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  • Photographs: Thebe Magugu, Imraan Christian
    Culture club
    Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Thebe Magugu’s latest collection features 18 South African icons. >
    16 May 24
  • Sifiso Shange honours women with his ‘Afri Modern’ designs
    Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    As the founder and director of Afri Modern, Sifiso Shange is making waves with his culturally influenced designs. >
    21 Aug 19
  • Mvelo Desk by Siyanda Mbele
    Designer Siyanda Mbele on fusing functionality, aesthetics and culture
    Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design
    By creating practical, locally made art and furniture, Mbele hopes to inspire younger South African designers to learn and teach. >
    1 Aug 19
  • Ukubutha: A township hub powered by smart architecture and green tech
    Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking
    A sneak speak at the work of Global Graduate Nicole Nomsa Moyo who presented at Day 1 of Design Indaba Conference 2019, >
    27 Feb 19
  • Ukubutha illustration by Nicole Moyo
    Ukubutha: A waste-to-energy solution to mobilise residents in informal settlements
    Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design
    Architecture graduate Nicole Moyo shares her idea on how informal communities can create their own water, energy and waste systems. >
    8 May 18
  • Mvelo Desk: A love story of the career-bound
    Design News > African Design / Product Design
    Trevor Stuurman tells us why he nominated this furniture design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >
    13 Feb 18
  • KwaDukuza
    KwaDukuza: A music video that addresses taxi violence in South Africa
    Design News > Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design
    The town of KwaDukuza in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa grabbed headlines last year for a number of fatal taxi shootings. The video for this hit song address this. >
    3 May 17
  • Woza
    Woza: The story of an African Surfer
    Next Generation > African Design / Film & Animation
    "Woza" tells the story of an African surfer who has been taken as a lover by the African water spirit Mami Wata. >
    11 Apr 17
  • South African graphic designer Siya Masuku designed a beautiful printed Zulu alphabet, featuring 25 lively animals, to help teach children isiZulu.
    The Zulu alphabet in 25 lino prints
    Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration
    South African graphic designer Siya Masuku designed a beautiful printed Zulu alphabet, featuring 25 lively animals, to help teach children isiZulu. >
    20 Feb 17
  • Daniel Ting Chong X PUMA
    Daniel Ting Chong teams up with PUMA on this exclusive collection
    Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    The artistic sneaker range pays tribute to African cultures. >
    13 Feb 17
  • Mvelo desk by Siyanda Mbele. Photo credit: Michelle Reynolds
    Zulu and Ndebele patterns on solid wood desks
    Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design
    These two new pieces by Siyanda Mbele show a distinctive step in his creative journey, searching for ways to bring tradition into contemporary design. >
    6 Sep 16
  • Image: Umbala Blankets
    Buy one give one: A blanket drive from Cape Town
    Design Frontiers > Craft / Product Design
    Umbala blankets are designed and locally manufactured by a studio that donate a blanket to a baby in need for every blanket they sell. >
    28 Mar 16
  • Pinda side table by Siyanda Mbele.
    How the Pinda table was born
    Next Generation > Product Design
    The evolution of Siyanda Mbele’s Pinda table is the story of his growth as a designer finding a place for traditional African aesthetics in contemporary design. >
    27 Mar 15
  •  Chris de Beer on designing jewellery with a cultural inspiration
    Chris de Beer on designing jewellery with a cultural inspiration
    Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Chris de Beer designs jewellery that reflects the traditional colours and patterns of Zulu culture. >
    28 Dec 12
  • Vases telling stories at Milan2011
    Design News > Product Design / Craft / Design Thinking
    Story Vases serve as a form of individual documentation of the daily lives of women in a rural village in KwaZulu-Natal. >
    12 Apr 11
  • Celebration kicker
    Design News > Product Design
    If there has ever been a reason to celebrate, the Official Match Ball for the FIFA World Cup 2010 is that very reason. >
    29 Mar 10
  • Fever pitch
    Opinion > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration
    When it seems that one man's life has been divinely designed to create the logo for Africa's biggest even, can we call it only destiny? >
    9 Feb 10
  • Sex wax, suggested by Scott Robertson
    50 buck design
    Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Design Indaba invited Durban creatives to show-and-tell us the best design to be bought in Durban for under R50. >
    1 May 08
  • Seamstory
    Profiling > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Amanda Laird Cherry talks about how the fabric of society has changed through her past few collections. >
    1 May 08
  • Inkuku chair by Ryan Frank.
    Flotsam and jetsam
    Design News > Design Thinking
    Ryan Frank is repurposing the debris of the urban ocean into quirky eco-sensitive furniture. >
    1 Aug 07
  • Get a piece of the action
    Festival News > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    piece, a Johannesburg-based design organisation, will showcase the work of a number of talented crafters at the 2005 Design Indaba Expo. >
    1 Feb 05
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