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SA's top buildings

Presenting this year's winners of the South Africa Institute of Architecture's awards celebrating architectural excellence in the country. >
Next Generation: Megan King

Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa. >
Take Five

What got readers clicking this week? Local fashion, a digital tool for manufacturing and insights about African consumers, among others. >
Meet the curators of Design Indaba Expo 2015

Design Indaba Expo 2015 will be curated by an exciting mix of South African creatives, thought-leaders and industry experts. >
Zeitz Museum by Thomas Heatherwick

Icon's Christopher Turner writes about Thomas Heatherwick's plans for the first contemporary African art museum on the continent unveiled at Design Indaba 2014. >
Lorelle Bell

Curator

Lorelle Bell is the curator for the Design for Social Impact sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015. >
Whisper chandelier by High Thorn

High Thorn's latest lighting design is a cascade of leather evoking a laidback sense of luxury. >
"Lazy Eys" by Sakawa Boys

Shiba Mazaza selects a deliciously fluid and fun single by the Sakawa Boys, 'arguably one of the best acts to come out of Cape Town this year'. >
Naoto Fukasawa: Design as second nature

Five minutes with the acclaimed Japanese designer, whose products emerge so seamlessly from their environment that they feel at once familiar and inevitable. >
Inside View: Content's king

Alistair King tells us how the One Rand Man began – and it didn’t start with a brief. >
Renny Ramakers: A voice for beauty and relevance

The veteran of the Dutch design world exhorts her colleagues to find poetic solutions that engage with society's ills. >
Lookbook: Marianne Fassler's Resort 2015 collection

South Africa's favourite iconoclastic fashion designer unleashes a riot of colour and pattern at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town. >
Giving back on Mandela Day

On 18 July Design Indaba joined VPUU and Sikhula Sonke in Monwabisi Park, Khayelitsha for the maiden voyage of a new mobile activity and information hub. >
Orbit coffee table by Stratflex

The Stratflex family of furniture grows with the addition of this cleverly designed flat-pack table. >
Next Generation: Ruth McNaughton

This young designer uses a 100-year-old loom to create refreshingly modern garments in mohair. >
Win a course in business skills for creatives

UCT's Graduate School of Business and Design Indaba are giving away a place at the next Business Acumen for Artists course, valued at R7 500. >
Instomi metal sideboard by Meyer von Wielligh

Meyer von Wielligh contrasts smooth metal with aged wood in the latest addition to its signature range. >
Africa rising: 10 myths busted

A new report from South African consumer research agency Instant Grass lifts the veil on 10 common misperceptions about the continent. >
Inside View: The business of art

Moving from being an artist to a creative entrepreneur takes an enormous leap of faith. We chat to educator Elaine Rumboll about the potential and pitfalls. >
Ineke Hans: We can't speak about 'Dutch design' anymore

The Dutch no longer have a sole mandate on their quintessentially experimental approach to design, says this product designer. >
The quiet ambassador of African design

Meet Mugendi M'Rithaa, the Kenyan educator and activist who has been working behind the scenes to promote the power of design in Africa. >
The possibilities of bioprinting

Now that 3D bioprinting is becoming a reality, speculative designer Agi Haines explores the possibilities of new and improved replacement organs. >
Garth Walker: Why Durban is a hotbed of creativity

The founder of 'ijusi' magazine credits the city’s unique cultural mix and location as the inspiration for his graphic work. >
Robert Sherwood

Architect • Interior Designer

Robert Sherwood is the founder and design director of Robert Sherwood Design, a well-known design studio and showroom in Cape Town. >

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