South Africa

New work by Daniel Ting Chong

Cheeky, bouncy and bold – here's a sampling of this prolific Cape Town-based designer's recent work. >
Maria Lebedeva

This local illustrator is set to launch her first children's book, "Mu's Wolf Problem", later this month. We catch up with her here. >
Focus On: Handspring Puppet Company

The renowned local puppeteers are making headlines with a new exhibition on their work and the much-acclaimed "War Horse" finally playing on home turf. >
Marianne Fassler: The fashion landscape has never been more vast

Marianne Fassler's been dazzling fashionistas with her inimitable frocks for more than two decades. She shares her take on the fashion landscape and more here. >
"Gift of Three" by Tumi Mogorosi

This track from Tumi Mogorosi's first solo album is thrillingly discordant – an impressive composition to say the least. >
Inside View: Side projects are the new CVs

Dave Duarte champions the power of side projects and small ideas. >
Lookbook: Inside Cape Town's modernist textile factories

An Open House Architecture tour offers a rare glimpse inside the iconic buildings that were at the centre of the city's rag trade. >
Lookbook: Common Methods First Edition

South African and Dutch designers collaborated to create a range of products that experiments with bronze and leather. >
21 ICONS – Albie Sachs

Behind the scenes of photographer Adrian Steirn's regal portrait of the former Constitutional Court judge. >
Lookbook: AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS

Kristen Malan’s “Halo” headpiece wins the AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS gold jewellery design competition. >
"Bone_Us" by Simiato

Turn it down a notch with this downtempo track by South African beatmaker Simiato. >
Offis System by Raw Studio

Raw Studio unveils a sleek system of furniture to suit the changing needs of modern work habits. >
Michel Rojkind on a design strategy to cope with overstimulation

The Mexican architect shares three ways he wades through our world of chaos and flux to create award-winning work. >
Veld couch and Pebble Stool by Dokter and Misses

Dokter and Misses are on a collab kick – this time with renowned felt artist Ronel Jordaan. >
Soldier Screens by Dokter and Misses and Gone Rural.

Dokter and Misses collaborates with Gone Rural to create a new partition screen system. >
African architecture on the global agenda

The recent UIA2014 conference in Durban presented an opportunity to discuss the priorities for architects in Africa, writes Sean O'Toole. >
Next Generation: Jess Gouws

This young local jewellery designer tells us about finding beauty in old and discarded objects. >
Sister act

We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together. >
The mathematics of success at Design Indaba Expo

Emerging Creatives = 1 place + 4 days + 806 buyers + 43 000 pairs of eyes on your work >
Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding

It's more useful to think about branding as a messy creative process than as a pristine product, says Wolff Olins global CEO. >
Life after advertising

We interview Ross Chowles about the art of selling products to humans – and why he thinks it's in danger. >
Stefan van Biljon: Tapping the urban unconscious

This young South African architect is intrigued by the untold stories that lie beneath the city's fabric. >
Lookbook: What's Your Type?

An exhibition of alphabet prints by David Kindersley harks back to the pre-digital days of typographic design. >
Nomad's Land

Steve Kotze talks art and Afrikaner adaptability with artist Stefan Naude aka ST(E)AK. >

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