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Make. Change: A DIY sleeping bag for the homeless

Video Interviews > Product Design

Meet Jo Maxwell, an ordinary citizen who prototyped a sleeping bag made of newspaper and plastic bags that has been distributed to more than 20,000 people.

3 Nov 14
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Tackling the housing problem

Focus On > Design Thinking

We round up four of the sustainable, low-cost innovations featured in The Better Living Challenge Showcase, which opened in Cape Town this week.

2 Nov 14
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Making a city desired

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The "City Desired" exhibition explores issues of city making and contemporary urbanism through the lens of Cape Town.

1 Nov 14
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The playful portraitist

African Report > Art & Photography

Patterns clash and cultures collide in Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj's striking portraits.

31 Oct 14
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Architecture and Water (Part 2): Gentrification machine?

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

The second of a three-part documentary series explores the gentrification along the Thames driven by desirable riverside living.

31 Oct 14
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Take Five

Take Five > Product Design

Take five minutes to catch up with designindaba.com's top five stories this week.

31 Oct 14
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"The World's Pain" by Black Vulcanite

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Track of the Week describes the difficulties of a life dedicated to music in insightful rhymes with back-up from an immaculate jazz sample.

30 Oct 14
00:03:53

Studio Propolis: The labourers of love

Video Interviews > Craft

Inside the Nairobi-based workshop of Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner, a husband-and-wife team who make all their own designs by hand.

30 Oct 14
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SEA ME by Nienke Hoogvliet

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This Dutch designer trades traditional textiles for yarn made from sea algae woven into a luxurious rug.

30 Oct 14
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City hacks for #makechange

Lookbook > Art & Photography

Our Instagram competition to win a copy of Andrew Shoben's book closes on Friday. Here are some of the entries so far.

29 Oct 14
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Internet inspiration: Threat or enabler?

Hot Topic > Product Design

Lazy man's library or a window onto the world? Four South African creatives tell us whether the internet stymies or aids their creative process.

29 Oct 14
00:38:52

Lauren Beukes on fiction as an incredible kind of telepathy

Talks > African Design

South African author Lauren Beukes brings a singular storytelling experience to the Design Indaba Conference stage.

29 Oct 14
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Shining a light on workers’ safety

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The new Halo Light is a multi-task light that ensures construction workers are visible from 600 metres away.

28 Oct 14
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Tastes like the Voortrekker Monument

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

As an ode to their hometown, a group of designers recreates the city of Pretoria in icing sugar, nougat, coconut and biscuits.

28 Oct 14
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Inside Kenya's iHub

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

The iHub is the heart centre of Kenya's tech revolution. We took its pulse on this tour inside.

28 Oct 14
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Nesting instinct

Profiling > Design Thinking

Porky Hefer is expanding his interest in sustainable design by building a house. Just don't ask him for elevation plans.

27 Oct 14
00:04:23

SEVEN THIRTY Films: Capturing Kenyan perspectives in film

Video Interviews > Film & Animation

The sister duo behind this filmmaking studio tells us about the opportunities and challenges of being creative in Kenya.

27 Oct 14
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It takes more than one

Focus On > Product Design

Many designers have shifted the perception that good design is born from the spark of brilliance from the lone genius to one of collaborative creativity.

26 Oct 14
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First Smart Highway goes live

Design News > Interaction Design

Daan Roosegaarde’s much-anticipated Smart Highway has been built on a stretch of the R329 in Oss, the Netherlands.

25 Oct 14
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Architecture and Water (Part 1): A River Runs Through It

FilmFestFriday > Urban & Landscape Design

The first of a three-part documentary series asserts that water management is as much a political issue as it is an urban planning one.

24 Oct 14
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Island style

Lookbook > Product Design

The bespoke furniture collection that put Fogo Island on the map is now available globally.

24 Oct 14
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Take Five

Take Five > Product Design

A global call to design out Ebola drew readers' attention this week.

24 Oct 14
00:05:59

Gavin Elder: A backstage pass

Video Interviews > Film & Animation

South African filmmaker Gavin Elder talks about his lucky break filming Duran Duran, working with artists and what he learnt from David Lynch.

23 Oct 14
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Lauren Beukes on confronting the monsters around us (trailer)

Trailers > Design Activism

The award-winning sci-fi writer shows how South Africa's dark past transforms into her fiction in this unusual presentation at Design Indaba Conference.

23 Oct 14

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