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New and bold furniture designs from Siyanda Mbele

Product Spotlight > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

South African interior designer Siyanda Mbele unveils new work. >

10 Feb 17
40 rising stars join the creative constellation

Next Generation > African Design / Design Thinking / Product Design

Meet the 2017 Emerging Creatives, the next wave of South Africa’s buzzing design scene. >

6 Feb 17
Carien Momsen

This designer enjoys exploring duality in her interior and furniture designs. >

6 Feb 17
Monique Vee

Monique Vee is the founder of a contemporary interior and spatial design studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa. >

6 Feb 17
The Sankara Rug: Weaving the past into the future

Video Interviews > African Design / Craft

Bielle Bellingham tells us why she nominated the handcrafted Sankara Rug for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017, the Rug went on to win the public vote. >

1 Feb 17
Biolux: Speculating on the future of indoor lighting

Next Generation > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Growing glowing architecture. >

17 Nov 16
The Boring Collection: Lensvelt's deliberately drab furniture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

The remarkable thing about this furniture line is that it is totally unremarkable. >

7 Sep 16
Ori revolutionises compact city living

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Compact modular unit designed to simultaneously function as a storage space, bedroom, living room and workspace. >

15 Jul 16
Enabled by design: A way finding system that considers the disabled

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Information Design

A More Inclusive Pedestrian Wayfinding System builds on the existing "Legible London" system to create an enhanced and more user-friendly navigation system. >

30 Jun 16
Eva Mynsberghe: Making products that tell stories

Video Interviews > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Jewellery and interiors designer Eva Mynsberghe emphasises the importance of telling stories with design. >

8 Apr 16
3D-printed vase collection upcycles plastic bottles

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

DesignLibero’s 3D-printed vase collection brings beauty to the practice of upcycling. >

28 Mar 16
Blurring the lines between art, architecture and design

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

A design studio in Italy known for their anamorphic art have painted shape changing mural. >

24 Mar 16
Embroidery and needlepoint give prisoners a new outlook

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

The Fine Cell Work initiative has contributed to the rehabilitation of the UK’s prisoners for over a decade. >

9 Mar 16
Deirdre Renniers

Deirdre Renniers is an interior designer hailing from Johannesburg, currently based in Singapore and exploring the business markets of Cape Town. >

8 Mar 16
Maheder Gebremedhin: Traditional Ethiopian architecture and modern radio shows

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

Addis Ababa-born architect Maheder Gebremedhin looks at where architecture is and where it’s going in his city. >

7 Mar 16 / Brand Collaboration
Jen McKenzie

Jen McKenzie is the creator and illustrator behind the homeware and artwork company Abide Creative. >

26 Jan 16
Studio Truly Truly's flexible range of LED loops

Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

The Levity range features customisable loops with light that radiates through a woven textile exterior. >

20 Jan 16
Plascon sets the tone for 2016 with colours that tell a story

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Africa’s largest paint company introduces its new contemporary colours with four trend stories. >

15 Dec 15
Tracy Lee Lynch

Tracy Lee Lynch is a design, décor and styling guru. >

8 Dec 15
INSIDE World Festival of Interiors shines a spotlight on exceptional interior design

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A space-like TV studio, a healthy office and an exploded cinema set the bar high for the World Interior of the Year Award. >

25 Jun 15
How Anatomy Design broke into the European market

Inside View > Product Design

Anatomy Design has two lights in the collection of new Danish brand Karakter. Andrea Kleinloog tells us what it took to get into the European market. >

8 May 15
Haldane Martin’s interior for Striped Horse beer

Lookbook > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Haldane Martin creates a moody, masculine interior for a new South African craft beer brand. >

7 May 15
A loft conversion in Brussels

Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors

SHSH Architecture + Scenography converts a former warehouse in Brussels into a contemporary loft that adapts to its inhabitants. >

1 Apr 15
How the Pinda table was born

Next Generation > Product Design

The evolution of Siyanda Mbele’s Pinda table is the story of his growth as a designer finding a place for traditional African aesthetics in contemporary design. >

27 Mar 15

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