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Carolyn Steel: Food is too big to see, it is everywhere

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:05 • 5 Jun 13 • Sponsored Content

Carolyn Steel believes that food is a powerful tool for questioning the kind of society we’re building and that tiny decisions can make a very big difference. >
For excellence in design

Design News • 5 Jun 13

Petting Zoo by Christoph Niemann has been awarded the Editor's Choice Award by Children's Technology Review. >
Hybrid seating

Design News • 4 Jun 13

PearsonLloyd's Bay Chair looks to the changing environment of the workplace and offers a practical solution. >
Right to light

Design News • 4 Jun 13

Martin Doller's "Framed" collection was officially launched at Design Indaba Expo 2013 and is now available at the Carrol Boyes flagship store in Cape Town. >
Past to future

Design News • 3 Jun 13

Faith47's latest work, on a wall in the Austrian capital Vienna, is titled "The Immense Gap Between Past and Future". >
Graphic edge

Lookbook • 3 Jun 13

Hjalti Karlsson won the 2013 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize. Here's a look at a selection of work the jury considered in awarding him this prestigious prize. >
Michael Wolff: For me it’s all about creativity and imagination

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:35 • 3 Jun 13

For Michael Wolff it's all about curiosity, imagination and creativity. He was in Cape Town recently as the inaugural Design Indaba Visiting Professor at CPUT. >
Sketches in cabinets

Design News • 2 Jun 13

Oscar Diaz displayed a variety of sketches in a wooden cabinet to reveal his unique design DNA. >
Cheers to that

Design News • 1 Jun 13

The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town designed a top-notch look and feel for beer brand Windhoek’s fictional Pure Beer Society in (real) bars and taverns. >
Nicolas Roope: A respect and passion for clear storytelling

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:50 • 31 May 13 • Sponsored Content

A Global Rich List for ordinary people and the world’s first designer energy-saving light bulb are just some of the work Nicolas Roope does. >
Community health

Design News • 31 May 13

Francis Kéré is in the process of developing an infirmary for a village in West Africa to improve basic healthcare. >
Big win for Hjalti Karlsson

Design News • 30 May 13

Congratulations to Hjalti Karlsson who has won the prestigious Nordic Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize. >
TEN Collection: design tutorial ft Adhemas Batista (Brazil)

Inside View • 30 May 13

Learn how Adhemas Batista created his artwork for season two of the TEN Collection. View subtitles by selecting your language on the video player settings. >
Absa | The Democratic Republic of Design

Festival News • 30 May 13

At Design Indaba 2013 Absa created a virtual country called the Democratic Republic of Design to show how design and creativity are the backbone of an economy. >
Product spotlight: Langazela by Africa!Ignite

Product Spotlight • 30 May 13

Bright, bold and beautiful, in this week’s Product Spotlight we take a closer look at Africa!Ignite’s Langazela cushions. >
Dancing for products

Design News • 30 May 13

Revital Cohen's latest project "75 Watt" explores human movement in mass-manufacturing through a choreographic dance. >
The 55th Venice Biennale

Festival News • 30 May 13

The 55th Venice Biennale, celebrating art, architecture, film, theatre and dance, takes place in the Italian city over the next six months. Take a look. >
David Kester: We need to be in a state of constant design

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:42 • 29 May 13 • Sponsored Content

In an interview at the 2013 What Design Can Do conference in Amsterdam, David Kester spoke about ways in which design allows for exploration and development. >
Lost in plain sight

Profiling • 29 May 13 • Sponsored Content

His passion for travel and love of landscapes underpins photographer Dillon Marsh's work. He finds the unusual in the everyday, elevating it to a fine art. >
African pride

Design News • 29 May 13

Laduma Ngxokolo designed a range of Mohair blankets expressing his heritage and the natural landscape of South Africa. >
Touches of whimsy

Q&A • 28 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Illustrator Kirsten Sims describes her work as "whimsical, theatrical, humorous and experimental". We caught up with her to find out more about her work. >
The International Space Orchestra

Festival News • 28 May 13

Nelly Ben Hayoun wants to be an astronaut. "I’m totally serious about this", she tells me. >
Human resilience

Design News • 28 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Three renowned architects created an exhibition offering visitors an interactive and emotional experience of human resilience and hope. >
Gov.uk goes worldwide

Festival News • 28 May 13

At the 2013 Design Indaba Conference, one of the most talked-about presentations was from Ben Terrett, head of design for the UK’s Government Digital Services. >

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