Design News

Quirky, bold and robust, Chips forms the first major development for Alsop Architects’ masterplan for New Islington in Manchester, UK. >

Maria Vafiadis of London’s MKV Design has redesigned the first of two Radisson hotels in Johannesburg. >

Fernando and Humberto Campana's cuddly new Cipria couch is a deliberately iconic piece. >

Stacy Hardy and François Naudé have rewritten JM Coetzee’s polemical novel through the eyes of a digital globalised culture. >

Cow Africa is a small agency in Cape Town that specialise in guerrilla marketing through stunts, the web and mobile. >

Givan Lötz seeks to blur the line between design craft and contemporary fine art. >

A large scale and site-specific installation by designer Clive Rundle entailed three models climbing out of a wall. >

Two chandeliers by the Karoo-based Magpie Collective have been selected for the Obamas' private residence. >

Stiaan Louw Menswear will launch its Summer 2009 Collection at the Cape Town Fashion Week from August 13 to 16. >

Designer Adriaan Hugo from Dokter and Misses has stuck a dollop of design on the Transport Square outside Ellis Park. >

The Eastern Cape is due to receive a new community theatre designed by Ryder Architecture and facilitated by Dodgy Clutch theatre company. >