• Design Indaba Hot Topic.
    Can creativity save the world?
    It's a loaded question, but eight designers gave us some thoughtful and inspiring answers. >
  • Take Five
    The 12 nominations for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2015 stole the virtual spotlight on designindaba.com this week. >
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    Advice from some of the leading creative thinkers hit home with designindaba.com readers this week. Here's a round up of the top five stories. >
  • Wall of photos as 9/11 Memorial Museum.
    Built memories
    In this Focus On, we look at four diverse projects that commemorate significant historical events through the built form. >
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    Matali Crasset's firsthand account of her workshop with weavers in Zimbabwe was the most click-worthy feature on designindaba.com. >
  • Ije Nwokorie – Bring what you've got
    Design advice that applies to everyone
    Leading creative thinkers give advice to aspiring artists and designers, but their philosophies really pertain to every field or creative endeavour. >
  • Paper log house by Shigeru Ban.
    Help for the homeless
    Shelter is one of the most basic human needs. We round up four innovative designs for temporary shelter. >
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    Our Inside View on Code4CT who is empowering girls from Cape Town's townships through coding proved to be the most popular feature of the week. >
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    Our African Report on the vibrant portraits of Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj captured readers' attention this week. >
  • Design Dialogues
    Design Indaba Dialogues
    Publications & Art Projects
    "Dialogues" is an ebook collection of fly-on-the-wall dialogues and Q&A's with leading designers. Read the foreword below. >
  • Take Five
    Take five minutes to catch up with designindaba.com's top five stories this week. >
  • Instagram #makechange competition lookbook
    City hacks for #makechange
    Our Instagram competition to win a copy of Andrew Shoben's book closes on Friday. Here are some of the entries so far. >
  • Play Play by Desteyl and Renee Rossouw.
    It takes more than one
    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. >
  • Take Five
    A global call to design out Ebola drew readers' attention this week. >
  • Designs on Global Warming by IDEO.
    13 Ideas to stop global warming
    IDEO's latest "Designs On" semi-annual review brings together some unusual solutions to fighting the warming of our planet. >
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    This week, readers loved our African Report, in which we profile Lagos-born textile and accessories designer Buki Akib. >
  • Fighting Ebola: Grand Challenge for Development.
    Using design thinking to help fight Ebola
    OpenIDEO and USAID launch global call for innovative tools to help health-care workers on the frontlines of the virus. >
  • It's a sign
    We often take for granted the graphic signs that help us navigate our environments. Here are four excellent examples of wayfinding designs from our archive. >
  • "I am Walé Respect Me" by Patrick Willocq.
    Africa through the lens
    The winning work from the third annual POPCAP photography competition celebrates new visions of Africa. >
  • Take Five
    Readers loved graphic design maestro Seymour Chwast's personal history of the evolution of styles this week. >
  • "Belle" by Cecilia Ferreira.
    Eye on digital art from Africa
    Curator Christine Eyene tells us about her selection of experimental artists from Africa whose work was part of London's recent "Africa Utopia" festival. >
  • For the love of trees
    Trees must be one of nature's finest designs. We roundup five designs from our archive that take their inspiration from the leafy form. >
  • Take Five
    Top of the popular posts this week is Leg Studios' furniture range that sports intricate geometric latticework. >
  • Nairobi 2081 A.D. (Escape to New Lagos series), illustration for the lookbook of the Ikiré Jones Fashion Collection, Vigilism, 2013 Copyright: Olalekan Jeyifous [vigilism.com] and Walé Oyéjidé [ikirejones.com]
    Vitra Design Museum looks to Africa
    The institution plans a major exhibition on contemporary African design in spring 2015. >

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