South Africa

Pop Shop closing for now

Like all good things Pop Shop, inspired by Design Indaba, is coming to an end. But there’s still the online shop with gorgeous local creative wares. >
Basic reality

Basic Reality explores notions of the “real” as perceived by art students, recent graduates and independent creatives. >
Kaross & Goet

Furniture Designer

Kaross and Goet are two Johannesburg design studios who have been collaborating since 2012. >
Zunette Mulder Jewellery

Jewellery Designer

Cape Town designer Zunette Mulder creates handmade jewellery and also reuses and recycles antique pieces. >
Dan Fuller

Jewellery Designer

Established in 2004 by Daniel Fuller and manufactured in Cape Town, this unconventional range of jewellery and fashion accessories is edgy yet affordable. >
Wezandla Crafts

Product Designer

Wezandla Crafts was launched on a farm in 1996 to provide Zulus on the surrounding farms and adjoining tribal lands an opportunity to generate an extra income. >
Jared Odell Furniture & Design

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Screen dance

Film and Dance, this weekend, is an event exploring the intersection between dance and film with a screening of Wim Wenders's Pina. >
Christien Meindertsma on her affinity for raw materials

Her thoughtful exploration of materials such as wool and flax sees Christien Meindertsma creating gorgeously ethical design. >
Dror Benshetrit on collaboration, reinvention and transformation in cross-disciplinary design

Dror Benshetrit launched his QuaDror structural support system at Design Indaba 2011. >
Furniture fair

The Western Cape Furniture Initiative presents an exhibition featuring the work of Haldane Martin, Heath Nash, Liam Mooney, Tsai and more. >
The future city in Design Indaba magazine

The “Metropolis” edition of Design Indaba magazine considers the world’s expected urban influx and the future role design should play. >
Gear up for Your Street Cape Town

Wave your creative magic wand and make a difference to the urban landscape in Cape Town: Enter the Your Street Challenge, inspired by Design Indaba. >
War Horse at BASA Awards

Topthorn from War Horse will be making a special appearance at the Business Day BASA Awards next week. >
Carvings of white

The book Claudette Schreuders is an insightful look into the work of this artist from the past 17 years. >
Design Indaba Conference 2012

Conference

Design Indaba 2012 includes the Design Indaba Conference and Simulcast from 29 February to 2 March 2012, and Design Indaba Expo from 2 to 4 March 2012. >
Southern soul

Here's a look at the results of Southern Comfort's creative exchange challenge. >
The city burns

The book Fire Walker explores the meaning of the iconic sculpture of the same name by William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx, in Jozi. >
Javier Mariscal on what creativity can do – a puppet show

Javier Mariscal asks and then shows, with live animation, what creativity can do. >
Robert Wong: How Google is adding humanity to technology

Robert Wong shows how Google is positively impacting people’s lives by adding humanity to technology. >
Sonja Bäumel

Fashion designer Sonja Baumel talks about growing clothes out of the bacteria on your skin. >
Panoptical

Photographer Mikhael Subotzky and artist Patrick Waterhouse have been capturing the shifting moods of Ponte City in Jo’burg since 2008. >
Tracking change

Rapid rail travel aboard the Gautrain has the potential to revitalise Johannesburg and Pretoria as thriving urban environments. >
Luyanda Mpahlwa + Mokena Makeka

Mokena Makeka and Luyanda Mpahlwa chat about using public space, culture, fun and romance to create an African architectural identity. >

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