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Familiar Forms
Exploring South African Indian Identity Through Design
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Regenerate Kakuma
Sumayya Vally designs wellness center within the Kakuma refugee settlement
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Stereo Neuro
Brainwave monitoring headphones revealed at CES 2024
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3D timber dome
The world’s first 3D Ply timber dome
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Murmuring Minds
DRIFT explores movement, process, and human-machine interaction with new installation
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Freedom is a verb
A vivid exploration of Edel Rodriguez’s journey from Cuba to U.S
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Final Cut
Cape Town Film "Carissa" shines at the 80th Venice Film Festival
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Beo-Wolf
Lulama Wolf and Bang & Olufsen collaborate for the ‘Art of A9’ series.
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Great Places: Magugu House
Design Indaba Emerging Creative Alumni Thebe Magugu opens flagship retail store
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A woman’s world
Twelve female artists from five African countries announced as finalists for the ANNA Award.
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Take a look
Young South African photographer wins two major photography awards in France.
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Unforgettable interiors
Mr Price unveils new decor collection with former Emerging Creative Naledi Modupi.
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Lands of time
Zimbabwean architect Thandi Loewenson awarded the 2024 Wheelwright Prize.
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Heating up
The inaugural HEAT Winter Arts Festival takes over Cape Town.
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Waste not, want not
A café built from waste material to open at the V&A Waterfront this July.
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The cat walk
South African ceramicist Hylton Nel’s cat sculptures inspired the latest Dior runway.
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Into the ecosphere
A trilogy of element-inspired exhibition rooms use art to explore the concept of worldmaking.
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Waste to wear
Discarded glass beer bottles were transformed into wearables and homeware.
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All’s fair
Exceptional artist talent convened in Johannesburg for the RMB Latitudes Art Fair.
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Culture club
Thebe Magugu’s latest collection features 18 South African icons.
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Animal architecture
Porky Hefer’s latest collection celebrates the intelligence and ingenuity of wild creatures.
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Ebb and flow
The South African pavilion at the Venice Biennale explores intertwined histories of land and water.
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Lost and found
A new exhibition commemorates the recovery of Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi’s lost artworks.
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Trash to treasure
Ananta Design Studio reimagines old office furniture into fantastical artwork.
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