Craft

Most Creative Stand Award 2015

Festival News • 5 Mar 15

In recognition of her standout lightbox display, the Most Creative Stand Award 2015 went to Pauline Irvine, founder of Artymiss. >
Wrap yourself in a Rothko

Lookbook • 5 Mar 15

Hinterveld’s new 2015/16 collection introduces colour-soaked patterns and a variety of yarn blends. >
Spinning a yarn

Product Spotlight • 2 Mar 15

The Masana Collection is a new range of handwoven rugs, each made by a single artisan from natural hand-spun yarn. >
Playing with clay

Q&A • 28 Feb 15

In this interview, we chat with Catherine Ash about ceramics in the contemporary age. >
Designers rattling the cage of industry

Design News • 25 Feb 15

Day One at Design Indaba Conference offered diverse viewpoints on the art of going it alone. >
Fantastical flora and fauna

Design News • 23 Feb 15

Ardmore's ceramics are prized around the world, and now the second generation of the founder's family is producing a line of lively fabrics named after her. >
Mothers & Daughters in Design (Part 3): One of Each

Video Interviews • 23 Feb 15

Meet Pauline and Tamburai, the mother and daughter duo and creators of African-inspired, one-of-a-kind handbags. >
Take Five

Take Five • 21 Feb 15

Creativity from across Africa dominated the rankings, taking gold, silver and bronze in this week’s top five stories. >
Clouds armchair by Casamento

Product Spotlight • 20 Feb 15

The new chair is a flouncy but structured homage to the textures of wool, farmed locally in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. >
Mothers & Daughters in Design (Part 1): Zana Products

Video Interviews • 18 Feb 15

The mother and daughter team behind Zana Products tells us about their dynamic business. >
Two weeks to enter A'Design Awards

Design News • 16 Feb 15

Don't miss out on your chance to enter this international juried competition – late application expires 28 February! >
In the black

Product Spotlight • 15 Feb 15

Cape Town ceramicist Kate Rosenberg translates the handwoven grass baskets of her childhood into oversized black clay vessel vases. >
Dreams for Africa - Woza Moya

• 13 Feb 15

The Dreams for Africa Chair was created by the crafters of Woza Moya to inspire people. >
Ilundi Design: in praise of leather

Video Interviews • 13 Feb 15

Some of designer and artist Safia Stodel's handmade leather items take up to 14 hours to produce. >
Zimele

• 11 Feb 15

Zimele focusses on developing community self-reliance through crafts. >
Art in the Forest

• 10 Feb 15

Art in the Forest is a Cape Town-based ceramics centre managed and run by South African master potter Anthony Shapiro. >
Tia Blassingame

• 10 Feb 15

Tia Blassingame uses the art of letterpress printing in her work which explores the relationship between race, history and perception. >
Enter your work to A' Design Awards 2015

Design News • 9 Feb 15

Your last chance to enter this international juried competition expires 28 February – and here’s why you should enter! >
Indegeniusza

• 4 Feb 15

Indegenius is a Joburg-based company that produces hand-crafted garments and accessories. >
Balance and disorder

Lookbook • 4 Feb 15

Ceramicist Martine Jackson has partnered with fine artist Galia Gluckman to produce a vibrant range of limited edition, hand-coiled pots. >
Every surface a canvas

Next Generation • 27 Jan 15

Emerging Creative Maria Uys explains the appeal of felt, the freedom of being a surface designer and why she's mad about the colour orange. >
When north meets south

Lookbook • 21 Jan 15

The Frugal Collection by two Franco-Austrian designers and a group of South African craftsmen finds new contemporary applications for traditional craft. >
Adele's Mohair

• 20 Jan 15

Adele's Mohair is an Eastern Cape-based company that produces handcrafted yarns and knitted accessories. >
Christien Meindertsma: Design includes what lies behind the product

Video Interviews • 16 Jan 15

In this exclusive interview, the Rotterdam-based designer tells us why she felt compelled to buy a flax farm in the Netherlands. >