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Trailer: Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

Trailers > Design Thinking / Product Design

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work. >

17 Apr 15
Designers breathe new life into Milan

Lookbook > Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

“Liveability” seems to be a common thread among the designs on show at Milan Design Week 2015. >

17 Apr 15
Four social impact winners of A' Design Awards

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

There are hundreds of winners in 89 different design disciplines in the A' Design Awards & Competition. Here are four that could have the greatest impact. >

15 Apr 15 / Advertorial
Voting with your waste

Design News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

A Dutch design collective has come up with a fun way to make festival-goers more conscious of their rubbish. >

14 Apr 15
Teresa van Dongen: Nature as a source of energy

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

Teresa van Dongen has created a lamp that requires no electrical current. It functions purely from the energy of ocean bacteria. >

13 Apr 15
Beyond the New - A Search for Ideals in Design

Opinion > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

The full text of Hella Jongerius and Louise Schouwenberg's design manifesto, "Beyond the New", is released here for the first time. >

10 Apr 15
A new manifesto of design

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Hella Jongerius and Louise Schouwenberg make a public call for a return to quality and integrity in design. >

8 Apr 15
Refugee Republic

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Interaction Design

A Dutch artist combines hand-drawn illustrations and documentary storytelling to convey real life in a refugee camp in Iraq. >

8 Apr 15
Focus on: The fine art of street signs

Focus On > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Urban & Landscape Design

Street signs hold sway in our urban psyches, thanks to these design masters – and subverters. >

6 Apr 15
Focus on: The rich possibilities of play

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

These designers and creatives embrace their inner child to keep their creativity alive and kicking in their work. >

5 Apr 15
Focus on: Rwanda

Focus On > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Urban & Landscape Design

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Rwanda is full of positive signs of growth and repair. >

3 Apr 15
The power of the “on” switch

Design News > Design Thinking

As part of UNESCO's International Year of Light, Ghana is looking at how light design and technology can lead to sustainable development. >

31 Mar 15
The value of milk

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

A pop-up milk parlour in Amsterdam brings designers and milk farmers together to create a more sustainable dairy industry. >

30 Mar 15
Emily Oberman's book documents 40 years of "Saturday Night Live" – It's Nice That

Design News > Design Thinking

Graphic designer Emily Oberman has teamed up with writer Alison Castle to produce "Saturday Night Live: The Book". >

30 Mar 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
An interview with Stanley Hainsworth of Tether – Designboom

Q&A > Design Thinking

During Design Indaba 2015 Designboom spoke to Stanley Hainsworth, the founder and creative director of Tether. >

25 Mar 15
7 talented South African illustrators to watch – Computer Arts

Lookbook > Art & Photography / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Nick Carson picks his favourites from last month's Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town >

25 Mar 15
Tasting the creative process

Q&A > Design Thinking / Food Design / Interaction Design

Bubblegum spaceships, an idea kitchen and food as performance art. Emilie Baltz's job is so Willy Wonka one has no idea how she crafts a career out of it. >

24 Mar 15
You are how you eat

Profiling > Design Thinking / Food Design / Interaction Design

Emilie Baltz designs tools and eating experiences that surprise and delight – and make you rethink your relationship to food. >

24 Mar 15
Dominic Wilcox on playful creativity – Cool Hunting

Profiling > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Product Design

Cajsa Carlson catches up with the English artist at this year's Design Indaba for an inside look at his open-minded approach. >

23 Mar 15
The rapid prototyping of policy

Inside View > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Christian Bason, CEO of the Danish Design Centre, tells us how governments are turning to designers to help them be more nimble in their policy making. >

20 Mar 15
An alternative market stall

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

A studio in New York searches for a way to alleviate the daily struggles of Ghanaian street vendors – and finds it in an unusual place. >

18 Mar 15
The DeskStand by RCAgency

Product Spotlight > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

It’s said to be as deadly as smoking and sugar but have no fear, Cape Town-based designer Ryan Roberts has created a healthy alternative to sitting. >

16 Mar 15
Honey-Comb shelves by Leg Studios

Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

This new shelving system from South African trio Leg Studios pairs delicate copper connectors with raw wood. >

15 Mar 15

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