Ze Frank's From 52 to 48 with Love has a political edge, encouraging Americans to reach across the “Red-Blue divide”. >

Creative director and Design Indaba 2004 speaker, Elsie Nanji weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >

Product designers and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participants, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec weigh in on the craft debate. >

All about “reduce, reuse, recycle”, the Green-T Project by vida e caffé ticked all of the pop-culture boxes to boot. >

Constantin and Laurene Boym’s newest miniature celebrates Barack Obama in lieu of the time-honoured tradition of inauguration souvenirs. >

The SOLVE 2008 design competition announced a three-way tie in their challenge to design an environmentally and culturally sensitive table. >

Potter John Bauer is immortalising South Africa’s doily heritage through porcelain and has found happiness in craft. >

Heineken have added a new dimension to its marketing by opening a unique, ultramodern concept store designed by Frank Tjepkema. >

Michael Souter is adding to the 2010 fever with his “makarabas” (sculpted hard hats) that fuse urban culture, design and sporting passion. >

Commonwealth is uncovering a new kind of beauty by reapplying architectural rigour to smaller scale cross-disciplinary design. >

The Wasted exhibition, at Johannesburg’s Unity Gallery, emphasised the beauty of the art and technical skill, instead of the materials used. >