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Dora Prevost

Dora Prevost is a South African sculptor. >

17 Dec 19
Viola Greyling

Viola Greyling is a young ceramicist from the Tshwane University of Technology. >

6 Dec 19
Indian studio develops zero-energy, terracotta air conditioner

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

New-Delhi-based Ant Studio’s clay cooling installation is both beautiful and functional. >

8 Oct 19
Mighty Ndebele: The cyborg girl of gold

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Aidan Bennetts tells us why he nominated this sculpture for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >

13 Feb 18
Caroline Vieira

Caroline Vieira is a Johannesburg-based ceramic artist and teacher. >

31 Jan 17
We talk to South African ceramicist Andile Dyalvane

Q&A > African Design / Craft / Creative Economy

Andile Dyalvane’s first solo exhibition is set to open in New York’s Friedman Benda gallery this month. >

20 Jun 16
A contemporary raw-brick house in India shelters orphaned children

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Designed by Made in Earth, a group of humanitarian architects, Vellore House in Tamil Nadu, India, accommodates twenty orphaned children. >

19 Jan 16
Shapes in clay

Profiling > Craft / Product Design

Ceramicist Chuma Maweni creates contemporary black-and-white striped conical pots at Art In The Forest, a ceramics centre where young artists are mentored. >

18 Mar 15
Eager

FilmFestFriday > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

Artist Allison Schulnik's animated short, our second installment from the SXSW 2014 Film Awards, is a hypnotic, surreal homage to life and death. >

13 Jun 14
Moulded with clay

Design News > Product Design

Maarten Baas has designed a modular chandelier for Lasvit using his unique signature style of clay moulding. >

16 Apr 14
Plant loving

Design News > Craft

Margarete Woermann combined her love of plants and clay to create a unique set of vases for Design Indaba Expo's First Editions feature. >

9 Mar 14
Secret festival

Lookbook > Food Design

The 2013 Spier Secret Festival was a huge success. Here's an inside look at what the two-day celebration offered visitors. >

13 Nov 13
Marije Vogelzang: Playing with your food

Video Interviews > Food Design

Dutch eating designer Marije Vogelzang spoke at the Spier Secret Festival 2013 about the connections between people, rootedness and cooking in fire. >

11 Nov 13
Lightness

Design News > Product Design

Rika Herbst's porcelain designs are for contemplation and enjoyment, speaking to the viewer in a whisper. >

25 Feb 12
Plain Clay

Design News > Product Design

Maarten Baas's Plain Clay designs aim to be accessible to more people. >

15 Jul 11
Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré. >

30 Jun 11
Muchness of love

Design News > Craft

With his vibrant range of ceramics, Ruan Hoffmann is the first South African to exhibit at the Rockefeller Centre in New York. >

17 Jun 11
Zizamele Ceramics

Zizamele Ceramics makes "world class ceramics in Africa." >

10 Dec 10
Pots composted

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Compots are a brilliant local innovation to reduce agricultural waste, create jobs and lessen the damage caused by replanting. >

16 Nov 10
Here tonight, gone tomorrow

Design News > Craft

One Night Only is a single night exhibition featuring the work of local artists Lucinda Mudge. >

9 Nov 10
Pennies for Pyggy

Design News > Product Design

Piggy banks are not just for children... They're functional and decorative home items with a unique history. >

7 Nov 10
Stick in the mud

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors

Add water to soil. Mix. Build house. Architect Malcolm Worby crusades the benefits of mud brick building, writes Delia de Villiers. >

1 Nov 10
Hands-free pottery

Design News > Product Design

A new machine allows users to make beautiful clay sculptures without ever coming in contact with the muddy material. >

21 Jun 10
Louise Gelderblom Artworker

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4 Dec 09

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