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Internet inspiration: Threat or enabler?

Hot Topic > Design Thinking / Information Design / Product Design

Lazy man's library or a window onto the world? Four South African creatives tell us whether the internet stymies or aids their creative process. >

29 Oct 14
Nesting instinct

Profiling > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Design Thinking

Porky Hefer is expanding his interest in sustainable design by building a house. Just don't ask him for elevation plans. >

27 Oct 14
Design advice from New York

Inside View > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Three New York design legends share lessons from their careers in graphic design. >

22 Oct 14
The face of the future

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Product Design

The overall winner of the Dutch Design Awards is 'Sweetie', a project that fights sex tourism online through an avatar that has the appearance of a young girl. >

18 Oct 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

This week, readers loved our African Report, in which we profile Lagos-born textile and accessories designer Buki Akib. >

17 Oct 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
Why formulas for creativity fail

Inside View > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Patrick Barron, who led the blockbuster "Dumb Ways to Die" campaign, says what works for one brand won't necessarily work for another. >

14 Oct 14
What is the value of a national design policy?

Hot Topic > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Can getting design on the government's agenda really benefit working designers? We ask 7 presenters at next week's WDC2014 Design Policy Conference to weigh in. >

8 Oct 14
The mad men of advertising

Focus On > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

We round up four interviews with some of the world's greatest ad men in honour of the Loeries, South Africa's annual advertising awards. >

19 Sep 14
Resetting the rules in advertising

Inside View > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Efficiency has become more of a priority than creativity, says award-winning Brazilian adman PJ Pereira. >

19 Sep 14
Call for submissions: "Take Two" at Design Indaba Expo 2015

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

We're planning an exciting new exhibition on the second life of objects – and we want your work to be part of it. Apply before 31 October! >

19 Sep 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Stories about London Design Festival 2014, which closes this Sunday, proved popular with our readers this week. >

18 Sep 14
El Ultimo Grito on creating a new design ecosystem

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

Through their exploratory work husband-and-wife team Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado challenge our most fundamental understanding of design. >

17 Sep 14
How to create a portfolio that will get you hired

Inside View > Design Thinking / Product Design

Industrial designer Amina Horozic shares some of the insights from her new book "Breaking In" on how to create a winning showcase of your work. >

16 Sep 14
El Ultimo Grito on creating a new design ecosystem (trailer)

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

The Spanish design duo talk about how they use their own projects to interrogate how we define design. >

15 Sep 14
Take Five

Take Five > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

This week Ilze Wolff's opinion piece on gender in architecture peaked readers' interested. See what else made it into the top five stories. >

12 Sep 14
Take Five

Take Five > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

A compelling piece arguing that designers need to think like entrepreneurs tops this week's list of most popular stories. >

5 Sep 14
Design Indaba Simulcast 2015

We broadcast Design Indaba Conference live to Joburg, Durban, PE, Potchefstroom and now TWO venues in Cape Town. Ticket sales now open for all cities. Cape Town is sold out. >

27 Aug 14
Design Indaba FilmFest 2015

Design Indaba teams up with The Labia Theatre to present the annual Design Indaba FilmFest 2015 in Cape Town from 20 February to 1 March. >

27 Aug 14
Juliana Rotich on a new tech ecosystem for Africa

Talks > African Design / Design Thinking / Information Design

What if solutions to the world’s problems came from Africa? asks Juliana Rotich, co-founder of Kenyan technology firm Ushahidi. >

27 Aug 14
Take Five

Take Five > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

A music video and track, two galleries of beautiful designs and why we should all start a side project – here are this week's top stories. >

22 Aug 14
2 minutes of creativity

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking

We asked 20 of the world's leading designers what they think creativity can do. >

19 Aug 14
Inside View: Side projects are the new CVs

Inside View > Design Thinking

Dave Duarte champions the power of side projects and small ideas. >

19 Aug 14
Focus On: Water

Focus On > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

The total usable freshwater supply for ecosystems and humans is less than 1% of all freshwater resources. We roundup designs that are water wise. >

10 Aug 14

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