South Africa

Art road trip

The artworks of the various winners of the Spier Contemporary 2010 Exhibition will be touring the country for the next couple of months. >
Anatomy and Tiaan Nagel set up shop

The designer of Design Indaba’s Most Beautiful Object in SA 2010 recently opened a gorgeous shop in Jo'burg. >
Amen football amen

With football fever all around us, photographer Jessica Hilltout investigates the cultural significance of the beautiful game in Africa. >
Can-do creativity with the Cratefan

It bears a slight resemblance to the Incredible Hulk but the Cratefan in Jozi and Cape Town is no ordinary superhero. >
Second chances

Haldane Martin’s re-edition prototype of the Globe Chair is making this everyday household item a must-have. >
Legends of Echo

The Grid, Vodacom’s Social Mobile Network, recently launched South Africa’s first location-based, multi-player online mobile game. >
Keith Helfet: The Joule electric car

The inspiring design story of Joule is testament to the possibilities of South African industrial design. >
John Hunt on original advertising

John Hunt tries to define "advertising", pointing out that advertising must be original – but not too original. >
One man band

Obie Oberholzer's latest exhibition is a notable and interesting departure from his typically quirky portraits. >
Milestones and goalposts

In soccer "own goal" refers to a mistake but in a new visual art exhibition, it is the process of realising personal objectives. >
Ineke Hans asks "Where to From Here?"

Ineke Hans looks at the future of playing and asks, "Where to from here, designers?" >
Fashionable football fever

SA Fashion Week are adding glitz and glamour to the World Cup with their range of soccer-inspired clothes and accessories. >
Shigeru Uchida on the power of weakness

Weakness is part of design as much as it is part of human nature. >
5.5 Designers on sustaining great design

5.5 designers talks about a product's lifecycle and ways in which design can intervene to make it more sustainable. >
AdamsMorioka: what lies beneath

AdamsMorioka reveal what lies beneath the slick, ultra-cool veneer of designers. >
Stephen Burks recycles to inspire

For Stephen Burks, design is about making things that can have a special connection to people. >
Magnetic trailer park attraction

There aint nothing trashy about Grolsch’s magnetic Airstream in the Old Mac Daddy rural trailer park in the beautiful Elgin Valley. >
Switched on competition

Eskom is calling on student and professional designers to help save the planet, one CFL at a time. >
Alternative imaginations

Design is about love, not money, and believing in the potential of design being something for the whole world. >
Leather satchels and literacy

From fashion to literacy, local fashion design studio Black Coffee are exploring ways to promote literacy through fashion. >
Ice-cream sticks to lower unemployment

Job creation through participatory design could help to lower unemployment and support sustainability, says design student Chad Peterson. >
Exhibitor success story: Tiffany Marx

From simple gold rings and leather bangles, to elaborate diamond earrings and platinum watches, Tiffany Marx can complete any outfit. >
Exhibitor success story: Tyred Furniture

Using tyres as chairs seems like something you would do in the heart of the bush, around a fire. Tyred is a very different idea. >
Exhibitor success story: BOUSQUET Creations

Combine design, beauty, a lot of waste material and a fresh look at the old, and you get innovation that brings a smile to your face. >

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