Italian furniture brand Moroso celebrates the influence of Africa in the M’Afrique C’est Chic exhibition.

Leading South African distributor of global design products, Twiice International, has launched a local production arm, Designfaktori.

In Jesse Breytenbach’s graphic novel I Don’t Like Chocolate every story relates to food from a different slant.

Creative agency YCN have opened their new workspace in London to the public by incorporating a magazine library

Shigeru Ban’s ingenious new 10-Unit System for Artek can be used to make a chair, table or bench using just one simple L-shaped unit.

Spanish designer Javier Mariscal’s retrospective is currently on show at the Design Museum in London, until November 2009.

RePacked saw architect Rianne Makkink and designer Jurgen Bey design and handcraft 19 pieces using embroidery, woodwork and blue foam.

Mingo Lamberti are calling for entries for their seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts. Deadline: 31 August 2009.

Spoek Mathambo is the MC who is burning up the European dance charts with his Sweat.X and Playdoe collaborations.

Youssef Nabil tells Design Indaba about cinema, sleep, death and living between places.

Lemn Sissay turns words into monuments, literally. Spending some time in South Africa, the poet gives Nadine Botha a verbal whiplashing.