2011 Archive

  • Of war reborn
    Opinion • 15 Aug 11
    While the remnants of 25 years of civil war clings to the urban fabric of Beirut, the city has managed to reinvent itself slowly. >
  • Stranger
    Inside View • 15 Aug 11
    Photographer Damien Schumann spent six months documenting the fraught USA-Mexican border cities. >
  • Outside the Plaça de Toros, Luanda’s colonial-era bullfighting ring.
    Paradise?
    Inside View • 15 Aug 11
    Today life in Angola might seem bleak, but for the infrastructural development. Yet the people are convinced of the possibilities. >
  • Design with the Other 90%: CITIES
    Minus 90%
    Opinion • 15 Aug 11
    Design with the Other 90%: CITIES calls on design to address the most critical issues arising from the impact of mass urbanisation. >
  • Name dropping
    Reviews • 5 Aug 11
    Figures & Fictions is a compelling look at contemporary South African photography. >
  • A place at the end of the world
    Reviews • 31 May 11
    Photographer Jo Ractliffe explores the dynamic of the war-torn Angolan landscape in a body of work titled As Terras do Fim do Mundo. >
  • Question mark
    Reviews • 29 May 11
    What is your guiltiest pleasure? Have you had any homosexual experiences? Are you a racist? Do you believe in the death penalty? >
  • Animation overload
    Reviews • 27 May 11
    If you’re a manga or anime fan you’re in for a delight. Or probably rather an emotion more akin to complete indulgence, you get the idea. >
  • Shoot from the hip
    Opinion • 15 May 11
    Can one really out hip a photographer? What happens when one hipster calls three other hipsters "hipster"? >
  • Painting Obscura
    Opinion • 15 May 11
    Critics and scholars read Zander Blom’s art as a contemporary South African revision of Modernism. >
  • Diana by CJ Parker.
    Illustrious
    Opinion • 15 May 11
    After years of experiencing a creative identity crisis, South African illustration is gradually coming into its own. >
  • Conviction en masse
    Conviction en masse
    Opinion • 15 May 11
    Susie Hunt writes about China's emerging class of creative entrepreneurs who are leapfrogging the traditional agency model. >
  • Blog: The Sustainable City at NY Festival of Ideas
    Inside View • 8 May 11
    What does it really entail to ensure a city is sustainable. A mayoral panel discussion at the NY Festival of Ideas considers this question. >
  • Blog: The Reconfigured City at NY Festival of Ideas
    Inside View • 7 May 11
    The Reconfigured City at the New York Festival of Ideas looked to positive ways of adapting cities to the demands of modern life. >
  • Blog: The Networked City at NY Festival of Ideas
    Inside View • 7 May 11
    The Networked City at the New York Festival of Ideas looked to the various technological and social networks that make cities function well. >
  • Blog: The Heterogenous City at NY Festival of Ideas
    Inside View • 6 May 11
    The Heterogeneous City, a panel discussion at the New York Festival of Ideas, looks to a dynamic equilibrium for the urban environment. >
  • Font forward
    Reviews • 17 Apr 11
    Creative Characters is a behind-the-scenes look into the motives and methods of some of the world’s leading type designers. >
  • The art of ideas
    Reviews • 29 Mar 11
    The debates and ideas that capture Hylton Nel's imagination all manifest in his work in some way. >
  • The ABC of South Africa
    Reviews • 21 Mar 11
    A is for Aids, B is for Black and C is for Complaining in Anton Kannemeyer’s new collection of work. >
  • Behind the scenes
    Reviews • 15 Feb 11
    There’s something both mysterious and inviting about a coffee table book that has the phrase “You should have been with me”. >
  • Artistic stance
    Reviews • 12 Feb 11
    Positions is a book that looks at the role of contemporary artists in modern-day South Africa. >
  • Famous food
    Reviews • 9 Feb 11
    Reinventing Food tells the story of Ferran Adrià's rise from dishwasher to world-famous gastronomic maestro. >
  • I Wonder by Marian Bantjes.
    The wonder of it all
    Reviews • 3 Jan 11
    Eclectic, beautiful and oh-so desirable, "I Wonder" by Marian Bantjes is sure to become an instant classic. >

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