2007 Archive

Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker are to explore “live” South African design and the ways in which South Africans represent themselves. >

Jaime Hayón has collaborated with chef Paco Roncero to design a new restaurant interior for La Terraza del Casino de Madrid. >

The world’s first major exhibition on cutting-edge African design, New Africa, opened at the 2007 INDEX awards. >

Growing Materials, opening in January 2008 at the VIA in Paris, demonstrates new possibilities for using renewable materials. >

Tom Dixon launched the London Design Festival at Trafalgar Square with an installation of 500 energy-saving lights. >

“Shepherd” Godza Mtizwa from Streetwires was spotted herding 200 life-sized sheep through the streets of Cape Town. >

Ceramicist Frauke Stegmann’s Domestic Desire exhibition at the Bell-Roberts Gallery showed an inventory of reconstituted domestic objects. >

Digital Surrogates at David Krut Projects brought together four artists from across the globe who blur the lines. >

The Shared Talent Project saw crafters from Soweto and Hillbrow teamed with students from London College of Fashion. >

The Times, in association with Design Indaba and D&AD, hosted two workshops in October with UK's Simon Waterfall. >

What may now be seen as just a wild party, the socially conscious ideals behind the Mother City Queer Project bear remembering. >