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Art Vespa: Not for designosaurs

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

Art Vespa design competition calls for creative designs to decorate Three Vespa LX150s, one of which the winner gets in their own design. >

1 Nov 08
Travelling on trains with kids

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Illustrator Christoph Niemann’s new New York Times blog grabbed attention when he added these illustrations of subway travel with his sons. >

1 Nov 08
SA: The US of Africa

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

Durban-based graphic designer Garth Walker has created a politically incorrect new exhibition for the Saint-Etienne Design Biennale. >

1 Nov 08
City of type

Design News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Dutch typographer Richard Niessen was recently in South Africa as a guest of design agency The President and gave a workshop on typography. >

1 Nov 08
Nampak packaging design challenge

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Nampak and Design Indaba invite professional design studios, agencies and freelance designers to enter the Nampak Packaging Design Challenge >

1 Nov 08
No more songs for girls

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Jo’burg indie electro outfit Model C have been described as “a dirty and beautiful eight-bit soundtrack that crawls under your skin”. >

1 Nov 08
Designer rubbish

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Five Black Bins brought together five Cape Town design studios to redesign five garbage bins in Woodstock, Cape Town. >

1 Nov 08
Paula Scher does China

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Renowned graphic designer and artist Paula Scher has released a new print of China in her Map series. >

1 Nov 08
Power art

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

Design Indaba alumnus Luba Lukova releases a portfolio of political posters. >

1 Nov 08
Crime unleashes a reptile

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Cape Town illustrator and graphic novelist Luis Tolosana has unleashed the first episode of his self-drawn, written and funded Iguana-Man. >

19 Aug 08
Durban design headed for Berlin

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Durban's artSPACE gallery hosted the second annual Bigwood exhibition during July, featuring more than 40 designers. >

12 Aug 08
Jozi's mine

Do Tank News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Design Indaba challenged Jozi creatives to claim the city of Johannesburg, Africa's most developed city. >

1 Aug 08
Line drawings and delicate porcelains

Design News > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Cape Town's Curious, Whetstone and Frankley shows Rikus Ferreira's fantastical illustrations and multimedia works, Varkore in die Skemer. >

1 Aug 08
Look ma, no skool

Opinion > Graphic Design & Illustration

Ontwerp.TV have struck a balance between commercial output and their ideals by generating influential underground marketing. >

1 Aug 08
Design votes out Mugabe

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Exiled Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai showed a series of agitprop prints in his show One Vote at Dokter and Misses, Johannesburg. >

1 Aug 08
"Having guts always works out for me"

Reviews > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

Design Indaba reads Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far by Stefan Sagmeister. >

1 Aug 08
Twee tees

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

While T-shirt makers the world over are plying their wares virtually, Brad Hodgskiss is keeping Mingo Lamberti real. >

1 Aug 08
True to type

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

Young designers in Kosovo are building a new visual order. Peet Pienaar speaks to typographer and information designer Yll Rugova. >

1 Aug 08
One thing that leads to another thing

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Things is a new cartoon strip by Spike Kunene and Khaya Dlanga, copywriters at Metropolitan Republic. >

2 May 08
Optical delusions

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Cape Town's emo-electro outfit Unit.r have launched their debut album decked out in a full-house design campaign from illustrator Kronk. >

2 May 08
Along the way

Design News > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

Disturbance Design's contribution to Cascoland, a multi-disciplinary public art project, which focussed on a walking route through Durban. >

2 May 08
2 000 designs for 100 year anniversary

Design News > Craft / Interaction Design / Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

As part of the University of Pretoria's centenary celebrations, more than 2 000 designs by alumni will be exhibited. >

2 May 08
A bigger personal history

Reviews > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

Graphic designer Jan Erasmus has documented his 25-year career in Intrigue. >

2 May 08
MoMa acquires local design zines

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

A selection of BitterKomix and BitterJusi issues have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York for their permanent collection. >

2 May 08

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