News & Features

Big Idea, by Sandu Cultural Media, is a compilation of winning works from seven international design competitions.

Miss Beautiful is a photographic investigation into South Africa’s pageants by Stan Engelbrecht, with supporting stories by Tamsen de Beer.

crEATe is a timely overview of the state of our world’s pantry, researched and written by the Future Laboratory, published by Gestalaten.

The Cape Craft and Design Institute took part on the dti stand at Ambiente, the annual German exhibition held in February.

Dutch studio Makkink & Bey reinterpreted five classic pieces by Brazilian design masters.

SOUTH award finalist David West launched his Holbol Collection at Whatiftheworld in Cape Town during March.

In an unusual collaboration, architect David Adjaye and graphic designer Peter Saville redo Kvadrat's showroom in London.

Philippe Bousquet, Geraldine Fenn and Marchand van Tonder exhibit their contemporary jewellery at the Bell-Roberts Gallery.

Cape Town graffiti artists raise money for underprivileged communities and new urban art space opens in Woodstock.

Professional and student winners of the Nampak Packaging Design Challenge were announced at the 2009 Design Indaba Expo.

Theatre multi-tasker, Neil Coppen's recent production of Tree Boy introduced design, animation and multimedia to the Durban Playhouse.