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Inside Kenya's iHub

Video Interviews • 28 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The iHub is the heart centre of Kenya's tech revolution. We took its pulse on this tour inside. >
Nesting instinct

Profiling • 27 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Porky Hefer is expanding his interest in sustainable design by building a house. Just don't ask him for elevation plans. >
SEVEN THIRTY Films: Capturing Kenyan perspectives in film

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:23 • 27 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The sister duo behind this filmmaking studio tells us about the opportunities and challenges of being creative in Kenya. >
It takes more than one

Focus On • 26 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Many designers have shifted the perception that good design is born from the spark of brilliance from the lone genius to one of collaborative creativity. >
First Smart Highway goes live

Design News • 25 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Daan Roosegaarde’s much-anticipated Smart Highway has been built on a stretch of the R329 in Oss, the Netherlands. >
Architecture and Water (Part 1): A River Runs Through It

FilmFestFriday • 24 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The first of a three-part documentary series asserts that water management is as much a political issue as it is an urban planning one. >
Island style

Lookbook • 24 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The bespoke furniture collection that put Fogo Island on the map is now available globally. >
Take Five

Take Five • 24 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

A global call to design out Ebola drew readers' attention this week. >
Emerging Creatives: 5 reasons to apply

Festival News • 23 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Five rising stars from the Emerging Creatives programme at Design Indaba Expo 2014 tell us what the exposure did for their careers. >
Gavin Elder: A backstage pass

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:59 • 23 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

South African filmmaker Gavin Elder talks about his lucky break filming Duran Duran, working with artists and what he learnt from David Lynch. >
Lauren Beukes on confronting the monsters around us (trailer)

Trailers • 23 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The award-winning sci-fi writer shows how South Africa's dark past transforms into her fiction in this unusual presentation at Design Indaba Conference. >
Reaping the benefits of Design Indaba initiatives

Festival News • 23 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Entrepreneurial expo exhibitors create direct and indirect jobs and income from business orders and sales to the public adds to GDP. >
Catching up with Kesivan & The Lights

Track of the Week • 23 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Our music writer, Shiba Mazaza, talks to prolific drummer Kesivan Naidoo about his new EP "Brotherhood" before he heads to Carnegie Hall. >
Buyers Day at Design Indaba Expo 2014

Festival News • 23 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Business was swift and crowds aplenty at Buyers Day for Design Indaba Expo 2014. We spoke to buyers and exhibitors about their experience. >
On their knees

Lookbook • 22 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

We Make Carpets, a trio of Dutch artists, recreates 50 of their 'temporary' carpets out of everyday objects for Dutch Design Week 2014. >
Design advice from New York

Inside View • 22 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Three New York design legends share lessons from their careers in graphic design. >
Bye Bye Bunny by Victoria Verbaan

Product Spotlight • 21 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Victoria Verbaan’s latest range of products bring her paintings to life. >
Colin Charles: The biggest mistake Western advertisers make in Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:32 • 21 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The executive creative director of Publicis West Africa tells us how he goes about making ads for Ghanaian audiences. >
John Vogel on making it as your own manufacturer

Inside View • 21 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

South African furniture designer John Vogel on being hands-on in the workshop and accessing the market in multiple ways. >
13 Ideas to stop global warming

Design News • 20 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

IDEO's latest "Designs On" semi-annual review brings together some unusual solutions to fighting the warming of our planet. >
Lab Vases by Wiid Design and Ceramic Matters

Product Spotlight • 20 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Collaboration was the catalyst for this new creative experiment by a furniture designer and two ceramicists. >
The face of the future

Design News • 18 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

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. >
The darlings of Dutch design

Focus On • 18 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

5 of our favourite projects by husband-and-wife team Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings, the official ambassadors of Dutch Design Week. >
Jessica Hische - Like Knows Like

FilmFestFriday • 17 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

This short film takes a revealing look at American typographer Jessica Hische's everyday life. >

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