South Africa

The bespoke comeback

A splurge of second generation bicycles have recently flooded the design wires. >
Afterfacts

In the future gallery of now, photographer Guido Schwarz turns the gaze to nostalgic artefacts that inspirit a second life. >
Second nature

Whatever we need to do to sustain our lives, nature already does, writes Beth Peterson. >
Green game farm

Dalton Private Game Reserve in KZN wins top award for sustainable architecture. >
Tintown

Design Studio

Whimsical and fun homeware is TinTown's speciality. >
Shooting in Jo'burg

"I Was Shot in Joburg" is an edgy creative experiment that's enriching the lives of street kids and generating an income. >
From vine to vase

Using reclaimed wine bottles and local labour, Liam Mooney is creating some rather interesting vases. >
sootcookie ceramics

Ceramicist

Based in Hout Bay, sootcookie's quirky ceramic range was created by Tanya Laing, a graduate of the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town. >
Jo Noero on socially purposeful South African architecture

Architecture in post-apartheid South Africa has a very important role to play, Jo Noero shares his thoughts on this. >
Rick Valicenti on the real human presence in design

Finding the real human presence in design is a big task, but one that Rick Valicenti finds particularly interesting. >
May the force be with you

Inspired by space, designed on Earth, Mingo Lamberti’s new range of T-shirts brings a strong force with it. >
Techno wasteland

Pieter Hugo's latest solo exhibition explores the connection between third world poverty and first world electronic waste. >
Above and below

On Earth as it is in Heaven is an exhibition of Conrad Botes's grappling with primal urges at the root of suffering. >
Everybody's backyard

Faith47’s latest project, a mural in the Cape Town CBD, is a tribute to those people pushed to the fringes, sometimes in our own backyard. >
Power of reinvention

One man's junk is another’s treasure. Add creative flair and you’ve got some masterfully reinvented interior objects. >
Wally Olins on the branding of nations

Getting the branding identity of a country right has led to many positive results, Wally Olins explains. >
Craig Wessels on animation and story

Using animation creatively can go as far as one’s imagination allows. >
PG Bison 1.SixOneEight Competition and Awards

The PG Bison 1.SixOneEight Competition and Awards aims to push traditional boundaries. >
Rockprincess

Jewellery Designer

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Fuss-free sustainability

Designers are the catalysts that make a sustainable future possible, it's probably because they take "No kak!". >
Not one, but many

Ross Chowles's exhibition of a multiple personality disorder is a showcase of paintings that give expression to his creativity. >
Mirko Ilić on graphic design as social commentary

Graphic design can be used as an effective means of communication to comment on various social issues, Mirko Ilić illustrates. >
Gerry Human on pushing the boundaries of advertising

The purpose of advertising in South Africa, but also the rest of the world, is to push boundaries, says Gerry Human. >
20Q: Henning Rasmuss

Henning Rasmuss loves 20 question-type things, and says "thanks for making me think between 150 emails, for a change". Here are his thoughts >

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