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Design News > African Design

Boemo Diale is the latest recipient of the Tomorrows/Today Prize for emerging artists. >

5 Mar 24
C(hair)

Design News > African Design

The Patewo Chair is inspired by the intricate beauty of the Patewo hairstyle. >

5 Mar 24
Prize-winning portal

Design News > African Design

Amina Agueznay is the winner of the 2024 Norval Sovereign African Art Prize. >

28 Feb 24
Pain phone

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The Panadol Pain Phone is a remote healthcare unit. >

28 Feb 24
Africa is now

Design Frontiers > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

‘African design is reshaping the world’s cultural stage and sport shows us how.’ >

22 Feb 24
The shoulders of giants

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

A monumental retrospective tracks Esther Mahlangu’s lifelong pursuit of the arts. >

22 Feb 24
Unravelled

Design News > African Design

Textile artworks from the 1960s to today challenge structures of power. >

13 Feb 24
Meet the makers

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Emerging Creative Jessie Zinn highlights South African fashion icons in a new video series. >

22 Jan 24
Great Yes, Great No

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

New William Kentridge drawings and sculptures on show in Cape Town >

13 Dec 23
Not just another brick in the wall

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Striking murals across Cape Town ask viewers to consider the ocean. >

4 Dec 23
Lasting impressions

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Thando Ntuli of MUNKUS takes home the top prize at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2023. >

4 Dec 23
Eye of the beholder

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Zeitz MOCAA ushers in the summer season with two new lens-based exhibitions. >

28 Nov 23
Pyramid scheme

Design News > African Design

The third annual Art D'Égypte exhibition sets contemporary art against the pyramids. >

16 Nov 23
Talent show

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Lukhanyo Mdingi has won a prestigious international fashion prize. >

16 Nov 23
Pieces of history

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

This Vietnamese museum is covered in clay tiles from old houses. >

23 Oct 23
Filling the holes

Design News > African Design

Lady Skollie’s latest exhibition explores gaping omissions in African art history. >

9 Oct 23
Art at its peak

Design News > African Design

Artists used land as their canvas in the highest exhibition of land art in Asia. >

28 Aug 23
Behind the scenes

Q&A > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Fashion designer Thabo Kopele gave audiences a glimpse into studio life at Decorex Joburg 2023. >

20 Aug 23
Metamorphosis

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft

‘I always make clothes that I would want to wear … forever,’ says 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Shamyra Moodley. >

24 Jul 23
Hot off the press

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Otsile Moumakoe’s artworks incorporate ‘fashion, music, movies and a little bit of history’. >

4 Jul 23
Hot off the press

4 Jul 23
Bathroom break

Design News > African Design

Tom Dixon collaborates with Cosentino on a bold new vision for bathrooms. >

12 May 23
Design for Human Rights

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography

In honour of Human Rights Day on 21 March, we take a look at human-centred innovations from South Africa. >

13 Mar 23
Women making waves

Design News > African Design

For International Women's Day, we take a look at six exceptional young women in creative industries. >

6 Mar 23

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