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Prize-winning exhibition

Lookbook • 30 Nov 13

Hjalti Karlsson recently won the 2013 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize. Here's a look at his solo exhibition celebrating his win. >
South African candy

Product Spotlight • 30 Nov 13 • Sponsored Content

Design Indaba Conference alumnus Renée Rossouw's Liquorice range was borne of a three-month investigation into African self-decoration and colours. >
Sponsored video: Rolex Mentor & Protégés Arts Initiative

Design News • Duration: 00:00:00 • 29 Nov 13 • Sponsored Content

Rolex supports artists by sponsoring year-long mentorship programmes between emerging artists and internationally recognised masters. >
Returning to the source

Product Spotlight • 28 Nov 13 • Sponsored Content

Bespoke kitchen, furniture and shoji screen makers Andy de Klerk Cabinetworks is back at the Expo in 2014 with a famous lithograph-inspired kitchen design. >
Deceptive chocolates

Design News • 28 Nov 13 • Sponsored Content

Nendo has created a limited-edition set of chocolates that resemble a variety of oil paint tubes. >
Warping lights

Design News • 28 Nov 13

Design trio Front has created attention-grabbing street lamps that light up the popular Kristinebergs Slottspark in Sweden. >
Keeping it historic

Design News • 27 Nov 13

Graphic designer Harry Pearce has designed a logotype with a "quirky, domestic twist" for a 19th century building in London's Royal Academy. >
The whole package

Design News • 27 Nov 13

Marcel Wanders brings a touch of floral whimsy to Japanese cosmetic brand AQMW's new packaging. >
Off the street

Product Spotlight • 26 Nov 13

For his new range of products – to debut at Design Indaba Expo 2014 – photographer Ed Suter stepped off the street and into the grass >
Sewn up

Design News • 26 Nov 13

The simple construction of German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic's cotton canvas bags ensure they will "last forever". >
Queen of beauty

Design News • 25 Nov 13 • Sponsored Content

Quazi Design has been announced as a finalist in the SOURCE Awards 2013. >
A deathly diet

Design News • 24 Nov 13 • Sponsored Content

For an exhibit on the future of food, Martí Guixé designed a diet to aid people to reach "a temporary transordinary lifestyle status". He tells us about it. >
Shopping in a laboratory

Design News • 24 Nov 13

Tokujin Yoshioka's interior design for Issey Miyake's new retail outlet is clean, minimalistic and somewhat futuristic. >
Changing the world

Design News • 23 Nov 13

Karim Rashid has released his first solo electro-pop music album and it's for sale on iTunes. >
Human touch

Design News • 23 Nov 13

Bjarke Ingels Architects (BIG) has been announced the winner of the international competition to design the new Cité du Corps Humain in Montpellier. >
Bright crystals

Design News • 22 Nov 13

The Bouroullec brothers illuminate the Palace of Versailles with a majestic crystal chandelier. >
Melting snowflakes

Design News • 21 Nov 13

Scandinavian design team Front have designed an ice cream dessert in the shape of a cloud for Häagen-Dazs. >
Exporting craft

Design News • 21 Nov 13

Western Cape craft and design producers notched up exports worth more than R1.5 million at shows in Germany, France and the U.S. this year. >
And nowhere a shadow

Design News • 20 Nov 13

Cohen van Balen's wild, wolf-oriented installation for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale highlights conservation as entertainment. >
Playing at work

Design News • 20 Nov 13

Mathieu Lehanneur has designed a "business playground" for Pullman London St Pancras. >
Beautiful noise

Product Spotlight • 19 Nov 13 • Sponsored Content

South Africa-based architect and artist Lorenzo Nassimbeni participated in a recent fashion/music/art happening and launched a fabric collection in Australia. >
Modern workspace

Design News • 19 Nov 13

Tomas Kral's "Homework" desk is multifunctional and ideal for modern environments. >
Democratising information

Design News • 19 Nov 13 • Sponsored Content

A new type of modem has come out of Africa – one built for rugged African conditions that can withstand power cuts. >
Tasting fear

Design News • 18 Nov 13 • Sponsored Content

Cohen Van Balen has designed an installation that attempts to capture the flavour of fear. >

From the Archives

Ghana’s national pavilion

Design News • 8 May 22

How do you define freedom? Ghana’s flag provides a clue – as does its striking pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale >
Liberian centre celebrates women

Design News • 8 May 22

Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has partnered with leading African architects >
Smooth operator

Q&A • 8 May 22

Lundi Mlonyeni, aka Dave Monday, is a muso with a mission >
Changing the narrative

Design News • 8 May 22

Naba AboLova and actor Bonko Khoza bring hope to unemployed township youth >

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