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Agency Leader of the Year award

Design News • 3 Dec 09

For Design Indaba's Ravi Naidoo winning awards is nothing new, but last week’s Financial Mail AdFocus Awards took him by surprise. >
Creative activism takes to the road

Design News • 24 Nov 09

A group of five artists participated in the recent Write on Africa roadtrip through the Transkei. >
Living matter for a living world

Design News • 23 Nov 09

The Design for a Living World project and exhibition sees 10 leading designers focus on a natural material from a specific place. >
A stool for every occasion

Design News • 22 Nov 09

Along with his new shop, Tom Dixon launched two new stools at the London Design Festival. >
Kenneth Cobonpue visits South Africa

Design News • 21 Nov 09

Washington-based designer Kenneth Cobonpue presented a series of design lectures in Cape Town and Johannesburg. >
Koop showroom opens in Durban

Design News • 20 Nov 09

Sustainable furniture and design brand Koop have opened a showroom on Windermere Road in Durban. >
Misael opens in Cape Town

Design News • 19 Nov 09

Misael SA Art and Design has opened in an historic building at 103b Bree Street in Cape Town. >
Mingo Lamberti winners exhibition

Design News • 19 Nov 09

Mingo Lamberti will be launching their seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts on 3 December at 6pm at Happy Feet in Cape Town. >
New adventures in retail

Design News • 18 Nov 09

Two independent Cape Town design stalwarts, whatiftheworld and Stiaan Louw have responded to the retail call of Johannesburg. >
Soundscape tabletop

Design News • 17 Nov 09

Architect Daniel Dendra created a table in which the surface modulation translates the soundscape of Cairo into a 3D landscape. >
Administer design daily

Design News • 16 Nov 09

Design duo Dokter and Misses are set up shop in Brixton with their cardboard handbags and heavy metal bling. >
Pictures speak louder than prisoners

Design News • 15 Nov 09

Creative life-skills programme Young in Prison displays its outcomes at Word of Art studios in Cape Town. >
Unnatural landscape

Design News • 14 Nov 09

Johannesburg fashion designer Suzaan Heyns collaborated with photographer Brett Rubin to shoot her Spring/Summer 2009 collection. >
Zapiro’s puppets find airtime online

Design News • 13 Nov 09

The satirical ZA NEWS puppet show created by Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto has finally found a way to broadcast – by going online. >
Super normal shop

Design News • 12 Nov 09

The Jasper Morrison Shop is housed in an unused part of his new studio. >
Bronzed disposables

Design News • 11 Nov 09

The Boym Partners’s new collection, Timeless Objects, attempts to make everyday objects as timeless as ancient bronze monuments. >
Candy and hotdog rocks

Design News • 10 Nov 09

American Chateau features grandiose tongue-in-cheek works by Jaime Hayon and Nienke Klunder. >
Formative fantasy

Design News • 9 Nov 09

Diptych showed scraperboard visuals by Charlotte Janse van Vuuren and sculptures by Michaella Janse van Vuuren. >
Pandamonium for a living planet

Design News • 8 Nov 09

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have used the power of art and design to communicate the importance of climate change. >
What if designers were scientists?

Design News • 7 Nov 09

Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby have curated an exhibition of hypothetical future designs. >
Many hands make art work

Design News • 6 Nov 09

Twenty artists have collaborated to create a life-size painting of a Percheron to benefit the Cart Horse Protection Association. >
Index: to improve life

Design News • 6 Nov 09

Boasting the largest purse of any design competition INDEX: 2009 shared 500 000 euros between five category winners. >
Reflect your creativity

Design News • 4 Nov 09

Illustrator Joshua Davis has applied his algorithms to his new Reﬂect iPhone application. >
Amusing ourselves to death

Lookbook • 3 Nov 09

Stuart McMillen presents a cartoon visualisation of two of the best-known futurist doctrines. >
Stillife

Lookbook • 3 Nov 09

Photographer Ross Garrett and stylist Caroline Olavarrieta evoke an austere vision of the future pastoral. >
Family furniture

Design News • 3 Nov 09

Ilse Crawford launches her newest range, Seating for Eating. >
Stillife

Lookbook • 2 Nov 09

Photographer Ross Garrett and stylist Caroline Olavarrieta evoke an austere vision of the future pastoral. >
Tribal pride

Lookbook • 2 Nov 09

Photographer Romi Stern and stylist Kim Warrington create new age tribes on a progressive, urban vision of Africa. >
Respect cheap design

Design News • 2 Nov 09

Renowned Catalan designer Martí Guixé makes three new additions to his ongoing series of “statement chairs”. >
Extreme gardening

Design News • 1 Nov 09

The Sahara Forest Project proposes to reverse desertification and turn arid regions into resources of food, fresh water and clean energy. >

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