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Clouds armchair by Casamento

Product Spotlight > Craft

The new chair is a flouncy but structured homage to the textures of wool, farmed locally in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. >

20 Feb 15
Mothers & Daughters in Design (Part 1): Zana Products

Video Interviews > Craft / Product Design

The mother and daughter team behind Zana Products tells us about their dynamic business. >

18 Feb 15
Two weeks to enter A'Design Awards

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

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

16 Feb 15 / Advertorial
The Berg Collection by Kate Rosenberg

Product Spotlight > African Design / Craft

Cape Town ceramicist Kate Rosenberg translates the handwoven grass baskets of her childhood into oversized black clay vessel vases. >

15 Feb 15
Dreams for Africa – Woza Moya

The Dreams for Africa Chair was created by the crafters of Woza Moya to inspire people. >

13 Feb 15
Ilundi Design: in praise of leather

Video Interviews > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design

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

13 Feb 15
Zimele

Zimele focusses on developing community self-reliance through crafts. >

11 Feb 15
Art in the Forest

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

10 Feb 15
Tia Blassingame

Tia Blassingame uses the art of letterpress printing in her work which explores the relationship between race, history and perception. >

10 Feb 15
Enter your work to A' Design Awards 2015

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

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

9 Feb 15 / Advertorial
Indegeniusza

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

4 Feb 15
Balance and disorder

Lookbook > African Design / Craft

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

4 Feb 15
Every surface a canvas

Next Generation > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design

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. >

27 Jan 15
When north meets south

Lookbook > African Design / Craft / Product Design

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

21 Jan 15
Adele's Mohair

Adele's Mohair is an Eastern Cape-based company that produces handcrafted yarns and knitted accessories. >

20 Jan 15
Christien Meindertsma: Design includes what lies behind the product

Video Interviews > Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

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

16 Jan 15
Jurgen Bey: Collaboration opens new design possibilities

Video Interviews > Craft

Dutch product designer Jurgen Bey tells us about the importance of collaboration and preserving traditional crafts. >

13 Jan 15
Celeste Theron

Celeste Theron is an artist, co-founder of design collective She and a 2015 Emerging Creative. >

12 Jan 15
Catherine Ash

Catherine Ash creates unique pieces for her brand, Ash Ceramics, and is a 2015 Emerging Creative. >

12 Jan 15
Bentley van Wyk

Bentley van Wyk is a Port Elizabeth-based ceramicist and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme. >

12 Jan 15
Bees Beside Us by Amy Pliszka

Product Spotlight > Craft / Product Design

British designer Amy Pliszka creates ornate, textile hives for the urban environment. >

12 Jan 15
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Craft / Product Design

Our coverage of various weaving projects around the globe captured the imagination of readers this week. >

10 Jan 15
From the African earth

Lookbook > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Bright and bold pieces from two new Klomp Ceramic ranges. >

9 Jan 15
Under the mango trees

Inside View > Craft / Product Design

Switzerland-based product designer Béatrice Durandard discovers on a trip to Africa that an inability to communicate can lead to taking more risks. >

8 Jan 15

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