• For the love of trees
    Trees must be one of nature's finest designs. We roundup five designs from our archive that take their inspiration from the leafy form. >
  • Take Five
    Top of the popular posts this week is Leg Studios' furniture range that sports intricate geometric latticework. >
  • Nairobi 2081 A.D. (Escape to New Lagos series), illustration for the lookbook of the Ikiré Jones Fashion Collection, Vigilism, 2013 Copyright: Olalekan Jeyifous [vigilism.com] and Walé Oyéjidé [ikirejones.com]
    Vitra Design Museum looks to Africa
    The institution plans a major exhibition on contemporary African design in spring 2015. >
  • Briefly.
    What's in a brief?
    Watch Tom Bassett's documentary "Briefly", featuring interviews with top designers such as Frank Gehry, Yves Béhar and David Rockwell. >
  • "Inspiring Creativity" directed by Pablo Ganguli and Tomas Auksas.
    Inspiring Creativity
    Poverty, humour, music, delusion – 21 artists tell us what drives their creative impulse. >
  • Take Five.
    Take Five
    It's no surprise that advertising stories were a big hit with readers the week after the Loerie Awards – in particular an essay by the much-loved Milton Glaser. >
  • #makechange – an instagram competition with @designindaba
    Competition: Win a copy of "In the City" by Greyworld
    We want to see photos of the tweaks and hacks that improve life in your city. Post them to Instagram to enter our competition! #makechange >
  • What is the value of advertising awards?
    How useful are ad awards?
    What is the value of advertising awards to agencies? Do they have value outside of the industry? Four agency heavyweights share their thoughts. >
  • Rifugiato Mappa del Mondo 2011 by Dan Halter. Image: whatiftheworld
    Bag it
    The cheap "China bag" has become a symbol of migration in Africa – and a popular material for artists and designers to reimagine. >
  • Keith Rose's famous BMW ad featuring a mouse.
    The mad men of advertising
    We round up four interviews with some of the world's greatest ad men in honour of the Loeries, South Africa's annual advertising awards. >
  • Take Two: The Second Life of Objects at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Call for submissions: "Take Two" at Design Indaba Expo 2015
    We're planning an exciting new exhibition on the second life of objects – and we want your work to be part of it. Apply before 31 October! >
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    Stories about London Design Festival 2014, which closes this Sunday, proved popular with our readers this week. >
  • The Doubleface Chest of Drawers by Ana Jimenez Palomar.
    Reminder: Enter the A’ Design Awards
    The standard deadline for this global design competition is 30 September. Latecomers pay extra so register and submit your work today! >
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    This week Ilze Wolff's opinion piece on gender in architecture peaked readers' interested. See what else made it into the top five stories. >
  • Daniel Ting Chong bedding.
    Sleeping easy
    Snooze, doze, nap, 40 winks or slumber – sleep by any other name is just as sweet. >
  • Design Indaba Q&A: What makes you laugh out loud.
    Creative humour
    We ask five renowned international designers what tickles their funnybone. >
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    A compelling piece arguing that designers need to think like entrepreneurs tops this week's list of most popular stories. >
  • Salvaged Ring by a21studio (Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam).
    Touch wood
    The finalists for the first "Wood Excellence Prize" at the World Architecture Festival take the creative application of wood to new heights. >
  • Hot Topic on type.
    Are you obsessive over typography?
    Four great graphic designers weigh in on the demands of working with type. >
  • Stephen Burks' Man Made exhibition.
    The future of craft
    Is it craft or is it design? What's the role of craft in the 21st century? Here are four interviews from our archives that explore various notions of craft. >
  • Take Five
    From Brazil to Swaziland, London to Nairobi, this week's top stories bring you a truly global design perspective. >
  • Tapestry by Athi-Patra Ruga.
    Four contemporary South African artists
    As the local art world descends on the FNB Joburg Art Fair, we round up the South African artists who have graced the Design Indaba Conference stage. >
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    A music video and track, two galleries of beautiful designs and why we should all start a side project – here are this week's top stories. >
  • Saajhi Stepping Pump by Xylem pictured in Africa. Image: Core77
    A water pump for remote farmers
    A new foot-operated irrigation device is capable of tripling the revenue of smallholder farmers, says its manufacturer. >

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