February 2010 Archive

  • Mix n Blend
    Look Mom, No Hands
    Reviews • 1 Feb 10
    True South African multi-culturalism, Mix n Blend display a genre-busting sound and colourful illustrations on their debut album. >
  • David Krut Publishing
    TAXI-014 Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmankgato Helen Sebidi
    Reviews • 10 Feb 10
    Playing a key role in South African arts education, the 14th Taxi art book celebrates Helen Sebedi's contribution to art during apartheid. >
  • Penguin Books
    English knows no bounds
    Reviews • 12 Feb 10
    The Wonder of Whiffling is a tour of the English language, a plunge into the world of words and a dip into a decidedly interesting lexis. >
  • Conran Octopus
    Design: Intelligence Made Visible
    Reviews • 12 Feb 10
    Design heavyweights Terence Conran and Stephen Bayley come together to beautifully package and present this 300-page design encyclopaedia. >
  • 10x10/3
    Inevitable architectural change
    Reviews • 12 Feb 10
    An up-to-the-minute commentary on contemporary architecture examining the changing innovations by the world's leading architects. >
  • Zebra Press
    The power of ideas is in everyone
    Reviews • 12 Feb 10
    Ideas are slippery things, but by personifying them with moods and reason, you control your ideas and how they can shape your life. >
  • The Blackheart Gang
    The Tale of How
    Reviews • 12 Feb 10
    An absolutely beautifully illustrated book celebrating the success of the award-winning Blackheart Gang's animation. >
  • Laugh It Off
    The joke’s on you
    Reviews • 12 Feb 10
    The fourth Laugh It Off Annual is out and proving that it's possible to find humour just about anywhere if you're looking hard enough. >
  • Phaidon
    Ai Weiwei
    Reviews • 12 Feb 10
    An exploration of 21st-century multidisciplinary creative mastermind, Ai Weiwei, his outsize public persona and outspoken world views. >
  • Quivertree Publications
    Hot Afro
    Reviews • 12 Feb 10
    Photographer Craig Fraser slips into the homes of some of South Africa's creative individuals to find distinctly South African interiors. >
  • Best Art Vinyl Award
    Vinyl still a design showcase
    Reviews • 12 Feb 10
    Showcasing a diverse mix of art and design, it was Muse's The Resistance album that took first place in the 2009 Best Art Vinyl Awards. >