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Changing the paradigm

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Diébédo Francis Kéré is the first African architect to win the coveted Pritzker >

22 Mar 22
Virtual village

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Interaction Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Ubuntuland, Africa’s first Metaverse marketplace, explores a new digital era of art on the continent >

20 Mar 22
Feminine mystique

Q&A > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Fikile Sokhulu pursues femininity in fashion >

20 Mar 22
Designing with empathy

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Nifemi Marcus-Bello designs a bamboo kiosk for skater brand Wafflesncream >

20 Mar 22
Beam me up, skattie

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Interaction Design

The Magolide Collective has launched an AR fashion range >

13 Mar 22
Live art

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

The convention-flouting ICA Live Art Festival is back! >

13 Mar 22
Fired up

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

We chat to Julia Duduzile Mohanoe on swopping accountancy for art >

13 Mar 22
Melting pot

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

Buhle Nkalashe’s powerful artworks are steeped in isiXhosa, isiZulu and Ndebele traditions >

6 Mar 22
Pool poetics

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

Kanya Viljoen’s Eurydice makes use of femme narratives in a waterless pool >

6 Mar 22
Still lives

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography

Arron Nathan Moos’s moving, contemplative portraits bring the lives of others sharply into focus. >

4 Mar 22
Paper towns

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

One architectural drawing a day for 365 days has culminated in the exhibition RSA 365 >

27 Feb 22
A golden milestone

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Cape Town’s beloved Irma Stern Museum celebrates its semicentennial with a line-up of exhibitions, events and talks. >

27 Feb 22
An Architect’s Agenda

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

David Adjaye’s first design for Ghana’s visionary healthcare initiative to be built in 2022 >

14 Feb 22
Paying homage to the matriarchy

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft

Nokukhanya Charity Vilakazi’s work explores the power of the stories African grandmothers tell their grandchildren. >

6 Feb 22
Light my wire

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft

A contemporary spin on telephone wire weaving makes for a range of mesmerising pendants. >

6 Feb 22
A look into the work of Luke Rudman

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

Luke Rudman uses performance art, photography and painting to explore queerness. >

3 Feb 22
The body eclectic

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Queerness and environmentalism are central to the work of Luke Rudman >

31 Jan 22
Animals crossing

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration

Ardmore launches its ravishing Jabula Ceramic Collection >

30 Jan 22
Tsonga Pride

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

adidas and fashion designer Rich Mnisi unveil sizzling performance wear >

30 Jan 22
Announcing Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives Class of 2022

Design Frontiers > African Design

This unique developmental programme offers gifted young creatives a platform to gain exposure and grow their careers >

25 Jan 22
100 Beautiful Baskets

Design News > African Design / Craft

A curated exhibition that celebrates African weavers >

17 Dec 21
How Re-roll Station is helping African fashion entrepreneurs launch their brands globally

Q&A > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

We chat with the brains behind Re-roll, Kesiena Harry and Cher Potter >

16 Nov 21
Bag some time with former #DI Emerging Creative and Mebala founder, Tlhalefang Moeletsi

Q&A > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

The brain behind the rising leather bag brand shares his journey >

5 Oct 21
Beauty distilled from darkness: Former #DI Emerging Creative, Rich Mnisi presents Nyoka

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Mnisi’s first solo exhibition of collectable furniture runs until 4 February 2022 >

4 Oct 21

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