• SMS answers from Ben Fry
    Ben Fry employs design to help make complex data more understandable and accessible. He answers SMS questions sent during Design Indaba. >
  • The Design Observer Group
    The Design Observer Group
    Publisher
    Design Observer is an online design journal or blog, founded in October 2003 by Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, Jessica Helfand and Rick Poynor. >
  • SMS answers from Charlie Todd
    Improvisation maestro Charlie Todd, best known for causing scenes of joy and chaos, answers SMS questions sent to him during Design Indaba. >
  • PSFK
    PSFK is the go-to source for new ideas and inspiration for creative professionals. >
  • Where did we park?
    Paula Scher’s latest project helps to manage the incredible frustration often experienced when you can’t remember where your car is parked. >
  • Dwell
    Dwell
    Publisher
    Dwell is an American magazine devoted to modern architecture and design. >
  • Opposing meanings
    The clever folks at Pentagram in New York sent an ingenious little book that challenges you to a word game, but not just any word game. >
  • Noted
    The NoteSlate proposes an electronic alternative to paper. >
  • One wheel
    The Solowheel is small, convenient, eco-friendly, compact and fun - without reinventing the wheel. >
  • Window dressing
    From shocking pink to acid yellow, Karim Rashid's blackout blinds are anything but dull. >
  • Behind the scenes
    There’s something both mysterious and inviting about a coffee table book that has the phrase “You should have been with me”. >
  • Stewart Levine
    Music Producer
    Stewart Levine is an American record producer who has worked with the likes of BB King, Jamie Cullum, Lionel Ritchie, Simply Red and Hugh Masekela. >
  • Vuvu iPhone
    The Vuvuzela is so cool that even the iPhone wants it as an accessory! >
  • Smell the roses
    Sometimes in life one just needs to stop and smell the roses. In New York it is now hard to miss the roses. >
  • Joseph Saavedra
    Interaction Designer
    Joseph Saavedra is product designer interested in exploring the relationship between the human body and environment. >
  • Lowery Stokes Sims
    Lowery Sims
    Curator
    Lowery Stokes Sims is a curator at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. She also conceived and co-curated The Global Africa Project (2011). >
  • Lindsay Kinkade
    Graphic Designer
    Lindsay Kinkade is a teacher, designer, artist and interested in public engagement, public policy design collaborations and data visualisation. >
  • We're going to the chapel...
    ...but not to get married. Rather to gaze at the gorgeousness of the place. >
  • KarlssonWilker + Stefan Sagmeister
    Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karlsson of KarlssonWilker met while working for Stefan Sagmeister and now reunite as equals. >
  • Art is... whatever. Poster by Milton Glaser | School of Visual Arts |
    Milton Glaser + Massimo Vignelli
    Two fathers of contemporary design, Milton Glaser and Massimo Vignelli draw on decades of experience in their dialogue. >
  • HIM Public Theater poster by Paula Scher
    Paula Scher + Dana Arnett
    Dana Arnett of VSA Partners and Paula Scher of Pentagram have been eyeing each other’s work since the 1990s. >
  • Bracelets instead of bombs
    The peaceBOMB bracelet uses grenade remains from the Vietnam War to make jewellery and create sustainable employment. >
  • Design, at scale, at DI2011
    Being in charge of branding a product that sells 1.6 billion servings each day is no easy task but a challenge that David Butler is up to. >
  • Head space
    The Jawbone Era is a mobile accessory that is set to change the way we use and interact with headsets. >

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