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LABEL/BREED launches its first collection

Lookbook > Industrial Design / Product Design

Cast-iron lamps and a chair made of flax and wool are some of Dutch project LABEL/BREED’s first collaborative designs. >

22 May 15
Design Indaba Innovation Award

The Design Indaba Innovation Award is an annual prize awarded to one new design showcased at Design Indaba Expo. >

25 Mar 15
Tom Hulme on technology as a design tool

Talks > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The founder of OpenIDEO tells us why we have to stop being afraid of technology. >

19 Nov 14
Tom Hulme on technology as a design tool (trailer)

Trailers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The founder of OpenIDEO debunks some myths about technology and shows us how it brings people together to solve the world's biggest challenges. >

12 Nov 14
Using design thinking to help fight Ebola

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

OpenIDEO and USAID launch global call for innovative tools to help health-care workers on the frontlines of the virus. >

15 Oct 14
Adventures in Venture Land

Opinion > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

Steven Heller and Lita Talarico, co-founders and co-chairs of SVA's MFA Design programme, tell us why today's designers need to also think like entrepreneurs. >

1 Sep 14
A helping hand

Design Frontiers > Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

A new smart tool from MIT Media Lab is blurring the lines between handmade and digital technology. But that's not a bad thing. >

29 Jul 14
Orbit coffee table by Stratflex

Product Spotlight > African Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

The Stratflex family of furniture grows with the addition of this cleverly designed flat-pack table. >

26 Jul 14
Inside View: The renegade insider

Inside View > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Nicole Yershon applies the risk-taking energy of an entrepreneur to help Ogilvy's London office stay ahead of the creative curve. >

11 Jun 14
25 May: Africa is Now

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / African Design

In celebration of Africa Day designers define what African creativity means and how it can help shape a bright future for the continent. >

25 May 14
Designs on Aging

Design News > Creative Economy / Product Design

From innovative walkers and pit stop posts to the Instagran, here's IDEO's "Designs on Aging" collection. >

4 May 14
Printed perfection

Design News > Product Design

Dutch designer Dirk van der Kooij perfects his revolutionary 3D-printing technique to produce a stackable chair. >

30 Apr 14
Why Africa is Now

Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

What's so special about African creativity? An architect, fashion designer, lighting designer, inventor and product designer share their insights. >

8 Apr 14
Accessible technology

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

3D printing has gone from sci-fi dream to everyday reality. At Design Indaba Expo 2014 Ignite 3D showcased the latest MakerBot desktop 3D printers. >

7 Apr 14
All-terrain vehicle

Design News > Product Design / African Design

Road or no road - South African-born designer Ackeem Ngwenya's innovative adaptable wheel system takes on any terrain. >

17 Mar 14
Design Indaba Expo 2014 Innovation Award

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Shonaquip, a mobility and seating solutions provider, was the unanimous winner of Design Indaba's Innovation Award for 2014. >

3 Mar 14
Entries now open for Design Indaba Expo Innovation Award

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Product Design

Innovate, originate, create and you could win R50 000. >

24 Jan 14
Sparkling in the night

Design News > Interaction Design

Daan Roosegaarde has designed an interactive landscape in Van Gogh country that pays tribute to the artist’s famous painting, "Starry Night". >

7 Nov 13
The Celebration of Innovation at Design Indaba Expo 2014

Festival News > Creative Economy / Product Design

We are giving away R50 000 to the most innovative design at Expo 2014! >

5 Nov 13
Dieter Rams: 10 Principles for Good Design

Inside View > Design Thinking

Dieter Rams' 10 Principles for Good Design is said to have influenced generations of designers. Here they are. >

9 Jul 13
Design Indaba Conference 2013 roundup

Festival News > Design Thinking

Here’s a quick look at the highlights of the 2013 Design Indaba Conference. >

3 Jul 13
Daan Roosegaarde: When innovation and imagination merge

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

In an interview with Design Indaba Daan Roosegaarde talks about what happens in the space where innovation and imagination merges. >

17 Mar 13
Design Indaba 2013 Innovation award

Product Spotlight > Design Thinking

The winner of the 2013 Design Indaba Expo Innovation Award and the R50 000 grand prize was awarded to Wintec Innovation. >

4 Mar 13
Dutch Design Award Winners 2012

Design News > Design Thinking

The winners of the 2012 Dutch Design Awards were announced in Eindhoven in the Netherlands on Sunday 21 October 2012. >

22 Oct 12

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