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Brothers from another time

Profiling > Product Design

At face value Laurie and Gary Holmes come off like a pair of ’60s California throwbacks. But take a closer look and you might see the future of surfing.

13 Jul 14
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Focus on: Textile trends

Focus On > Product Design

Technology is taking fabric into new directions. We round up five future-forward examples.

12 Jul 14
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Outside In: Julie Lasky

Inside View > Product Design

Columnist and editor Julie Lasky gives us a firsthand account of her journey of first discovering South African design.

12 Jul 14
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Woven vessels by Design Afrika

Product Spotlight > Craft

Unusual material combinations give these traditional woven vessels a contemporary twist.

12 Jul 14
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Next Generation: Calvin Botha

Next Generation > Industrial Design

Meet the bicycle-mad designer who is one of only three builders of fully customisable carbon frames in the world.

11 Jul 14
00:05:29

Garth Walker: What does 'being African' look like?

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

This is the question the acclaimed graphic designer asked himself in 1994 when he started "ijusi" magazine – and he is still asking it...

11 Jul 14
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Hello, I am Erik – The German Letterman

FilmFestFriday > Graphic Design & Illustration

Gestalten.tv interviews German typographer Erik Spiekermann who is rediscovering his love for letterpress after 30 years of designing fonts.

11 Jul 14
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Take Five

Take Five > Product Design

Watch, listen to and read this week's most popular features on designindaba.com.

11 Jul 14
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Gathered together

Design News > Product Design

Lidewij Edelkoort's latest exhibition at the Design Museum Holon in Israel explores the seam of craft and design.

11 Jul 14
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"Safare" by Vieux Farka Touré

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Guitarist Vieux Farka Touré's composition echoes the vastness and heat of the Malian desert.

10 Jul 14
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Braaitjie by Dieter Zermatten

Product Spotlight > Industrial Design

A pint-sized ‘braai’ hopes to reinvent South Africa’s obsession with barbecuing meat outdoors.

10 Jul 14
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Lookbook: Over the Rainbow

Lookbook > Product Design

A new exhibition in France shows Scholten & Baijings's creative portfolio from the past 14 years.

9 Jul 14
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The world's most pressing problems?

Hot Topic > Design Thinking

If there were a global design agency stationed at the UN bringing governments, NPOs and designers together, what issues would it address?

9 Jul 14
00:05:36

Bogosi Sekhukhuni: Taking back technology

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

This young South African artist uses digital technology to create positive icons of African humanity.

9 Jul 14
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A desert in Venice

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Morocco's first-ever pavilion at the Venice Biennale explores the country's experimental approach to 'desert architecture'.

9 Jul 14
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Nabasco

Design Frontiers > Product Design

This future-forward, environmentally friendly material finds an artful application in a project by Dutch designer Ineke Hans.

8 Jul 14
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Inside View: 3 creative tools

Inside View > Design Thinking

Don't underestimate how handy these three humble (and free) tools can be, says our digital product manager, Sarah Jayne Fell.

8 Jul 14
00:04:33

Teshia Treuhaft: What a chair needs to be

Video Interviews > Product Design

The Rhode Island School of Design graduate collaborated with a dancer to map out the fundamentals of a chair.

7 Jul 14
00:03:10

Dave Hakkens: The last phone you'll ever need

Video Interviews > Product Design

Meet the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate who could help revolutionise cellular technology.

7 Jul 14
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Q&A: Thebe Ikalafeng

Q&A > African Design

We chat to one of Africa's leading brand gurus about his appointment to the jury of the Red Dot Communication Design Awards.

7 Jul 14
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Lookbook: Department of Design

Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors

We look at Droog's design of a pop-up pavilion to foster Dutch-South African collaboration for Cape Town's reign as 2014 World Design Capital.

7 Jul 14
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Outside In: Joost Alferink

Inside View > Creative Economy

Looking in on Africa from the European perspective, Joost Alferink shares an outsider's perspective on the state of the creative industry on the continent.

6 Jul 14
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Focus on: Marble's comeback

Focus On > Product Design

More and more designers are being inspired by the ancient stone's striated smoothness. Here are five recent examples from our archives.

6 Jul 14
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Outside In: Lynda Relph-Knight

Inside View > Creative Economy

Design writer and former editor of Design Week Lynda Relph-Knight gives Design Indaba an outsider's perspective on the design future of Africa.

5 Jul 14

From the Archives

Hopeful romantic

Q&A • 24 Oct 22

Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series. >
Head above water

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October. >
Parking off

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet. >
Modern classics

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection. >

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