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The power of ideas is in everyone

Reviews > Creative Economy

Ideas are slippery things, but by personifying them with moods and reason, you control your ideas and how they can shape your life.

12 Feb 10
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Inevitable architectural change

Reviews > Creative Economy

An up-to-the-minute commentary on contemporary architecture examining the changing innovations by the world's leading architects.

12 Feb 10
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Design: Intelligence Made Visible

Reviews > Creative Economy

Design heavyweights Terence Conran and Stephen Bayley come together to beautifully package and present this 300-page design encyclopaedia.

12 Feb 10
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English knows no bounds

Reviews > Creative Economy

The Wonder of Whiffling is a tour of the English language, a plunge into the world of words and a dip into a decidedly interesting lexis.

12 Feb 10
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Tradition redesigned

Design News > Craft

Design Indaba Expo 2010: The Design Afrika warehouse in Woodstock is overflowing with exciting new products from all over the continent.

12 Feb 10
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Big in Brazil

Profiling > Product Design

Frederico Duarte sits down with Brazilian designer Marcelo Rosenbaum to unpack a celebrity status beyond the boundaries of design.

11 Feb 10
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Oona Scheepers interview

Video Interviews > Urban & Landscape Design

As a lead interior designer for Porsche, then Audi and now Volkswagen, Oona Scheepers offers a glimpse into the world of automotive design.

10 Feb 10
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TAXI-014 Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmankgato Helen Sebidi

Reviews > Creative Economy

Playing a key role in South African arts education, the 14th Taxi art book celebrates Helen Sebedi's contribution to art during apartheid.

10 Feb 10
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V Sunil interview

Video Interviews > Creative Economy

V Sunil from W+K Delhi provides an insightful interpretation of India's creative industries.

10 Feb 10
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Wall wide open

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors

In the north-west of SA, a wall is being built, an open-ended celebration of the skills and artistry of the people, writes Neil Stemmet.

10 Feb 10
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Power beading

Design News > Craft

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Since 2000, the non-profit income-generating bead project Monkeybiz has empowered more than 450 bead artists.

10 Feb 10
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Signature San prints

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: The vibrant Kalk Bay Modern gallery specialise in contemporary San art from lino prints to oil paintings.

10 Feb 10
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AuthenticiTEE

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Mingo Lamberti's Made in China winners form part of the Eastern-inspired seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts.

10 Feb 10
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Str.smarts

Inside View > Urban & Landscape Design

Wooster Collective founders Marc and Sara Schiller discuss the coming-of-age of street art and its significance to the cities it populates.

9 Feb 10
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20:10 recall

Opinion > Creative Economy

As the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010 looms on the horizon, Comedian Louw Venter takes a look at how South Africa will remember "the world".

9 Feb 10
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Fever pitch

Opinion > Graphic Design & Illustration

When it seems that one man's life has been divinely designed to create the logo for Africa's biggest even, can we call it only destiny?

9 Feb 10
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The beautiful religion

Lookbook > Art & Photography

Photographer Jessica Hilltout shows that the beautiful game of soccer goes beyond the confines of stadiums and the glare of the paparazzi.

9 Feb 10
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Hope 2.0

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors

The FIFA 20 Centres for 2010 exemplify how world sustainability can be underwritten by Africa’s bountiful endurance.

9 Feb 10
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1.05 4.40 3.30 2.05 3.40

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors

The World Cup is a golden opportunity for South Africa to show off so Marine Leblond goes beyond the budgets of our new stadiums.

9 Feb 10
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Past-life digital dreams

Profiling > Interaction Design

Nadine Botha speaks to Troika whose experiments and installations raise questions about the real function of technology.

9 Feb 10
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The craft factory

Opinion > Creative Economy

Leonard Shapiro explains South Africa’s craft enterprises are reaching self-sufficiency and hankering for the next level: Industrialisation.

9 Feb 10
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Here there

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

Richard Hart writes about his curation of Them-and-Us, a poster project that brings together African and European graphic artists.

9 Feb 10
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Winning ceramics

Design News > Craft

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Louise Gelderblom will be exhibiting her one-off hand-built ceramic vessels and other work.

9 Feb 10
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Eco treasures

Design News > Craft

Design Indaba Expo 2010: The African Queen Studio are launching a new range of truly inspirational lighting.

8 Feb 10

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