Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde spoke to us at Design Indaba in Cape Town about his designs for glow-in-the-dark roads and clothing that will literally expose dishonest bankers. More about "We're working on a suit that becomes transparent when you lie"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: we speak to architect David Adjaye, fresh off the stage from his presentation at Design Indaba, about his relationship with Africa and why he believes the continent provides a great opportunity for architects. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "Africa is an extraordinary opportunity" - David Adjaye
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: earlier this month we kicked off our Dezeen and MINI World Tour at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town. Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs rounds up the highlights of the week. More about Dezeen and MINI World Tour at Design Indaba
Design Indaba 2013: Dutch trend forecaster Li Edelkoort curated an exhibition drawing parallels between the Italian Memphis movement of the 1980s and contemporary South African design at Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town earlier this month. More about Totemism: Memphis meets Africa at Design Indaba Expo
Design Indaba 2013: South African designers presented a wide range of pieces made from metals at this exhibition in Cape Town during Design Indaba earlier this month (+ slideshow). More about Heavy Metal at the Woodstock Foundry
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: with Cape Town serving as World Design Capital in 2014, we spoke to programme director Richard Perez about how the title can help the city overcome problems inherited from the Apartheid regime. More about "Segregation was a design exercise during Apartheid"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the second part of our tour around Cape Town, Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo shows us the former industrial suburb of Woodstock, which the city's design community has recently made its home, and explains the importance of upcycling in South African design. More about "South Africa has always had an upcycling culture"
News: a call for submissions of events and activities for Cape Town's stint as World Design Capital next year was launched during the Design Indaba conference and expo in the city last week. More about Cape Town calls for submissions for its year as World Design Capital 2014
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our first Dezeen and MINI World Tour despatch, Ravi Naidoo takes us on a tour of his home city and explains why he founded the Design Indaba conference that is taking place in Cape Town this week. More about Africa today is a place of "renewal, regeneration and growth"
This week Dezeen is in Cape Town so here's a steampunk-inspired coffee shop in the city by South African designer Haldane Martin. More about Truth Coffee by Haldane Martin
Dezeen Wire: Cape Town in South Africa has been named World Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid). More about Cape Town named World Design Capital 2014
Designer Rafael de Cárdenas of New York created the interior of this Cape Town menswear store Unknown Union with shelving in clashing colours that fade into each other. More about Unknown Union by Rafael de Cárdenas
Here’s another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten (see our earlier stories here and here) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup starting this week in South Africa. More about Green Point Stadium by GMP Architekten
Design Indaba 08: here's a new set of photos showing progress on the first sand-bag house being built at Freedom Park in Cape Town, South Africa. More about Sand-bag houses by MMA architects 4
Design Indaba 08: here are images of housing designs by teams including Tom Dixon, Shigeru Ban, David Adjaye, Thomas Heatherwick And Klein Dytham for Design Indaba's 10x10 Housing Project at Freedom Park in Cape Town, South Africa. More about 10×10 Housing Project by Tom Dixon, Shigeru Ban, David Adjaye etc
Design Indaba 08: continuing our series of stories about the 10x10 Housing Project in Cape Town, South Africa, here are the latest photos showing progress constructing the first sand-bag house. More about Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects 3
Design Indaba 08: the first sand-bag house designed by Cape Town architects MMA is taking shape (see earlier post). More about Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects 2
Design Indaba 08: Cape Town architects MMA have started work on a pilot project of ten affordable houses built using a sand-bag construction system. More about Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects
Design Indaba update: international architects and designers including Thomas Heatherwick, Will Alsop, Shigeru Ban and David Adjaye are to design low-cost housing for families living in the shack districts (above) surrounding Cape Town, South Africa. More about Stars to design housing for shack-dwellers