder of MASS Design Group, Michael Murphy.
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17 Jun 15
The Nest: A DIY approach to storytelling
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Design Activism
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Kenyan arts collective The Nest makes impressive use of limited resources – from running a radio station out of their bathroom to making an award-winning film.
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12 Jun 15
Inspired Luxe launches online global marketplace
Video Interviews
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Craft
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Creative Economy
Entrepreneur Denise Bradley-Tyson presents handcrafted luxury curated from a global array of master artists, beginning with those from South Africa.
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10 Jun 15
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Brand Collaboration
Thula Sindi: Understanding the dynamics of being an emerging fashion designer
Video Interviews
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Thula Sindi believes designers have to make themselves indispensible to customers by making truly wearable clothes.
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8 Jun 15
Chu Suwannapha: Tradition is the new black
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The “prince of prints”, Chu Suwannapha, has made reinventing tradition a core part of his new fashion label.
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5 Jun 15
Beyond Entropy Africa: A new kind of common ground in Luanda
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Angola-based architecture group Beyond Entropy Africa brings radical change to an urban sprawl with a single plant.
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3 Jun 15
Deanne Viljoen: Playing with furniture
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Product Design
The owner of De Steyl tells us about the furniture design studio's shift to creating modular furniture that invites the user to intertact with it.
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25 May 15
David Tlale: Business advice from the catwalk
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
South African fashion designer David Tlale talks about how he was thrust into the business side of fashion.
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18 May 15
Dan Wieden (Part 2): “Just Do It”
Video Interviews
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Creative Economy
Want fresh ideas? Hire the misfits, says the co-founder of one of the largest independent agencies in the world.
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28 Apr 15
Dan Wieden (Part 1): We started by ignoring the rules of advertising
Video Interviews
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
How a mutual disregard for traditional advertising kickstarted Wieden + Kennedy and Nike’s success.
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22 Apr 15
Larry Harvey: Artists deserve to make money
Video Interviews
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Art & Photography
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Design Activism
The founder of Burning Man talks about how the annual arts festival has become an alternative market for art.
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20 Apr 15
Teresa van Dongen: Nature as a source of energy
Video Interviews
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
Teresa van Dongen has created a lamp that requires no electrical current. It functions purely from the energy of ocean bacteria.
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13 Apr 15
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