South Africa | Design Indaba

Inside designer Margot Molyneux’s mixed use boutique

The art-deco inspired store is where you can buy clothes, attend a clothing workshop as well as go for a gin tasting. >
A look inside Bright Creative Space in Cape Town

This collaborative studio plays host to weekly drawing sessions and freelance artists from around the globe. >
Reimagining public spaces in Monwabisi Park

The Reclaiming the Night project is about getting residents involved in creating their own solutions >
On making theatre specifically for kids below the age of 2

Children at such an early age can still decide to stop paying attention, which is the harshest criticism of all >
15 Southern African artists tell us what it's like to be Young Now

Johannesburg’s Hazard Gallery is hosting a number of prolific, young African artists in their latest exhibition. >
Pichulik looks to Japan for inspiration behind her latest range

Flower arrangements created in the Japanese art of Ikebana make striking combo next to her latest range >
An art invention to encourage more silence in our cities

The Silent Room invites people to come in, for up to 30 minutes and “not perform or achieve anything, but just to be”. >
Photographer Imraan Christian teams up with Faith XLVII

South African artists Imraan Christian and Faith XLVII deconstruct a pivotal moment in the country’s 2015 student uprising. >
Haunting black and white images capture forced removals in Johannesburg

Behind urban renewal is often the untold stories of poor families who are put out with nowhere else to go. >
Atang Tshikare collaborated with Lesotho weavers to revive an old tradition

Multidisciplinary artist and designer Atang Tshikare has gone from murals to furniture to exploring African mythology through weaving >
Eitan Stern

Brand Specialist

Eitan is a commercial and entertainment attorney, and a director at Legalese. >
Ads Imitating Life exhibit explores not-so-progressive media representation

American artist Hank Willis Thomas takes a critical view of ‘Adland’ in this collection. >
Airbnb is tapping into its network to help resettle refugees

Co-Founder & CPO Joe Gebbia announces that over 16,000 Airbnb hosts have already signed up to host refugees for free. >
Zemba Luzamba explores the migrant experience through depictions of ordinary people

The Cape Town-based artist's eloquent oil paintings of everyday life encourage viewers to draw their own conclusions. >
Typographer Keith Vlahakis on his signature lettering style

The South African illustrator talks us through the process behind some of his pop culture-inspired illustration videos. >
Serge Alain Nitegeka explores the colour black

Johannesburg-based artist Serge Alain Nitegeka has explored forced migration and xenophobia in the past. >
People who stalk us on Instagram: Khanyisa Ketse

Vincent van Gogh meets #BlackGirlMagic in digital artist Khanyisa Ketse’s The Beginning. >
Custodian of secrets Sinomonde Ngwane turns strangers' confessions into art

We spoke to the South African graphic designer and illustrator Sinomonde Ngwane about her popular #DearDiarySeries and more. >
What would the Black Panthers wear if they were revived today?

We spoke to South African streetwear designer Julian Kubel about his latest, panthers-inspired range. >
Fearless street culture with graphic designer Richard Horne

The Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme is all about uncovering rare talent among the youth of South Africa. >
We caught up with graphic artist Leigh Le Roux

South African graphic designer uses emotive illustrations to tell the stories of ordinary people. >
New film "Mixed Space" takes on flawed racial categories in South Africa

The colonial project mangled the way we see race, changing the way we see ourselves. >
Love Story: A tale of refugees featuring Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore

Forced migration is a recurring theme at this year's Venice Biennale. An installation in the South Africa pavilion interrogates empathy. >
Not here for men

3 Must-see music videos addressing the abuse of women. >

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