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The many uses of social media

Inside View • 7 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The value of social media is shifting far beyond PR and marketing – and that's good news for creative enterprises, says Nadia Mannell of Meltwater Group. >
Bad Boys by Matali Crasset

Product Spotlight • 7 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

French designer Matali Crasset has designed a quirky collection of wall clocks for DesignerBox. >
A step up

Design Frontiers • 7 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest pieces take her technical proficiencies to new heights – and onto the fashion runway. >
Eye on digital art from Africa

Design News • 6 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Curator Christine Eyene tells us about her selection of experimental artists from Africa whose work was part of London's recent "Africa Utopia" festival. >
A brief personal history of illustration

Opinion • 6 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The legendary graphic designer Seymour Chwast gives us a bird's-eye view of the period styles that have shaped the industry. >
Bronze Age by Studio Tjep.

Product Spotlight • 6 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Frank Tjepkema's latest body of work conveys solidity even as it seems to be melting away. >
For the love of trees

Focus On • 5 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Trees must be one of nature's finest designs. We roundup five designs from our archive that take their inspiration from the leafy form. >
Industrial dreams

Lookbook • 4 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The director David Lynch's black and white photographs of factories affirm his penchant for dark, surreal imagery. >
There’s no place like here: Brazenhead Books

FilmFestFriday • 3 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

A short movie about a secret second-hand bookshop and its determined owner. >
Crawly couture

Lookbook • 3 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

It might make us twitchy, but Hendrik Vermeulen's latest fashion collection is inspired by the intricate patterns of insects. >
Take Five

Take Five • 3 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Top of the popular posts this week is Leg Studios' furniture range that sports intricate geometric latticework. >
Tyneside lounger by David Irwin

Product Spotlight • 2 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The Irish designer's timber chair for Deadgood began life as cinema seating. >
Geraldine Fenn: The bare bones of business and creativity

Q&A • 2 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

We chat to one of South Africa's most imaginative jewellery designers on balancing creative innovation with the demands of running a business. >
"Get High" by Mr Moeh 24

Track of the Week • 2 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

This track by multitalented designer, photographer and DJ Mpumelelo Macu is a staple for anyone who values seamless production. >
Vitra Design Museum looks to Africa

Design News • 1 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The institution plans a major exhibition on contemporary African design in spring 2015. >
What's in a brief?

Video Interviews • 1 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Watch Tom Bassett's documentary "Briefly", featuring interviews with top designers such as Frank Gehry, Yves Béhar and David Rockwell. >
Designing better HIV treatment

Opinion • 1 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

Digital designer Jepchumba tells us about the making of Aviro, a mobile app for HIV clinicians to accurately prescribe ARV medication. >
Max Kisman: Creating visual headlines

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:40 • 1 Oct 14 • Sponsored Content

The Dutch typographer and illustrator's iconic posters "subtract the noise" but speak volumes. >
Eve bench by Frank Böhm Studios

Product Spotlight • 30 Sep 14 • Sponsored Content

The Cape Town-based architect begins a series of slender, clean-lined benches. >
Light and shadow

Design News • 29 Sep 14 • Sponsored Content

The subtle play of light through the spaces of this children's facility in the Japanese town of Yamadi-machi is designed to encourage healing. >
Well-heeled

Design News • 29 Sep 14 • Sponsored Content

"Killer Heels" at the Brooklyn Museum explores the cultural history of the high heel. >
Walls that talk

Lookbook • 29 Sep 14 • Sponsored Content

Robin Sprong Wallpaper wants to plaster your walls in pattern. Here are three recent collaborations with locally based designers. >
Aeon Rocket pendant light by Morten Voss

Product Spotlight • 28 Sep 14 • Sponsored Content

The Danish designer's new light harmoniously marries rigid material and malleable plastic. >
Lullaby pendant lamp by Monica Förster

Product Spotlight • 27 Sep 14 • Sponsored Content

The Swedish designer's harmonious angular light was inspired by the work of Isamu Noguchi. >

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