Design News

Given Nkuna will represent South Africa at the British Council 2009 International Young Design Entrepreneur (IYDE) of the Year Award Finals. >

Using Soshanguve FABlab, the design team at Readymade are prototyping The Nest fruit bowl for an income-generation venture. >

Italian furniture brand Moroso celebrates the influence of Africa in the M’Afrique C’est Chic exhibition. >

Leading South African distributor of global design products, Twiice International, has launched a local production arm, Designfaktori. >

Creative agency YCN have opened their new workspace in London to the public by incorporating a magazine library >

Shigeru Ban’s ingenious new 10-Unit System for Artek can be used to make a chair, table or bench using just one simple L-shaped unit. >

Spanish designer Javier Mariscal’s retrospective is currently on show at the Design Museum in London, until November 2009. >

RePacked saw architect Rianne Makkink and designer Jurgen Bey design and handcraft 19 pieces using embroidery, woodwork and blue foam. >

Mingo Lamberti are calling for entries for their seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts. Deadline: 31 August 2009. >

Spoek Mathambo is the MC who is burning up the European dance charts with his Sweat.X and Playdoe collaborations. >

Lemn Sissay turns words into monuments, literally. Spending some time in South Africa, the poet gives Nadine Botha a verbal whiplashing. >