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Walking the talk

Profiling > Design Thinking

Sometimes you need to shout, other times you need to talk. But you’ve always got to walk the talk, Jens Martin Skibsted believes.

1 Oct 12
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MTN at Design Indaba 2012

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

Proud sponsor to Design Indaba 2012, MTN’s activation at the event encouraged people to share their thoughts about creativity.

28 Sep 12
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Seated for diversity

Design News > Craft

Cultural diversity and the act of sitting is considered from different perspectives in the "Benches from Brazil" exhibition at Hôtel Droog.

28 Sep 12
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Surf's up

Design News > Craft

An iconic surfboard design becomes the blank canvas for ten artists and designers, inspired by a touch of Dutch blue and white.

28 Sep 12
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Joe Osae-Addo at AZA 2012

Video Interviews > African Design

Ghanaian architect Joe Osae-Addo believes that architecture needs to engage beyond the narrow definition of “building”, with a results-driven approach.

27 Sep 12
00:03:13

Urban-Think Tank: Liveable cities

Video Interviews > Urban & Landscape Design

Urban-Think Tank’s Alfredo Brillembourg sits down to discuss what he feels constitutes a free city.

27 Sep 12
00:29:38

Urban-Think Tank on a curriculum for a new urban planet

Talks > Urban & Landscape Design

Alfredo Brillembourg (Urban-Think Tank) gives insight into accepting the unaccepted and aesthetic and ethical concerns in designing for informal settlements.

27 Sep 12
00:05:27

How Tom Dixon outsmarts his imitators

Video Interviews > Product Design

The prolific industrial designer tells us how he has outstayed his many "made in China" imitators.

27 Sep 12
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Mythical hand

Design News > Craft

Religious, mythical and folklore symbols come together on Stephan Doitschinoff's recent work: a life-size hand sculpture.

27 Sep 12
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BIG & bigger

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

BIG: Recent Project is the first English/Japanese monograph of the architectural work of Bjarke Ingels Group.

27 Sep 12
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Big Ben for the home

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Big Ben, the iconic London landmark, serves as the inspiration for a stylish wall clock by Marcel Wanders. It's ideal for the modern home.

26 Sep 12
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Bold in colour

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Zabalazaa has come a long way since doing graffiti in Bloemfontein, today his sweat, paint and pencil is paying off.

26 Sep 12
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Evolving creation

Design News > Information Design

Sonja Bäumel's own bacteria is the fundamental element in her "Expanded Self" creation.

26 Sep 12
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Nostalgic sweetness

Design News > Craft

Cute, quirky and with a touch of nostalgia, Sootcookie's range of ceramics contrasts the old and familiar with things that are new and unusual.

25 Sep 12
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Pick up sticks

Design News > Craft

Inspired by the ancient game of Spillikans, PearsonLloyd contributed a playful piece to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Conran Shop.

25 Sep 12
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Joy. Love. Life

Design News > Product Design

PearsonLloyd customises a chair to remind us that love is part of the joy of living.

23 Sep 12
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Rhinos, remembered

Design News

In recognition of World Rhino Day, Faith47 pays tribute to this majestic, but endangered animal, with a mural against a Shanghai wall.

22 Sep 12
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Raw sketches

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec gave the green light to showcase their raw hand-drawn sketches revealing their unique design process.

21 Sep 12
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Handspring Puppet Company at AZA 2012

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

For Handspring Puppet Company there are many similarities between architecture and puppetry – they elaborated on this at AZA 2012.

21 Sep 12
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David Adjaye at AZA 2012

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

As a discipline architecture needs to rethink what it does best, and how it serves people, David Adjaye believes.

21 Sep 12
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Violet's Walk, Woodstock

Video Interviews > Urban & Landscape Design

Violet's Walk, one of the winners in the Cape Town leg of the Your Street Challenge, has been fully implemented in Woodstock.

21 Sep 12
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Art in Miniature

Design News > Art & Photography

The "Art in Miniature" exhibition celebrates the creativity and artistry often found on the humble postage stamp.

21 Sep 12
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Switched on

Design News > Product Design

Inga Sempé's new range of electrical accessories takes the shock out of these everyday household objects, and switches it on - aesthetically!

21 Sep 12
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Buried in time

Design News > Product Design

Some of the world's foremost architects and designers selected objects to bury in a time capsule! Take a look inside...

20 Sep 12

From the Archives

African consciousness illuminated

Design News • 14 Nov 22

A dynamic new exhibition probes the way black culture wishes to represent itself. >
Pointed Polish giant

Design News • 14 Nov 22

A new landmark is drawing pedestrians’ gazes in Poland’s capital city. >
Colour as word-free language

Q&A • 14 Nov 22

Over two years in the making, an expansive project commissioned by Google Arts & Culture and conceived by Design Indaba plots the immense creativity of Africa. >
Cable me home

Design News • 14 Nov 22

Future city transport looks personalised, clean and intelligent. >

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