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V&A Waterfront

  • Photographs: V&A Waterfront
    Waste not, want not
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    A café built from waste material to open at the V&A Waterfront this July. >
    8 Jul 24
  • Photographs: Ananta Design Studio, Tétris Design and Build
    Trash to treasure
    Design News > African Design / Design Activism
    Ananta Design Studio reimagines old office furniture into fantastical artwork. >
    9 Apr 24
  • Watershed at V&A Waterfront.
    Window shopping at the Watershed
    Lookbook > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design
    We popped by the newly opened Watershed at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town to check out some of the gorgeous local design and craft on sale. >
    9 Nov 14
  • The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa by Thomas Heatherwick.
    Breaking ground
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Contracts were signed and a celebration held to mark the commencement of construction of the first major world-class art museum in Africa. >
    4 Jun 14
  • Thomas Heatherwick: Designing the new Silo project
    Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors
    Thomas Heatherwick unveiled his design for the conversion of the Grain Silo in the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town into the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. >
    13 Mar 14
  • Thomas Heatherwick's proposal for the Silo in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town.
    Reimaging history
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    British designer Thomas Heatherwick unveils his design proposal for Silo in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town – a project that started nine years ago. >
    26 Feb 14
  • Architect Heinrich Wolff.
    Heinrich Wolff: Great architecture sets up great situations
    Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors
    In an interview at the 2013 AZA Architecture Conference, South African architect Heinrich Wolff speaks about transforming the Blue Shed at the V&A Waterfront. >
    12 Dec 13
  • Gavin Rain represented by Worldart in Cape Town
    Art with a view
    Design News > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Urban & Landscape Design
    The hotly-anticipated Cape Town Art Fair opens at the V&A Waterfront today. At this South African city art show, the walls aren’t the only place to look. >
    25 Oct 13
  • Moyo Souk & Restaurant, V&A Waterfront
    Y Tsai: Moyo Souk & Restaurant, V&A Waterfront
    Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design
    Y Tsai takes us on a tour of the Moyo Souk & Restaurant in Cape Town, which he designed. >
    10 Jul 13
  • Framed by Martin Doller.
    Right to light
    Design News > Product Design
    Martin Doller's "Framed" collection was officially launched at Design Indaba Expo 2013 and is now available at the Carrol Boyes flagship store in Cape Town. >
    4 Jun 13
  • The Cratefan takes a gold
    Design News > Urban & Landscape Design
    The Cratefan gets an Olympic medal makeover. >
    10 Aug 12
  • Designer pop-up shop hits Cape Town
    Digital News > Craft
    Pop Shop, inspired by Design Indaba, is a temporary store with some of the finest lust-have designer products upon local shores. >
    13 Jul 11
  • Mass freeze at V&A Waterfront
    DI2011: Mass freeze at V&A Waterfront
    Design News > Interaction Design
    On a sunny Sunday in February 2011, the area around the Clock Tower at the V&A Waterfront came to a standstill. >
    11 Mar 11
  • Porky Hefer interview by Yvette Lambrecht
    Video Interviews > Interaction Design / Urban & Landscape Design
    Filmmaker Yvette Lambrecht interviews Porky Hefer about his Cratefan installation at the V&A Waterfront. >
    8 Feb 11
  • Cratefan in Newtown, Joburg.
    Can-do creativity with the Cratefan
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Urban & Landscape Design
    It bears a slight resemblance to the Incredible Hulk but the Cratefan in Jozi and Cape Town is no ordinary superhero. >
    14 Jun 10
  • David Jack
    David Jack spoke on architectural design at the V&A Waterfront in a case study entitled The Designer Harbour, at the Design Indaba Conference in 1997. >
    15 Feb 09
  • Contact lens
    Opinion >
    Making contact, even if only momentarily, with the subject in front of her lens gives upcoming portrait snapper Sarah Nankin her focus. >
    1 Feb 06
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