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Larry Harvey: Artists deserve to make money

The founder of Burning Man talks about how the annual arts festival has become an alternative market for art. >
A lamp you turn over to switch on

The Brick lamp by New York City-based HCWD Studio turns on with no power switch or control panel. >
Will photographic film leave without a trace?

Harvey Wang’s new book, “From Darkroom to Daylight”, looks at the disappearance of film from photographers’ points of view. >
Milton Glaser: “Do no harm”

In this short documentary by Poppy de Villeneuve for “The New York Times”, Milton Glaser says a “Hippocratic Oath” of design has guided his work. >
Focus on: The fine art of street signs

Street signs hold sway in our urban psyches, thanks to these design masters – and subverters. >
Emily Oberman: All good design has a level of wit

The designer of numerous “Saturday Night Live” identities talks about the role of humour in her work. >
Tasting the creative process

Bubblegum spaceships, an idea kitchen and food as performance art. Emilie Baltz's job is so Willy Wonka one has no idea how she crafts a career out of it. >
You are how you eat

Emilie Baltz designs tools and eating experiences that surprise and delight – and make you rethink your relationship to food. >
Michael Bierut (Part 2): The primitive power of logos

The award-winning graphic designer decodes why the simple shapes of a logo can have such great impact. >
Michael Bierut (Part 1): How to... write a book about your work

Hot on the heels of launching his new book at Design Indaba Conference, Michael Bierut tells us about the challenges of representing your own work. >
Tweenage identity

Pentagram partner Emily Oberman has designed the opening titles for Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s new comedy show. >
How to...

Michael Bierut has a new book and he’s talking about it for the first time at Design Indaba. >
Eyes wide open

Meet the real-life Margaret Keane, whose story is told in Tim Burton’s newest film, “Big Eyes”, which kicks off the FilmFest tonight. >
"David Adjaye – Collaborations: Pitch Black" by Oliver Hardt

This excerpt from a new documentary on the architect David Adjaye goes inside his first project built in the US: the studio of artist Lorna Simpson. >
Tia Blassingame

Artist

Tia Blassingame uses the art of letterpress printing in her work which explores the relationship between race, history and perception. >
Kathryn Fleming

Multidisciplinary Designer

Kathryn Fleming is a multidisciplinary designer exploring the intersections of science, art and technology. >
Doremy Diatta

Multidisciplinary Designer

Doremy Diatta uses transdisciplinary design in the practice of mental health and learning. >
Beyond Black Rock City

Larry Harvey, founding member of Burning Man, puts the idea down to a whim one afternoon. Now Burning Man-style interactive art is appearing worldwide. >
Larry Harvey

Art Director

Larry Harvey is the founding board member and chief philosophic officer of Burning Man, an annual festival of arts in the Nevada desert. >
"Modern Love: Breaching the Seawall" by Adam Wells

Taken from the “Modern Love” column published in The New York Times, Adam Wells animates the story of a woman who falls in love in the Philippines. >
Keep on truckin'

The "godfather" of the Californian food truck movement is coming to Cape Town. It’s a good thing we’ll have 14 food trucks on tap. >
Roy Choi

Chef

As a creator of LA's celebrated gourmet food truck culture, this chef did more than sling marinated Korean barbecue tacos. He brought Los Angelenos together. >
Whatever happened to Watterson?

Notoriously media-shy cartoonist Bill Watterson features in the comic-strip documentary film “Stripped”, to be screened at Design Indaba FilmFest 2015. >
Take Five

The heartwarming story of two fathers using design to help underprivileged newborns in their country drew the attention of readers this week. >

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