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The Sticky Brick Fingers

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of "The Sticky Brick Fingers", Henrik Vibskov's Spring/Summer 2015 men's collection.

7 Aug 14
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Sister act

Q&A > Product Design

We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together.

7 Aug 14
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Inhouse Brand Architects: How offices are evolving

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors

Google's approach to designing their workspace radically changed the office layout landscape. Inhouse Brand Architects tells us how offices are evolving.

6 Aug 14
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The rebels of architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A new six-part documentary series tracks architects operating at the fringes of the profession – and even the law.

6 Aug 14
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Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding

Talks > Design Thinking

It's more useful to think about branding as a messy creative process than as a pristine product, says Wolff Olins global CEO.

6 Aug 14
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Bamboo engineering

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Building with bamboo is not new but researchers at MIT are exploring new ways of creating construction products from the sustainable resource.

5 Aug 14
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Life after advertising

Q&A > Creative Economy

We interview Ross Chowles about the art of selling products to humans – and why he thinks it's in danger.

5 Aug 14
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Inside View: The agency of the future

Inside View > Creative Economy

Why the co-founder of The Jupiter Drawing Room believes that job-bags and MDs are a thing of the past.

5 Aug 14
00:03:53

Stefan van Biljon: Tapping the urban unconscious

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

This young South African architect is intrigued by the untold stories that lie beneath the city's fabric.

4 Aug 14
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Andrew Shoben: City spirit

Q&A > Interaction Design

We chat to the playful artist and founder of greyworld, who counts the city as his biggest inspiration.

4 Aug 14
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Lookbook: What's Your Type?

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

An exhibition of alphabet prints by David Kindersley harks back to the pre-digital days of typographic design.

4 Aug 14
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Focus on: Architects at UIA 2014

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors

Watch these interviews from our archives with four architects speaking at the International Union of Architects World Congress in Durban.

3 Aug 14
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Eclectic interiors

Design News > Product Design

Studio Makkink & Bey combines antiques and contemporary design to transform a 17th-century French hotel into a university research centre.

3 Aug 14
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Nomad's Land

Profiling > Product Design

Steve Kotze talks art and Afrikaner adaptability with artist Stefan Naude aka ST(E)AK.

2 Aug 14
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SA's top buildings

Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors

Presenting this year's winners of the South Africa Institute of Architecture's awards celebrating architectural excellence in the country.

2 Aug 14
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Next Generation: Megan King

Next Generation > Design Activism

Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa.

1 Aug 14
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Take Five

Take Five > Product Design

What got readers clicking this week? Local fashion, a digital tool for manufacturing and insights about African consumers, among others.

1 Aug 14
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Iconic Houses

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

A two-minute animated tour of some of the 20th century’s most recognisable and well-loved buildings.

1 Aug 14
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Joy McKinney: Studies in awkwardness

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

This photographer puts herself in awkward social positions to challenge the socially accepted boundaries between people.

31 Jul 14
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Whisper chandelier by High Thorn

Product Spotlight > Product Design

High Thorn's latest lighting design is a cascade of leather evoking a laidback sense of luxury.

31 Jul 14
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"Lazy Eys" by Sakawa Boys

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Shiba Mazaza selects a deliciously fluid and fun single by the Sakawa Boys, 'arguably one of the best acts to come out of Cape Town this year'.

31 Jul 14
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How do you deal with failure?

Hot Topic > Product Design

Failure is built into the creative process. But how to face it? Nine designers tell us how they do it.

30 Jul 14
00:04:13

Casey Neistat: The maverick filmmaker

Video Interviews > Film & Animation

Meet the YouTube sensation who is redefining what it means to be a filmmaker.

30 Jul 14
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Naoto Fukasawa: Design as second nature

Video Interviews > Product Design

Five minutes with the acclaimed Japanese designer, whose products emerge so seamlessly from their environment that they feel at once familiar and inevitable.

29 Jul 14

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Design News • 10 Oct 22

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Design News • 10 Oct 22

The International Olympic Committee revealed a new brand identity for the Olympics, the first since the games began in 1896 >
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Q&A • 10 Oct 22

The pandemic inspired UK-based artist Oliver Chalk’s move from creating fabric installations to sculpting wood >
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Design News • 10 Oct 22

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced the six winners of its 15th award cycle (2020-2022) >

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