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Excellence in design

Design News • 8 May 14

The 2014 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards winners have been announced! >
Design Indaba video app: New version out now

Digital News • 8 May 14 • Sponsored Content

An updated version of the new Design Indaba App is now available, free for download, in the iTunes and Google Play app stores. >
Freedom food

Design News • 7 May 14

Marije Vogelzang celebrates Liberation Day in the Netherlands with the design of a "Freedom Bread". >
Focus On: Designers on happiness

Focus On • 7 May 14 • Sponsored Content

Public artist Andrew Shoben, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister and industrial designer Shunji Yamanaka are all in pursuit of happiness through design. >
SMATI Turtle 1: On the road with an African-made car

Design News • 7 May 14 • Sponsored Content

Melle Smets and Joost van Onna collaborate with local Ghanaian craftsmen to create an African car. >
Heart beat

Design News • 6 May 14

Freeplay Energy's fetal heart rate monitor provides a safe and accessible solution for healthcare workers in developing countries during childbirth. >
Disconnect

Design News • 6 May 14

Masashi Kawamura has designed a collection of garments that keep people focused on the real world. >
Payment plan

Design News • 6 May 14

Yves Béhar has created a new identity and global campaign for the leader in digital payments, PayPal. >
A’ Design Award winners

Design News • 5 May 14 • Sponsored Content

The results are in! A’ Design Award & Competition announces its best designers and designs for 2013 to 2014. >
Focus On: Design for social impact

Focus On • 5 May 14

Can design help people? Can design build better communities? Can architecture be a force for social change? Four designers answer these questions. >
Pour a house

Design News • 5 May 14

Moladi, a South African company, specialises in a reusable plastic formwork for use in construction of affordable housing and low cost housing projects. >
Designs on Aging

Design News • 4 May 14

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

Lookbook • 4 May 14

Meet Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody. Their collection of African-flavoured domestic curiosities runs the spectrum of quirky cool. >
Focus On: More than just products

Focus On • 3 May 14

Four designers share their insights into creating products that have an emotional connection to people and tell stories. >
Say cheese

Design News • 3 May 14

Studio Makkink & Bey collaborate with craftsmen in India to educate and empower local women and children. >
A digital portrait of Vito Acconci

Design News • 2 May 14

Jonathan Harris created an interactive digital portrait of artist and architect Vito Acconci. >
Celestial Origins – a fashion film

FilmFestFriday • 2 May 14 • Sponsored Content

The fashion film celebrates the AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS 2013 | 2014 jewellery collection inspired by the theme of gold's celestial origins. >
Pads to improve education

Design News • 2 May 14 • Sponsored Content

Many girls in Uganda aren't able to attend school on the days they menstruate because they can’t afford the basic sanitary products. Makapads offers a solution. >
Interview with Ije Nwokorie, MD at Wolff Olins London

Inside View • 1 May 14 • Sponsored Content

At the recent Design Indaba Conference Ije Nwokorie told Designboom more about his work and influences. >
Nandipha Mntambo: Creating mirror images of the human body

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:39 • 1 May 14

In this exclusive interview Nandipha Mntambo tells us about the extension of mythology in her photographic work. >
Communal crafting

Opinion • 1 May 14

What can crafters from opposite ends of the earth learn from each other? Can they reach a common ground? What are the common methods they employ? >
Printed perfection

Design News • 30 Apr 14

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

Design News • 30 Apr 14

Boogertman + Partners Architects have won an architectural competition to design the Karura Forest Environmental Education Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. >
Shaded from the sun

Design News • 30 Apr 14 • Sponsored Content

Nendo and Camper have once again collaborated, this time for a stylish sunglasses range. >

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