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Four inspired talents from Ghana

Focus On > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

The country that inspired Fela Kuti to create his Afrobeat sound is producing another wave of edgy creatives from fashion to furniture to music. >

5 Jan 15
Brass beauties

Focus On > Product Design

Five designs from 2014 that draw on the subtle glow of brass, from jewellery and interior accessories to furniture and lamps. >

5 Jan 15
Wise Words – Part 3

Hot Topic > Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Product Design

A selection of memorable quotes from some of the most acclaimed designers and creative thinkers featured in the "Design Indaba All Stars" book. >

4 Jan 15
Wise Words – Part 2

Hot Topic > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

A selection of memorable quotes from some of the most acclaimed designers and creative thinkers featured in the "Design Indaba All Stars" book. >

1 Jan 15
Top 10 stories of 2014

Lookbook > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Advice from the grand-dad of American graphic design tops the list of most popular reads on designindaba.com. >

30 Dec 14
Top 10 videos of 2014

Focus On > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Some unveiled major new designs, others recapped their careers in easy-to-digest lessons. Watch the designers featured in our 10 most popular videos from 2014. >

29 Dec 14
Six Kenyan names to watch

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Film & Animation / Industrial Design / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

These diverse talents in art, music, architecture and technology are at the forefront of Kenya's creative explosion. >

28 Dec 14
Top 10 Product Spotlights of 2014

Focus On > Industrial Design / Product Design

We've featured a wide array of products over the course of the year. Here are our 10 favourite designs whose ingenuity and craftsmanship stand out. >

27 Dec 14
#MakeChange: Switched on for change

Focus On > Design Activism / Product Design

You might be admiring the holiday lights this time of year but these five lighting projects remind us that not everyone is as fortunate. >

25 Dec 14
AEP Frames by Ballo and Atang Tshikare

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Summer gets city-slick with illustrator Atang Tshikare's urban doodles on Ballo's handmade wooden sunglasses. >

23 Dec 14
Home in a bag

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

Our hypermobile world demands new designs that can help us feel at home in our ever-changing environment, says Teresa Palmieri. >

22 Dec 14
All angles

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

This year geometric designs reached new heights as these five projects illustrate. We'll be looking to see whether this trend continues in 2015. >

21 Dec 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

The question of what design thinking can do for Africa piqued readers' interest this week. >

20 Dec 14
Blackwood & Brass bench by Cameron Barnes

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Made from a fallen blackwood tree, the designer's latest furniture piece sprouted from his passion for the natural landscape in KwaZulu-Natal. >

19 Dec 14
Dave Hakkens on a phone worth keeping

Talks > Product Design

The graduation project of this young Dutch designer might actually save the world. >

18 Dec 14
Zana Products

Zana is a Cape Town-based handmade lifestyle brand. >

17 Dec 14
Take Five

Take Five > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

This week readers loved our Hot Topic feature canvassing designers' thought on whether creativity can save the world. >

13 Dec 14
Dave Hakkens on a phone worth keeping (trailer)

Trailers > Product Design

The Dutch designer talks about his modular phone concept – and the back-to-front way he brought it to market. >

11 Dec 14
"Die Steunpilaar" by Jan Douglas

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The South African designer creates a leaning lamp to add to his collection of minimalist lights and furniture. >

10 Dec 14
Origo

Origo offers beautifully designed, premium products; directly connecting customers to local manufacturers and designers. >

9 Dec 14
Design Team

Design Team creates fabrics, homeware and clothing featuring local iconography. >

9 Dec 14
Yinka Ilori: Chairs tell stories too

Video Interviews > Product Design

We pull up a seat with this Nigerian-British designer to hear how he draws on his heritage to create once-off pieces. >

9 Dec 14
Dominic Wilcox

British designer Dominic Wilcox works between the worlds of art, design, craft and technology, transforming the ordinary into something surprising. >

8 Dec 14
Studio Formafantasma

Italian designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin make up this Amsterdam-based product design studio. >

3 Dec 14

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