2015 Archive

#DITakeover on Instagram: Jens Martin Skibsted

Lookbook • 26 May 15

Inside the world of (and some sneak peeks from) Danish designer and co-founder of both KiBiSi and Biomega, Jens Martin Skibsted. >
LABEL/BREED launches its first collection

Lookbook • 22 May 15

Cast-iron lamps and a chair made of flax and wool are some of Dutch project LABEL/BREED’s first collaborative designs. >
Our top 10 design projects on Kickstarter

Lookbook • 20 May 15

It’s #DesignMonth on Kickstarter! We select our favourite new inventions – from a toothbrush made of bioplastic to an inside-out umbrella. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Lakwena Maciver

Lookbook • 19 May 15

Lakwena Maciver went large on our Instagram account with her murals of kaleidoscopic colours and bold patterns. >
Around the world with illustrator Bea Crespo

Lookbook • 18 May 15

Spanish illustrator Bea Crespo's work traverses continents, cityscapes and cultures with clarity and humour. >
iSpy goes into the garden for new range

Lookbook • 15 May 15

Knysna-based textile studio iSpy’s latest range was inspired by the plants in designer Lauren Frates’ garden and two cheeky birds that visit them. >
Miniature works of wearable art by Tinsel

Lookbook • 13 May 15

"Tableaux", an exhibition of one-of-a-kind figurative jewellery pieces, opens at Tinsel Gallery in Joburg. >
The sangomas and weavers of Du Noon

Lookbook • 12 May 15

An exhibition of photos captures the daily lived realities of the talented women collaborating with Pichulik and Design Afrika on a new range of bags. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Faith47

Lookbook • 11 May 15

Street artist Faith47 took us around the world with images of her ghostly creations. >
Ballo's local labour of love

Lookbook • 11 May 15

At least 25 processes go into creating each pair of Ballo's wooden sunglasses, all carried out by hand or hand-operated machines in Woodstock, Cape Town. >
In the desert everything burns

Lookbook • 8 May 15

Nearly 10 000 part-time pyromaniacs watched great wooden structures blaze at Afrikaburn, Africa’s regional Burning Man festival. >
Haldane Martin’s interior for Striped Horse beer

Lookbook • 7 May 15

Haldane Martin creates a moody, masculine interior for a new South African craft beer brand. >
Stain, wash, rinse, repeat: The story of a perfect white dress

Lookbook • 6 May 15

Can a pure white dress stay perfectly fabulous, stain after stain, wash after wash? Skip washing powder found out – the creative way. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Trevor Stuurman

Lookbook • 4 May 15

Faultlessly stylish and talented behind the camera, Trevor Stuurman took over the Design Indaba Instagram handle this week. Here’s what he came up with. >
Pentagram's "I Give an X" campaign

Lookbook • 3 May 15

Only 65% of the UK's population voted in the last election, with young people in particular staying away. A new campaign by Pentagram hopes to change that. >
A most contemporary Karakter

Lookbook • 1 May 15

Danish brand Karakter launches its debut collection by distinctive and diverse designers – including South Africa's own Anatomy Design. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Akosua Afriye-Kumi

Lookbook • 29 Apr 15

Handbag designer Akosua Afriye-Kumi took us on a trip to the unlikely home of her handcrafted fashion label AAKS: the dusty villages of Bolgatanga, Ghana. >
How art shaped the Missoni brand

Lookbook • 29 Apr 15

A new retrospective exhibition explores how art and fashion are closely intertwined in the identity of great Italian fashion house Missoni. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Katherine-Mary Pichulik

Lookbook • 21 Apr 15

Accessories designer Kat Pichulik took us inside her world as she prepped for the launch of her AW2015 collection last week. >
8 illustrators on #NoToXenophobia

Lookbook • 20 Apr 15

Local illustrators respond to our call for poster designs speaking out against the xenophobic attacks visited on foreign Africans this past week. >
Bellissimo! Pichulik does it again

Lookbook • 17 Apr 15

“Pietra Terra”, the latest collection by Katherine Pichulik, imagines Italy through an African lens. >
Designers breathe new life into Milan

Lookbook • 17 Apr 15

“Liveability” seems to be a common thread among the designs on show at Milan Design Week 2015. >
Finding hope in rope

Lookbook • 16 Apr 15

Sep Verboom's new lamp and stool at Milan Design Week 2015 were inspired by a rope-making community in the Philippines. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Lesedi Mogale

Lookbook • 14 Apr 15

We asked Pretoria resident and budding photographer Lesedi Mogale to take over our Instagram feed. Here’s what he came up with. >

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