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Design the legacy: #Loeries invites agencies create its 2025 campaign

Design the legacy: #Loeries invites agencies create its 2025 campaign

Pernod-Ricard's Nthabi Motsoeneng to chair Warc Awards for Middle East & Africa 2025 jury

Pernod-Ricard's Nthabi Motsoeneng to chair Warc Awards for Middle East & Africa 2025 jury

17 Oct 2024

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The One Show 2025 unveils new categories and entry deadlines

25 Sep 2024

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Morag Myerscough © .

First speaker for Design Indaba Festival 2018 announced

1 Nov 2017

Design Market in Ghana launches

Design Market in Ghana launches

1 Nov 2017

Kigali, Rwanda. © Dereje Belachew via

Africa needs coordinated strategies for urbanisation

25 Oct 2017

Harnessing design thinking to drive entrepreneurial impact, innovation

Harnessing design thinking to drive entrepreneurial impact, innovation

Gilbert Saggia 19 Oct 2017

#EntrepreneurMonth: Chris Weylandt on the business of contemporary home decor design

#EntrepreneurMonth: Chris Weylandt on the business of contemporary home decor design

Lauren Hartzenberg 18 Oct 2017

Morris and Mtongana.

#BODCT: Redesigning the world one business at a time, to surprise and delight customers

Leigh Andrews 16 Oct 2017

Simelane and Cooper.

#BODCT: Surprise! THIS is today's African consumer

Leigh Andrews 11 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Jonathan Deeb

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Jonathan Deeb

Jessica Tennant 11 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Ntsako Mokwena

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Ntsako Mokwena

Jessica Tennant 10 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Yehuda Raff

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Yehuda Raff

Jessica Tennant 6 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Mduduzi Simelane

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Mduduzi Simelane

Jessica Tennant 4 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Nicola Cooper

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Nicola Cooper

Jessica Tennant 3 Oct 2017

Pentawards 2017 - best of global packaging

Pentawards 2017 - best of global packaging

27 Sep 2017

Advertising in the age of mobile, social and AI

Advertising in the age of mobile, social and AI

Lisa Steingold 26 Sep 2017

The anatomy of a creative concept

The anatomy of a creative concept

Peter Barnard 15 Sep 2017

#CEMAfrica2017: Empowered customer experiences lie in multi-focused design

#CEMAfrica2017: Empowered customer experiences lie in multi-focused design

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Aug 2017

Egypt's Mosawer launches online photography platform

Egypt's Mosawer launches online photography platform

Tom Jackson 11 Aug 2017

Why decisions on emoji design should be made more inclusive

Selina Sutton 17 Jul 2017

Prints by Moletsane, Nyoni and Kisua Africa.

Turning retail space into art space: Elevating the SA narrative at store level

Leigh Andrews 20 Jun 2017

The #REDexperiment: Bringing art to life

The #REDexperiment: Bringing art to life

Robin Fredericks 6 Jun 2017

New Design Market for Côte d'Ivoire

New Design Market for Côte d'Ivoire

2 Jun 2017

Why you need design systems for social media

Why you need design systems for social media

Ernst Lass 26 May 2017

#Indaba2017: Indaba rebranded to Africa's Travel Indaba

#Indaba2017: Indaba rebranded to Africa's Travel Indaba

Danette Breitenbach 18 May 2017

WGSN press event in Cape Town

Four key trends of African design in 2017/18

25 Apr 2017

Hitchcock Michalski wins pitch to develop new Nigerian bank identity

Hitchcock Michalski wins pitch to develop new Nigerian bank identity

Hitchcock Michalski 3 Apr 2017

(L-R): Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz, Medical Director, Department of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology,Heidelberg University Hospital; Elkanah Omenge Orang'o of Moi University, Nairobi; and Hermann Bussmann, Research Associate, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

How design thinking can save lives

30 Mar 2017

Five ways to ensure a high-tech marketing masterpiece

Five ways to ensure a high-tech marketing masterpiece

28 Mar 2017

Documenting the African public transport story

Documenting the African public transport story

20 Mar 2017

Launch of Africa's first design thinking institute

Launch of Africa's first design thinking institute

Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 3 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: The URGENT design strength of feminine fire

#DesignIndaba2017: The URGENT design strength of feminine fire

Leigh Andrews 3 Mar 2017

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Morag Myerscough © .

First speaker for Design Indaba Festival 2018 announced

1 Nov 2017

Design Market in Ghana launches

Design Market in Ghana launches

1 Nov 2017

Kigali, Rwanda. © Dereje Belachew via

Africa needs coordinated strategies for urbanisation

25 Oct 2017

Harnessing design thinking to drive entrepreneurial impact, innovation

Harnessing design thinking to drive entrepreneurial impact, innovation

Gilbert Saggia 19 Oct 2017

#EntrepreneurMonth: Chris Weylandt on the business of contemporary home decor design

#EntrepreneurMonth: Chris Weylandt on the business of contemporary home decor design

Lauren Hartzenberg 18 Oct 2017

Morris and Mtongana.

#BODCT: Redesigning the world one business at a time, to surprise and delight customers

Leigh Andrews 16 Oct 2017

Simelane and Cooper.

#BODCT: Surprise! THIS is today's African consumer

Leigh Andrews 11 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Jonathan Deeb

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Jonathan Deeb

Jessica Tennant 11 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Ntsako Mokwena

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Ntsako Mokwena

Jessica Tennant 10 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Yehuda Raff

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Yehuda Raff

Jessica Tennant 6 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Mduduzi Simelane

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Mduduzi Simelane

Jessica Tennant 4 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Nicola Cooper

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Nicola Cooper

Jessica Tennant 3 Oct 2017

Pentawards 2017 - best of global packaging

Pentawards 2017 - best of global packaging

27 Sep 2017

Advertising in the age of mobile, social and AI

Advertising in the age of mobile, social and AI

Lisa Steingold 26 Sep 2017

The anatomy of a creative concept

The anatomy of a creative concept

Peter Barnard 15 Sep 2017

#CEMAfrica2017: Empowered customer experiences lie in multi-focused design

#CEMAfrica2017: Empowered customer experiences lie in multi-focused design

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Aug 2017

Egypt's Mosawer launches online photography platform

Egypt's Mosawer launches online photography platform

Tom Jackson 11 Aug 2017

Why decisions on emoji design should be made more inclusive

Selina Sutton 17 Jul 2017

Prints by Moletsane, Nyoni and Kisua Africa.

Turning retail space into art space: Elevating the SA narrative at store level

Leigh Andrews 20 Jun 2017

The #REDexperiment: Bringing art to life

The #REDexperiment: Bringing art to life

Robin Fredericks 6 Jun 2017

New Design Market for Côte d'Ivoire

New Design Market for Côte d'Ivoire

2 Jun 2017

Why you need design systems for social media

Why you need design systems for social media

Ernst Lass 26 May 2017

#Indaba2017: Indaba rebranded to Africa's Travel Indaba

#Indaba2017: Indaba rebranded to Africa's Travel Indaba

Danette Breitenbach 18 May 2017

WGSN press event in Cape Town

Four key trends of African design in 2017/18

25 Apr 2017

Hitchcock Michalski wins pitch to develop new Nigerian bank identity

Hitchcock Michalski wins pitch to develop new Nigerian bank identity

Hitchcock Michalski 3 Apr 2017

(L-R): Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz, Medical Director, Department of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology,Heidelberg University Hospital; Elkanah Omenge Orang'o of Moi University, Nairobi; and Hermann Bussmann, Research Associate, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

How design thinking can save lives

30 Mar 2017

Five ways to ensure a high-tech marketing masterpiece

Five ways to ensure a high-tech marketing masterpiece

28 Mar 2017

Documenting the African public transport story

Documenting the African public transport story

20 Mar 2017

Launch of Africa's first design thinking institute

Launch of Africa's first design thinking institute

Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 3 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: The URGENT design strength of feminine fire

#DesignIndaba2017: The URGENT design strength of feminine fire

Leigh Andrews 3 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: Students' social activism FTW!

Leigh Andrews 2 Mar 2017

Stassen with 'Blades' - part of the Hero Exhibition that takes place at Open Design.

#DesignMonth: The importance of design education with Suné Stassen

Leigh Andrews 28 Feb 2017

Kenya's Gearbox launches Fab Lab platform

Kenya's Gearbox launches Fab Lab platform

Tom Jackson 27 Feb 2017

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Five product design tips to create a 'wow' experience

Robin Singh 9 Feb 2017

Behan in action at the design sprint challenge for the city of New York.

#DesignMonth: Disrupt your own business before someone else does!

Leigh Andrews 2 Feb 2017

Demystifying design thinking

Dave Nemeth 1 Feb 2017

Design thinking and empathy generation

Design thinking and empathy generation

Robert Bloom and Katherine Train 13 Jan 2017

Marriott International expands presence in Algeria

Marriott International expands presence in Algeria

9 Jan 2017

Are you making these five logo design blunders?

Charles Mburugu 20 Dec 2016

#TRENDING: Will going 'green' bring hope to 2017?

#TRENDING: Will going 'green' bring hope to 2017?

Louise Marsland 13 Dec 2016

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