August 2014 Archive

Iconic Houses

FilmFestFriday • 1 Aug 14

A two-minute animated tour of some of the 20th century’s most recognisable and well-loved buildings. >
Take Five

Take Five • 1 Aug 14

What got readers clicking this week? Local fashion, a digital tool for manufacturing and insights about African consumers, among others. >
Next Generation: Megan King

Next Generation • 1 Aug 14

Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa. >
SA's top buildings

Lookbook • 2 Aug 14

Presenting this year's winners of the South Africa Institute of Architecture's awards celebrating architectural excellence in the country. >
Nomad's Land

Profiling • 2 Aug 14

Steve Kotze talks art and Afrikaner adaptability with artist Stefan Naude aka ST(E)AK. >
Eclectic interiors

Design News • 3 Aug 14

Studio Makkink & Bey combines antiques and contemporary design to transform a 17th-century French hotel into a university research centre. >
Focus on: Architects at UIA 2014

Focus On • 3 Aug 14

Watch these interviews from our archives with four architects speaking at the International Union of Architects World Congress in Durban. >
Lookbook: What's Your Type?

Lookbook • 4 Aug 14

An exhibition of alphabet prints by David Kindersley harks back to the pre-digital days of typographic design. >
Andrew Shoben: City spirit

Q&A • 4 Aug 14

We chat to the playful artist and founder of greyworld, who counts the city as his biggest inspiration. >
Stefan van Biljon: Tapping the urban unconscious

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:53 • 4 Aug 14

This young South African architect is intrigued by the untold stories that lie beneath the city's fabric. >
Inside View: The agency of the future

Inside View • 5 Aug 14

Why the co-founder of The Jupiter Drawing Room believes that job-bags and MDs are a thing of the past. >
Life after advertising

Q&A • 5 Aug 14

We interview Ross Chowles about the art of selling products to humans – and why he thinks it's in danger. >
Bamboo engineering

Design Frontiers • 5 Aug 14

Building with bamboo is not new but researchers at MIT are exploring new ways of creating construction products from the sustainable resource. >
Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding

Talks • Duration: 00:35:21 • 6 Aug 14

It's more useful to think about branding as a messy creative process than as a pristine product, says Wolff Olins global CEO. >
The rebels of architecture

Design News • 6 Aug 14

A new six-part documentary series tracks architects operating at the fringes of the profession – and even the law. >
The mathematics of success at Design Indaba Expo

Festival News • 6 Aug 14

Emerging Creatives = 1 place + 4 days + 806 buyers + 43 000 pairs of eyes on your work >
Inhouse Brand Architects: How offices are evolving

Q&A • 6 Aug 14

Google's approach to designing their workspace radically changed the office layout landscape. Inhouse Brand Architects tells us how offices are evolving. >
Sister act

Q&A • 7 Aug 14

We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together. >
The Sticky Brick Fingers

Design News • 7 Aug 14

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of "The Sticky Brick Fingers", Henrik Vibskov's Spring/Summer 2015 men's collection. >
"Someway Bi" by M.anifest

Track of the Week • 7 Aug 14

Succumb to the slick verbal gymnastics and hip-turning melody of this track by Ghanaian artist M.anifest. >
Take Five

Take Five • 8 Aug 14

Art and architecture came out tops with readers this week. >
Next Generation: Jess Gouws

Next Generation • 8 Aug 14

This young local jewellery designer tells us about finding beauty in old and discarded objects. >
Piet Oudolf – Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

FilmFestFriday • 8 Aug 14

Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf takes us on a walk through the seasons and their perennial cycle of bloom and decay. >
African architecture on the global agenda

Reviews • 9 Aug 14

The recent UIA2014 conference in Durban presented an opportunity to discuss the priorities for architects in Africa, writes Sean O'Toole. >

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