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The Block Shop

The Block Shop handcrafts customisable bamboo blocks for the kitchen. >

21 Nov 14
Music to your ears, eyes and nose

Next Generation > Interaction Design / Product Design

Joris Petterson's new-age speaker system emits lights and smells that match the tone of your music playlist. >

21 Nov 14
Alberto Alessi: What defines Italian design?

Video Interviews > Product Design

The man who brought us the Anna G corkscrew confronts the impact of globalisation on Italian design. >

21 Nov 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Craft / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Matali Crasset's firsthand account of her workshop with weavers in Zimbabwe was the most click-worthy feature on designindaba.com. >

21 Nov 14
Timeless design

Opinion > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Nick Finney, founder and creative director of NB Studio, ponders the role of time itself in producing "timeless design". >

18 Nov 14
Help for the homeless

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Product Design

Shelter is one of the most basic human needs. We round up four innovative designs for temporary shelter. >

16 Nov 14
A safer and speedier rescue

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Spark Design and Innovation's inflatable raft uses an innovative tilting mechanism that makes it easier to pull rescue victims out of the water. >

13 Nov 14
Lara Bohinc: I was dying to design something really big

Video Interviews > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

The jewellery designer tells us how collaborating with large-scale producers enabled her to branch out. >

13 Nov 14
Tekku stools by Ira Studio

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Teak and brass combine in two stools that exemplify this Chennai-based studio's subtle synthesis of age-old Indian craft and contemporary design. >

12 Nov 14
BISAZZA Hayón Tiles by Jaime Hayón

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Patterns multiply underfoot in the Spanish designer's new collection of tiles for Bisazza. >

10 Nov 14
Window shopping at the Watershed

Lookbook > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

We popped by the newly opened Watershed at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town to check out some of the gorgeous local design and craft on sale. >

9 Nov 14
PPC Imaginarium Awards

PPC Imaginarium Awards is a modern art and design awards programme aimed at promoting and supporting emerging creative talent in South Africa. >

7 Nov 14
Folder Frame

Folder Frame offers a range of environmentally friendly paper-based foldable picture frames. >

7 Nov 14
Afro Delft

Afro Delft offers limited-edition artistic tableware designed by Anna-Carien Goosen. >

7 Nov 14
Take Five

Take Five > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

Our African Report on the vibrant portraits of Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj captured readers' attention this week. >

7 Nov 14
Ian Murchison on wooden knives and bendy bicycle racks (trailer)

Trailers > Industrial Design / Product Design

This Canadian industrial designer is making waves in the product design industry. At Design Indaba Conference 2014, he shares his story of success. >

6 Nov 14
Evans Wadongo: The little light that could

Video Interviews > Product Design

Kenyan engineer and businessman Evans Wadongo tells us about his award-winning MwangaBora light and creating a sustainable economy in rural areas. >

4 Nov 14
Make. Change: A DIY sleeping bag for the homeless

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

Meet Jo Maxwell, an ordinary citizen who prototyped a sleeping bag made of newspaper and plastic bags that has been distributed to more than 20,000 people. >

3 Nov 14
Design Indaba Dialogues

"Dialogues" is an ebook collection of fly-on-the-wall dialogues and Q&A's with leading designers. Read the foreword below. >

31 Oct 14
Take Five

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

Take five minutes to catch up with designindaba.com's top five stories this week. >

31 Oct 14
SEA ME by Nienke Hoogvliet

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This Dutch designer trades traditional textiles for yarn made from sea algae woven into a luxurious rug. >

30 Oct 14
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
Shining a light on workers’ safety

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The new Halo Light is a multi-task light that ensures construction workers are visible from 600 metres away. >

28 Oct 14
Party Bunch & Co

Party Bunch & Co offer a different take on party and wedding stationery. >

28 Oct 14

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