2014 Archive

  • Over the Rainbow exhibition by Scholten & Baijings.
    Lookbook: Over the Rainbow
    Lookbook • 9 Jul 14
    A new exhibition in France shows Scholten & Baijings's creative portfolio from the past 14 years. >
  • Rwandan Heraldry by George Pericles Creative Think-Tank.
    Lookbook: Rebranding Rwanda
    Lookbook • 14 Jul 14
    George Pericles Creative Think-Tank proposes a visual identity for Rwanda's provinces based on traditional patterns. >
  • Marianne Fassler Spring Summer collection 2014 shown at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town. Image: Simon Deiner / SDR Photo.
    Lookbook: Marianne Fassler's Resort 2015 collection
    Lookbook • 28 Jul 14
    South Africa's favourite iconoclastic fashion designer unleashes a riot of colour and pattern at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town. >
  • //HAPO_ Freedom Park Museum, Tshwane: Office of Collaborative Architects (GAPP Architects and Urban Designers, Mashabane Rose + Associates and MMA Architects CC).
    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. >
  • David Kindersley
    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. >
  • Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 2013 by Piet Oudolf. Image: Piet Oudolf and Hauser & Wirth.
    Lookbook: Open Field
    Lookbook • 10 Aug 14
    The wild natural gardens of Piet Oudolf belie the masterful hand that conceived them. A new exhibition of his sketches reveals his creative process. >
  • The Halo by Kristen Malan.
    Lookbook: AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS
    Lookbook • 14 Aug 14
    Kristen Malan’s “Halo” headpiece wins the AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS gold jewellery design competition. >
  • Thread Vases by Natalie du Toit and Phil Procter. Image: Michael Currin.
    Lookbook: Common Methods First Edition
    Lookbook • 15 Aug 14
    South African and Dutch designers collaborated to create a range of products that experiments with bronze and leather. >
  • Rex Trueform building in Salt River, Cape Town.
    Lookbook: Inside Cape Town's modernist textile factories
    Lookbook • 18 Aug 14
    An Open House Architecture tour offers a rare glimpse inside the iconic buildings that were at the centre of the city's rag trade. >
  • Daniel Ting Chong.
    New work by Daniel Ting Chong
    Lookbook • 25 Aug 14
    Cheeky, bouncy and bold – here's a sampling of this prolific Cape Town-based designer's recent work. >
  • Patrick Willocq, Walé Lokito and her belongings, from the series I am Walé Respect Me, 2013, 109 x 145 cm, Image courtesy of the artist.
    Camera Obscura
    Lookbook • 2 Sep 14
    The upcoming LagosPhoto Festival highlights photography that imagines alternative African realities and obscures the medium's role as truth-teller. >
  • Azer typeface by Wael Morcos, Pascal Zoghbi and Ian Party.
    A multilingual typeface
    Lookbook • 2 Sep 14
    Azer, co-designed by Wael Morcos, is a family of fonts that can be used in Arabic script, English and Latin variations. >
  • Salvaged Ring by a21studio (Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam).
    Touch wood
    Lookbook • 3 Sep 14
    The finalists for the first "Wood Excellence Prize" at the World Architecture Festival take the creative application of wood to new heights. >
  • Tadeas Podracky’s Jaars juxtaposes the fragility of cut glass with alpine elements such as leather straps and a wooden sled.
    Crafted elements
    Lookbook • 13 Sep 14
    Lina Kanafani's London Design Festival show brings together diverse work illustrating the impact of craft on the design process. >
  • Rifugiato Mappa del Mondo 2011 by Dan Halter. Image: whatiftheworld
    Bag it
    Lookbook • 23 Sep 14
    The cheap "China bag" has become a symbol of migration in Africa – and a popular material for artists and designers to reimagine. >
  • Carry table by Leg Studios.
    Lattice work
    Lookbook • 25 Sep 14
    Cape Town-based Leg Studios launches a range of decor products inspired by nomadic African patterns. >
  • Atang Tshikare wallpaper for Robin Sprong.
    Walls that talk
    Lookbook • 29 Sep 14
    Robin Sprong Wallpaper wants to plaster your walls in pattern. Here are three recent collaborations with locally based designers. >
  • Insecta Mirabilis fashion collection by Hendrik Vermeulen.
    Crawly couture
    Lookbook • 3 Oct 14
    It might make us twitchy, but Hendrik Vermeulen's latest fashion collection is inspired by the intricate patterns of insects. >
  • Untitled (Łódź), 2000. Archival gelatin-silver print. Image: © Collection of the artist
    Industrial dreams
    Lookbook • 4 Oct 14
    The director David Lynch's black and white photographs of factories affirm his penchant for dark, surreal imagery. >
  • "I am Walé Respect Me" by Patrick Willocq.
    Africa through the lens
    Lookbook • 11 Oct 14
    The winning work from the third annual POPCAP photography competition celebrates new visions of Africa. >
  • Tile style
    Lookbook • 13 Oct 14
    We round up the top five tiles trends that emerged at the recent Cersaie international exhibition of ceramic tiles in Bologna, Italy. >
  • We Make Carpets. Image: Boudewijn Bollmann.
    On their knees
    Lookbook • 22 Oct 14
    We Make Carpets, a trio of Dutch artists, recreates 50 of their 'temporary' carpets out of everyday objects for Dutch Design Week 2014. >
  • Fogo Island Inn furniture.
    Island style
    Lookbook • 24 Oct 14
    The bespoke furniture collection that put Fogo Island on the map is now available globally. >
  • "Eetstad" installation by WitOpWit.
    Tastes like the Voortrekker Monument
    Lookbook • 28 Oct 14
    As an ode to their hometown, a group of designers recreates the city of Pretoria in icing sugar, nougat, coconut and biscuits. >

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