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Common Methods: Part 1
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Craft
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Matthew Nielson and Lio de Bruin discover a fruitful exchange in their collaborative designs for the Common Methods project.
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28 Aug 14
The Biopanel
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Product Design
Product designer Alejandra Olivera turns seaweed into a new eco-friendly insulation material for informal housing.
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26 Aug 14
Vime centrepiece by the Campana Brothers
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
The Campana Brothers' versatile design for Alessi celebrates handwoven rattan in a single undulating form.
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26 Aug 14
Juliana Rotich on a new tech ecosystem for Africa (trailer)
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African Design
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Creative Economy
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The co-founder of Ushahidi shares her journey on the frontlines of technology and digital connectivity in Africa.
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22 Aug 14
Take Five
Take Five
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Music & Sound Design
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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.
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22 Aug 14
Handmade Home Collection by Quazi Design
Product Spotlight
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African Design
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Product Design
Quazi Design’s new range of homeware is an ambitious departure from its previous focus on jewellery.
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20 Aug 14
A water pump for remote farmers
Design Frontiers
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Design Activism
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Interaction Design
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Product Design
A new foot-operated irrigation device is capable of tripling the revenue of smallholder farmers, says its manufacturer.
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19 Aug 14
Focus on: Marcelo Rosenbaum
Focus On
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Architecture & Interiors
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Product Design
With Sao Paulo Design Weekend in full swing, we feature a carnival of creativity by this exuberant Brazilian designer.
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16 Aug 14
Lookbook: Common Methods First Edition
Lookbook
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African Design
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Craft
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Product Design
South African and Dutch designers collaborated to create a range of products that experiments with bronze and leather.
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15 Aug 14
Offis System by Raw Studio
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
Raw Studio unveils a sleek system of furniture to suit the changing needs of modern work habits.
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13 Aug 14
Veld couch and Pebble Stool by Dokter and Misses
Product Spotlight
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African Design
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Product Design
Dokter and Misses are on a collab kick – this time with renowned felt artist Ronel Jordaan.
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11 Aug 14
Jens Martin Skibsted: Humanity needs to focus on two things
Q&A
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
The Danish designer and creator of Biomega bicycles on his love for t-shirts and why he doesn't do sci-fi.
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11 Aug 14
Soldier Screens by Dokter and Misses and Gone Rural.
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
Dokter and Misses collaborates with Gone Rural to create a new partition screen system.
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11 Aug 14
Focus On: Water
Focus On
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
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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.
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10 Aug 14
Sister act
Q&A
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Product Design
We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together.
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7 Aug 14
Bamboo engineering
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
Building with bamboo is not new but researchers at MIT are exploring new ways of creating construction products from the sustainable resource.
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5 Aug 14
Eclectic interiors
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
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Product Design
Studio Makkink & Bey combines antiques and contemporary design to transform a 17th-century French hotel into a university research centre.
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3 Aug 14
Nomad's Land
Profiling
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Art & Photography
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Product Design
Steve Kotze talks art and Afrikaner adaptability with artist Stefan Naude aka ST(E)AK.
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2 Aug 14
Take Five
Take Five
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African Design
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
What got readers clicking this week? Local fashion, a digital tool for manufacturing and insights about African consumers, among others.
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1 Aug 14
Meet the curators of Design Indaba Expo 2015
Festival News
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Architecture & Interiors
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Food Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Industrial Design
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Information Design
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Product Design
Design Indaba Expo 2015 will be curated by an exciting mix of South African creatives, thought-leaders and industry experts.
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31 Jul 14
Whisper chandelier by High Thorn
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
High Thorn's latest lighting design is a cascade of leather evoking a laidback sense of luxury.
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31 Jul 14
How do you deal with failure?
Hot Topic
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Industrial Design
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
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Product Design
Failure is built into the creative process. But how to face it? Nine designers tell us how they do it.
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30 Jul 14
Naoto Fukasawa: Design as second nature
Video Interviews
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Product Design
Five minutes with the acclaimed Japanese designer, whose products emerge so seamlessly from their environment that they feel at once familiar and inevitable.
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29 Jul 14
A helping hand
Design Frontiers
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Craft
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
A new smart tool from MIT Media Lab is blurring the lines between handmade and digital technology. But that's not a bad thing.
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29 Jul 14
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