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Sweet art by girls

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Spookasem, opening at Salon91 Contemporary Art Collection on 20 January 2010, features a remarkable group of all-female SA creatives. >

17 Jan 10
Moggridge to direct Cooper-Hewitt

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors

The designer of the first laptop computer in 1980 and co-founder of IDEO, Bill Moggridge is now director of the US national design museum. >

15 Jan 10
Lucy Orta exhibits a land without borders

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Lucy Orta doesn’t just stand by and watch the world change. She creates the change she wants to see. >

18 Dec 09
Tom Dixon launches Utility

Design News > Product Design

British lighting and furniture design maverick Tom Dixon have once again taken steps in innovation with their latest collection, Utility. >

18 Dec 09
Brighton Festival calls on Brian Eno

Design News > Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

Iconic culture figure and 1970s glam rocker, Brian Eno has been appointed as guest artistic director for next year’s Brighton Festival. >

5 Dec 09
Meet the authors at David Krut

Design News > Creative Economy

David Krut publishing is hosting an eclectic selection of South African writers and poets to talk about "giving". >

3 Dec 09
Agency Leader of the Year award

Design News > Creative Economy

For Design Indaba's Ravi Naidoo winning awards is nothing new, but last week’s Financial Mail AdFocus Awards took him by surprise. >

3 Dec 09
Creative activism takes to the road

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A group of five artists participated in the recent Write on Africa roadtrip through the Transkei. >

24 Nov 09
Living matter for a living world

Design News > Design Thinking

The Design for a Living World project and exhibition sees 10 leading designers focus on a natural material from a specific place. >

23 Nov 09
A stool for every occasion

Design News > Product Design

Along with his new shop, Tom Dixon launched two new stools at the London Design Festival. >

22 Nov 09
Kenneth Cobonpue visits South Africa

Design News > Product Design

Washington-based designer Kenneth Cobonpue presented a series of design lectures in Cape Town and Johannesburg. >

21 Nov 09
Koop showroom opens in Durban

Design News > Product Design

Sustainable furniture and design brand Koop have opened a showroom on Windermere Road in Durban. >

20 Nov 09
Mingo Lamberti winners exhibition

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Mingo Lamberti will be launching their seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts on 3 December at 6pm at Happy Feet in Cape Town. >

19 Nov 09
Misael opens in Cape Town

Design News > Product Design / Craft

Misael SA Art and Design has opened in an historic building at 103b Bree Street in Cape Town. >

19 Nov 09
New adventures in retail

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Two independent Cape Town design stalwarts, whatiftheworld and Stiaan Louw have responded to the retail call of Johannesburg. >

18 Nov 09
Soundscape tabletop

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

Architect Daniel Dendra created a table in which the surface modulation translates the soundscape of Cairo into a 3D landscape. >

17 Nov 09
Administer design daily

Design News > Product Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design duo Dokter and Misses are set up shop in Brixton with their cardboard handbags and heavy metal bling. >

16 Nov 09
Pictures speak louder than prisoners

Design News > Design Thinking

Creative life-skills programme Young in Prison displays its outcomes at Word of Art studios in Cape Town. >

15 Nov 09
Unnatural landscape

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Johannesburg fashion designer Suzaan Heyns collaborated with photographer Brett Rubin to shoot her Spring/Summer 2009 collection. >

14 Nov 09
Zapiro’s puppets find airtime online

Design News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

The satirical ZA NEWS puppet show created by Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto has finally found a way to broadcast – by going online. >

13 Nov 09
Super normal shop

Design News > Product Design

The Jasper Morrison Shop is housed in an unused part of his new studio. >

12 Nov 09
Bronzed disposables

Design News > Product Design

The Boym Partners’s new collection, Timeless Objects, attempts to make everyday objects as timeless as ancient bronze monuments. >

11 Nov 09
Candy and hotdog rocks

Design News > Product Design

American Chateau features grandiose tongue-in-cheek works by Jaime Hayon and Nienke Klunder. >

10 Nov 09
Formative fantasy

Design News >

Diptych showed scraperboard visuals by Charlotte Janse van Vuuren and sculptures by Michaella Janse van Vuuren. >

9 Nov 09

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