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  • One photographer's surrealist impression of mental illness
    Design News > Art & Photography
    Katie Joy Crawford was diagnosed young. This is how she sees her anxiety and depression. >
    27 Mar 19
  • How Far From Home in Iceland
    A new channel for the vicarious traveller
    Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration
    How Far From Home, speakers from our 2016 Conference, have just launched a video blog for those of us that are seeing the world vicariously through their eyes. >
    5 Jul 16
  • Tips for entering design awards
    Tips for entering design awards
    Inside View > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration
    In the last of three blog posts, Marian Bantjes gives us her tips on entering design competitions. >
    27 May 15
  • Marian Bantjes on the process of judging design awards.
    Marian Bantjes: Inside design awards
    Inside View > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration
    In the second of three blog posts, Canadian designer Marian Bantjes talks about the process of judging a design competition. >
    26 May 15
  • Marian Bantjes.
    Marian Bantjes: Why I judge and why I don't enter design awards
    Inside View > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration
    In the first of 3 blog posts Marian Bantjes, famous for creating typography in sugar, gives us the inside scoop on design competitions. >
    25 May 15
  • 2014 Emerging Creative: Katlego Serepo.
    Katlego Serepo
    Katlego Serepo is a fashion designer and blogger and part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme. >
    28 Jan 14
  • Isabeau Joubert yarn bombing
    Why Jan and Maria got their crocheted bicycles
    Product Spotlight > Craft
    Two vintage bicycles covered in bright orange wool by Cape Town-based texture designer and yarn bomber Isabeau Joubert are doing the rounds. >
    11 Nov 13
  • Pothole Gardening.
    Fixing holes
    Design News > Urban & Landscape Design
    A pretty little garden scene in a pothole on the streets of London is a great way to make people smile and alert them to potholes. >
    31 Jan 12
  • Embracing Style
    Embracing Style
    This is a dedication to personal style whether it be my style, street style or the style of unique individuals who have crossed my path. >
    20 Apr 11
  • Siki Msuseni
    Siki Msuseni's All Things Intriguing
    Aspiring to work in the fashion industry, Msuseni decided to start "All Things Intriguing" to showcase her unique style and daily ventures with her readers. >
    13 Apr 11
  • iwanthat
    iwantthat
    Founded in 2011, iwantthat aims to pinpoint and demystify current decor and interior design trends, offering new insight for bringing variation into our homes. >
    14 Mar 11
  • Vuvu Chandelier by Louise Pretorius.
    Viva vuvuzela!
    Design News > Product Design
    Creativity knows no bounds and all of that, but this notion really comes to life with ideas for the reuse of the much-loved vuvuzela. >
    23 Sep 10
  • Phaidon
    Ai Weiwei
    Reviews > Architecture & Interiors
    An exploration of 21st-century multidisciplinary creative mastermind, Ai Weiwei, his outsize public persona and outspoken world views. >
    12 Feb 10
  • Marcelo Rosenbaum at DI2010
    Festival News > Product Design / Architecture & Interiors
    Brazilian designer Marcelo Rosenbaum is bigger than mere design circles. He is a rare designer who wards off autograph mobs in the street. >
    19 Jan 10
  • Travelling on trains with kids
    Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Illustrator Christoph Niemann’s new New York Times blog grabbed attention when he added these illustrations of subway travel with his sons. >
    1 Nov 08
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