Articles

  • Tenda lamp by Benjamin Hubert.
    Artistic glow
    Design News • 3 Dec 13
    Benjamin Hubert's Tenda lamp series has been selected as part of the PROTO_LIGHT exhibition in South Korea. >
  • These boots are made for walking: South African vellies get a revamp.
    Glam vellies
    Q&A • 3 Dec 13
    Velskoene, traditional South African shoes, have been jazzed up by a New York-based art director who collaborated with producers in Namibia and South Africa. >
  • Kenyan animator/filmmaker Ng'endo Mukii. Image: Alex MacNaughton.
    Nairobi dispatch
    Q&A • 2 Dec 13
    Award-winning filmmaker, animator and director Ng'endo Mukii gives Design Indaba the lowdown on the experience of returning to Kenya after eight years abroad. >
  • "Make Peace" hemp dress by The Joinery exhibited in Tomorrow Society. Photographer: Bevan Davis; Stylist: Heidi Finestone.
    A dose of sustainability
    Design News • 2 Dec 13
    A travelling fashion and photography exhibition highlights "the ills of present-day disposable culture". >
  • Earth Screening for EXPO Milan 2015
    Writing tractors
    Design News • 2 Dec 13
    The World Expo in Milan in 2015 will have two self-driving tractors "writing" on the earth. >
  • Paper Cuts, an exhibit of limited edition prints, opens this week at The Cabinet in Cape Town.
    The Cabinet
    Q&A • 1 Dec 13
    Paper Cuts, an exhibit of limited edition prints by a selection of local and international designers marks the opening this week of Cape Town's newest gallery. >
  • Christoph Niemann's solo exhibition at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin.
    Digital array
    Design News • 1 Dec 13
    Christoph Niemann's current solo exhibition showcases some of his digital work in tangible drawings and prints for the first time. >
  • "This Is How I Do It" exhibition by Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize winner Hjalti Karlsson.
    Prize-winning exhibition
    Lookbook • 30 Nov 13
    Hjalti Karlsson recently won the 2013 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize. Here's a look at his solo exhibition celebrating his win. >
  • South African candy
    Product Spotlight • 30 Nov 13
    Design Indaba Conference alumnus Renée Rossouw's Liquorice range was borne of a three-month investigation into African self-decoration and colours. >
  • Andy de Klerk Cabinetworks will exhibit an Escher-inspired kitchen at Design Indaba Expo 2014
    Returning to the source
    Product Spotlight • 28 Nov 13
    Bespoke kitchen, furniture and shoji screen makers Andy de Klerk Cabinetworks is back at the Expo in 2014 with a famous lithograph-inspired kitchen design. >
  • Chocolate-Paint by Nendo.
    Deceptive chocolates
    Design News • 28 Nov 13
    Nendo has created a limited-edition set of chocolates that resemble a variety of oil paint tubes. >
  • Kristinebergs Slottspark street lamps by Front.
    Warping lights
    Design News • 28 Nov 13
    Design trio Front has created attention-grabbing street lamps that light up the popular Kristinebergs Slottspark in Sweden. >
  • Harry Pearce makes his mark on the Keeper's House in London's Royal Academy.
    Keeping it historic
    Design News • 27 Nov 13
    Graphic designer Harry Pearce has designed a logotype with a "quirky, domestic twist" for a 19th century building in London's Royal Academy. >
  • AQMW lipstick packaging by Marcel Wanders.
    The whole package
    Design News • 27 Nov 13
    Marcel Wanders brings a touch of floral whimsy to Japanese cosmetic brand AQMW's new packaging. >
  • Flower placemats for Ed Suter’s 2014 range to be debuted at Design Indaba 2014
    Off the street
    Product Spotlight • 26 Nov 13
    For his new range of products – to debut at Design Indaba Expo 2014 – photographer Ed Suter stepped off the street and into the grass >
  • THREE bag by Konstantin Grcic.
    Sewn up
    Design News • 26 Nov 13
    The simple construction of German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic's cotton canvas bags ensure they will "last forever". >
  • Media Accreditation for Design Indaba 2014 now open
    Festival News • 26 Nov 13
    Media accreditation is open for Design Indaba 2014. Apply now for the events your publication would like to cover. >
  • African Queen collection by Quazi Design.
    Queen of beauty
    Design News • 25 Nov 13
    Quazi Design has been announced as a finalist in the SOURCE Awards 2013. >
  • KLûK CGDT show at Nigeria Fashion Week 2012
    Africa on the catwalk
    Opinion • 25 Nov 13
    There is an ever-increasing number of fashion weeks in Africa. But what does it mean for the fashion industry and the fashion designers in these countries? >
  • Tonic Death Diet by Martí Guixé. Image: © Knölke/Imagekontainer.
    A deathly diet
    Design News • 24 Nov 13
    For an exhibit on the future of food, Martí Guixé designed a diet to aid people to reach "a temporary transordinary lifestyle status". He tells us about it. >
  • REALITY LAB. ISSEY MIYAKE by Tokujin Yoshioka. Image: © MASAYA YOSHIMURA.
    Shopping in a laboratory
    Design News • 24 Nov 13
    Tokujin Yoshioka's interior design for Issey Miyake's new retail outlet is clean, minimalistic and somewhat futuristic. >
  • "Change the World" album by Karim Rashid.
    Changing the world
    Design News • 23 Nov 13
    Karim Rashid has released his first solo electro-pop music album and it's for sale on iTunes. >
  • Inside the soon-to-be constructed Cité du Corps Humain in Montpellier.
    Human touch
    Design News • 23 Nov 13
    Bjarke Ingels Architects (BIG) has been announced the winner of the international competition to design the new Cité du Corps Humain in Montpellier. >
  • MaXhosa by Laduma
    Laduma Ngxokolo: Emerging Creatives Q&A
    Festival News • 22 Nov 13
    This week’s featured Emerging Creative is textile designer Laduma Ngxokolo, who was part of the programme at Design Indaba Expo in 2011. >
  • Gabriel Chandelier by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec.
    Bright crystals
    Design News • 22 Nov 13
    The Bouroullec brothers illuminate the Palace of Versailles with a majestic crystal chandelier. >
  • Clouds by Front.
    Melting snowflakes
    Design News • 21 Nov 13
    Scandinavian design team Front have designed an ice cream dessert in the shape of a cloud for Häagen-Dazs. >
  • Love Milo at the Maison et Object show in France this year
    Exporting craft
    Design News • 21 Nov 13
    Western Cape craft and design producers notched up exports worth more than R1.5 million at shows in Germany, France and the U.S. this year. >
  • Cohen van Balen's "And Nowhere A Shadow" at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale.
    And nowhere a shadow
    Design News • 20 Nov 13
    Cohen van Balen's wild, wolf-oriented installation for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale highlights conservation as entertainment. >
  • Business playground by Mathieu Lehanneur.
    Playing at work
    Design News • 20 Nov 13
    Mathieu Lehanneur has designed a "business playground" for Pullman London St Pancras. >
  • "Beautiful Noise" exhibition. Image: Bevan Davis
    Beautiful noise
    Product Spotlight • 19 Nov 13
    South Africa-based architect and artist Lorenzo Nassimbeni participated in a recent fashion/music/art happening and launched a fabric collection in Australia. >

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