2017 Archive

Morag Myerscough on giving spaces character and sensitivity through the use of colour

Design News • 1 Nov 17

The Design Indaba Festival 2018 speaker will turn the Artscape Piazza into a wonderland with her colourful structure. >
Yami-Ichi disrupts how the price of art is valued

Design News • 31 Oct 17

Here, money is powerless and instead the public is invited to barter skills, services and objects for a piece of art. >
Space10’s pop-up brings microgreens to congested urban spaces

Design News • 27 Oct 17

This integrated salad bar could popularise hydroponic food farming where traditional agriculture is unavailable. >
David Adjaye, Ron Arad to design new Holocaust Memorial in London

Design News • 24 Oct 17

The National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre will honour victims and survivors of Nazi persecution. >
Angolan visual artist on opening up the conversation about a new African identity

Design News • 20 Oct 17

Kiluanji Kia Henda is the first African artist to receive the Frieze Artist Award. >
Urban trees as sustainability power tools for cities

Design News • 19 Oct 17

If trees are providing so many benefits, why are cities letting this natural resource dwindle? >
Self-taught inventor powers a village in West Africa using hydro energy

Design News • 18 Oct 17

He built a micro-hydroelectric dam for his village using his savings of about R78 000. >
Speak up, speak out, speak back: Africa Architecture Awards 2017

Design News • 17 Oct 17

"What is African architecture? What makes architecture work on this continent?," asks Mark Olweny, a judge at this year’s Africa Architecture Awards. >
Calling concrete artists: Entries for the 2018 PPC Imaginarium Awards are now open

Design News • 11 Oct 17

The PPC Imaginarium Awards is now accepting entries from both South Africa and Zimbabwe. >
The Trashpresso transforms plastic bottles into stunning architectural tiles

Design News • 9 Oct 17

This remarkable upcycling process turns discarded waste into something beautiful. >
Photo series presents thought-provoking look at humanity stripped bare

Design News • 6 Oct 17

The project highlights the fragility and vitality of the human body juxtaposed against the backdrop of urban architecture. >
Everything you need to know about the #ArchForArch monument

Design News • 4 Oct 17

The project celebrates peace, empathy and the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. >
UAE reveals the Mars Science project

Design News • 4 Oct 17

The project aims to build the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars. >
Baba Tjeko’s illustrations bring the Sesotho geometric art of Litema to life

Design News • 4 Oct 17

He portrays African ideas and perspectives through his Litema artwork in hopes of positive change in other young designers. >
Street art as a form of mediation

Design News • 3 Oct 17

He aspires to transform the city's streets to create dialogue and interaction between the environment and our experience of it. >
The Gangsta Gardener is bringing affordable and nutritious produce to California’s ‘food deserts’

Design News • 3 Oct 17

Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA to offer alternative food sources. >
Photo series pokes fun at conventional glamour photography

Design News • 2 Oct 17

Kolor Art Collective presents their latest tongue-in-cheek offering with Pol Kurucz at the helm. >
Striking masks inspired by North African culture

Design News • 29 Sep 17

This Columbian artist blurs the line between photorealistic painting and surreal expression. >
Famous artworks come to life on the streets of London

Design News • 28 Sep 17

Applied upon human canvases, this project aims to communicate that art is for the masses. >
Meet Aoi Yamaguchi, the Japanese Master Calligrapher expanding the form’s possibilities

Design News • 27 Sep 17

The California-based artist merges music and performance with the centuries-old tradition. >
Simon and Mary and Trevor Stuurman join forces for the fez lookbook, Ses’fikile

Design News • 26 Sep 17

The brand celebrates Ndebele beadwork elegance with their contemporary FEZ range. >
Pearl Recycling is turning Nigeria’s discarded waste into stunning furniture and home décor

Design News • 22 Sep 17

The waste upcycling company is creatively solving one of Nigeria’s most pressing issues – waste management. >
Low-cost homes for the Kenyan Kalobeyei refugee camp by Shigeru Ban

Design News • 19 Sep 17

This sustainably-produced house will soon provide shelter to some 38 000 displaced people. >
Borderless in graphic design with Nikki Gonnissen

Design News • 18 Sep 17

Under the theme “Borders”, AGI Open 2017 shows how graphic design can transcend language and location. >

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