August 2008 Archive

Toshiyuki Kita's Sunplant features eight solar panel leaves that recharge 48 AA batteries and use LEDs to create a decorative garden piece. >

While T-shirt makers the world over are plying their wares virtually, Brad Hodgskiss is keeping Mingo Lamberti real. >

The Pan African Space Station was four-day music collaboration in Cape Town, curated by Ntone Edjabe and Neo Muyanga, from October 1 to 4. >

Exiled Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai showed a series of agitprop prints in his show One Vote at Dokter and Misses, Johannesburg. >

Los Angeles company, Y Water, is the first in a new category of super drinks engineered to ensure children's healthy growth. >

Continuing to expand and diversify, Whatiftheworld have now added a design showroom to their books. >

Grabbing public attention in May, the SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) took the Cape Town Fashion Festival to the streets. >

Design Indaba alumnus Ilse Crawford, tasked with designing the Aesop shop pairs modern interventions with endearing revival. >

The winners of the South African Bureau of Standards Design Achievers student awards were announced on Youth Day, June 16. >

South Africa's first Pecha Kucha design open-mic event presented eight local creatives, hosted at the Whatiftheworld Gallery. >

Biodegradable body product range Jozi O have expanded into a brand new environmentally friendly building, named the Energy Works. >