Durban's artSPACE gallery hosted the second annual Bigwood exhibition during July, featuring more than 40 designers. >

Durban's Bean Bag Bahia Beach Club, sibling to Bean Bag Bohemia and Deli, features an up-market restaurant café as well as a deli. >

South Africa's first Pecha Kucha design open-mic event presented eight local creatives, hosted at the Whatiftheworld Gallery. >

The winners of the South African Bureau of Standards Design Achievers student awards were announced on Youth Day, June 16. >

Cape Town creative agency the Design Works goes green, encouraging their clients to become more environmentally aware. >

Dubai will be home to the world's first rotating skyscraper, the so-called Dynamic Tower, designed by Italian architect Dr David Fisher. >

Los Angeles company, Y Water, is the first in a new category of super drinks engineered to ensure children's healthy growth. >

The Old Mutual Vukani Fashion Awards, aimed at empowering young fashion designers with business mentoring, have announced the 2008 winners. >

Li Edelkoort resigned as chairwoman of Design Academy Eindhoven in Holland after 10 years in this role, but will remain affiliated. >

David Byrne turned architecture into a musical instrument and invited the public to "play the building", in an abandoned New York building. >

Cape Town's Curious, Whetstone and Frankley shows Rikus Ferreira's fantastical illustrations and multimedia works, Varkore in die Skemer. >