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Functional art with pride

Design News > Craft / Product Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: African Queen by Nicola Leitch harnesses the African spirit to produce functional art. >

3 Feb 10
Rite-specific art

Design News > Interaction Design

Infecting the City – the third Spier Public Arts Festival – is taking to the streets, squares and public spaces of Cape Town. >

2 Feb 10
Inspirational interiors

Design News > Product Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Koa specialises in designing and producing interior furniture, lighting and accessories. >

2 Feb 10
New made rubbish

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Over the past year Heath Nash has been focusing on using plastic waste in new ways. >

1 Feb 10
Reused lights

Design News > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Philippe Bousquet will also be showing his new collection of recycled lights, After Dark. >

30 Jan 10
Second Spier Contemporary exhibition opens

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Spier Contemporary 2010 Exhibition will open its doors to show contemporary South African art for diverse audiences. >

29 Jan 10
A(cute)ly artistic

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Many of us use the word "cute" to describe the small, the adorable or the funny. But what does cute mean? The Cute Show takes a deeper look. >

29 Jan 10
Soccer art

Design News > Creative Economy

Design Indaba Expo 2010: David Krut Publishing are the South Africa distributors of the FIFA 2010 Official Art Posters Edition series. >

29 Jan 10
Original origami

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: New to the jewellery world, Emma Stricker’s handmade jewellery label, emma anne, uses metals in original ways. >

28 Jan 10
Tat's in town

Design News > Craft

Southern Ink Xposure, the biggest tattoo event in the southern hemisphere returns to Cape Town from 22 to 24 January 2010. >

20 Jan 10
Peter  Saville  to  open  major  Alan  Fletcher  retrospective

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Alan Fletcher: 50 Years of Graphic Work (and Play) shows at CUBE in Manchester from 21 January to 3 April 2010. >

19 Jan 10
Sweet art by girls

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Spookasem, opening at Salon91 Contemporary Art Collection on 20 January 2010, features a remarkable group of all-female SA creatives. >

17 Jan 10
Moggridge to direct Cooper-Hewitt

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors

The designer of the first laptop computer in 1980 and co-founder of IDEO, Bill Moggridge is now director of the US national design museum. >

15 Jan 10
Lucy Orta exhibits a land without borders

Design News >

Lucy Orta doesn’t just stand by and watch the world change. She creates the change she wants to see. >

18 Dec 09
Tom Dixon launches Utility

Design News > Product Design

British lighting and furniture design maverick Tom Dixon have once again taken steps in innovation with their latest collection, Utility. >

18 Dec 09
Brighton Festival calls on Brian Eno

Design News > Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

Iconic culture figure and 1970s glam rocker, Brian Eno has been appointed as guest artistic director for next year’s Brighton Festival. >

5 Dec 09
Meet the authors at David Krut

Design News > Creative Economy

David Krut publishing is hosting an eclectic selection of South African writers and poets to talk about "giving". >

3 Dec 09
Agency Leader of the Year award

Design News > Creative Economy

For Design Indaba's Ravi Naidoo winning awards is nothing new, but last week’s Financial Mail AdFocus Awards took him by surprise. >

3 Dec 09
Creative activism takes to the road

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A group of five artists participated in the recent Write on Africa roadtrip through the Transkei. >

24 Nov 09
Living matter for a living world

Design News > Design Thinking

The Design for a Living World project and exhibition sees 10 leading designers focus on a natural material from a specific place. >

23 Nov 09
A stool for every occasion

Design News > Product Design

Along with his new shop, Tom Dixon launched two new stools at the London Design Festival. >

22 Nov 09
Kenneth Cobonpue visits South Africa

Design News > Product Design

Washington-based designer Kenneth Cobonpue presented a series of design lectures in Cape Town and Johannesburg. >

21 Nov 09
Koop showroom opens in Durban

Design News > Product Design

Sustainable furniture and design brand Koop have opened a showroom on Windermere Road in Durban. >

20 Nov 09
Mingo Lamberti winners exhibition

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Mingo Lamberti will be launching their seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts on 3 December at 6pm at Happy Feet in Cape Town. >

19 Nov 09

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