Articles

  • Courtesy of Garth Walker.
    African Bondage
    Design News • 2 May 10
    Garth Walker's Winky font is a bondage-inspired font that has been published globally, but has rarely been seen in South Africa. >
  • Many ways to love
    Design News • 2 May 10
    Mathieu Lehanneur, Arik Levy, Matali Crasset and Florence Jaffrain shared their fantasies in the Preliminaries exhibition. >
  • Confession by Arik Levy. Photo: Florian Kleinefenn.
    Changing the inappropriate
    Design News • 2 May 10
    “Pussy, Ass & Dick.” To most people these words are inappropriate and vulgar, their use impermissible in society. Arik Levy challenges that. >
  • Zuma Biscuits, 2007. Courtesy of Stuart Bird.
    Beneath the surface
    Design News • 2 May 10
    There’s something that makes you double take when you look at a piece of Stuart Bird’s work. At first you simply see it for the artwork... >
  • Courtesy of Karen Stewart.
    A little koekie time
    Design News • 2 May 10
    Inspired by an old-school good homemaker book, Hostess Koekies is a spunky alternative to the over-subscribed Rules Book. >
  • Courtesy of Tracey-Lee Scully.
    Sensual beginnings
    Design News • 2 May 10
    Tracey-Lee Scully's Auto-Erotic Photo-Romantic project was inspired by her travels to Berlin and the Photoautomat machines in the city. >
  • Queering Anne
    Design News • 2 May 10
    If Queen Anne of England was alive today there’s a good chance she’d have plenty to say about Ernst van der Val’s ball&claw series. >
  • Courtesy of The Museum of Se[x].
    A rubber history
    Design News • 2 May 10
    While many buy condoms and only see them for the function they serve, this fraction of rubber has a great deal of history behind it. >
  • Courtesy of Steve Brown
    Delicious second skin
    Design News • 2 May 10
    What happens when you have a passion for beautiful clothing and the seductive feeling of latex? You get Kaori Matsubara’s Latex Dreams. >
  • Courtesy of Roelf Mulder.
    Fun in four seconds
    Design News • 2 May 10
    Targeting the claim that applying a condom “kills the vibe”, 4secs:condoms were designed by Roelf Mulder of ...XYZ design. >
  • Courtesy of LELO.
    Metallic masterpiece
    Design News • 2 May 10
    The name “Olga” brings to mind many unsavoury images of women – courtesy of cinema magic – deep in the rural towns of Russia. >
  • Courtesy of Jimmyjane/Fuseproject.
    Double the fun
    Design News • 2 May 10
    The Form 2 vibrator by Yves Béhar is the first in Jimmyjane’s “Pleasure to the People” series. >
  • Courtesy of Myla.
    Oh so hip Bone
    Design News • 2 May 10
    Sex toys aren’t top pf the list when it comes to designers looking to start their career and make an impact. It is for this reason that... >
  • Picture 9. Photo by Leah Hawker.
    Sentient cool
    Lookbook • 1 May 10
    Fine artist and commercial photographer Leah Hawker sourced everything in this photoshoot from the 2010 Design Indaba Expo. >
  • Photos by Emmanuelle Haughel from Bloom n°17. Courtesy of Trend Union.
    Sex is the new yellow
    Design News • 1 May 10
    According to international trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, sex is gaining importance in society and the bordello is making a comeback. >
  • Zinzi and Tozama II Mowbray, Cape Town, 2010. Photo by: Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of Michael Stevenson Gallery.
    Black to the closet
    Lookbook • 1 May 10
    Photographer Zanele Muholi’s exploration of black female bodies has raised more than a couple of eyebrows. >
  • The Boookery in Cape Town
    Support The Bookery!
    Design News • 30 Apr 10
    The Bookery sounds like a place that belongs to the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. And it’s working the same kind of magic. >
  • See Better to Learn Better. Courtesy of fuseproject.
    Seeing is believing
    Design News • 30 Apr 10
    Yves Béhar has designed a funky collection of eyeglasses to help Mexican school children See Better to Learn Better. >
  • Matali Crasset with her “Essentiel de pâtisserie” for Alessi.
    Matali Crasset in the kitchen
    Design News • 29 Apr 10
    Alessi recently launched their “Essentiel de pâtisserie” collection by Parisian designer Matali Crasset. >
  • Clive Rundle with mannequin
    Clive Rundle impresses at Paris Fashion Week
    Design News • 29 Apr 10
    Clive Rundle's "Marie Antoinette returns to Paris after attending a lesbian wedding in Africa" was well received at Paris Fashion Week. >
  • Intergrated Habitats Design Competition
    Design an eco-friendly building
    Design News • 29 Apr 10
    Sustainability is important in the built environment so here's a chance to show off your eco-friendly building designs. >
  • Hotel Yeoville
    Welcome to Hotel Yeoville
    Design News • 29 Apr 10
    Hotel Yeoville utilises the internet to make people feel at home, wherever they are in the world. >
  • Bicycle culture in South Africa
    It's about the bike
    Design News • 29 Apr 10
    Bicycling enthusiasts Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler have started a project that looks at South Africa’s bicycle culture. >
  • Arcoiris Cuckoo clock
    1... 2... 3... Cuckoo Clock
    Design News • 28 Apr 10
    Cuckoo clocks are all but fully revived yet. Italian designer Raffaele Darra brings them back with stripes. >
  • Habari stool competition
    Stools are cool
    Design News • 28 Apr 10
    Put the "fun" in "functional" with an original, eco-friendly stool design for the Habari Stool Competition. >
  • Franschhoek Literary Festival
    Franschhoek Literary Festival coming up
    Design News • 26 Apr 10
    Engage your mind in a beautiful setting at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. >
  • Bamako, Mali by David Adjaye
    Urban Africa exhibition by David Adjaye
    Design News • 26 Apr 10
    Architect David Adjaye’s Urban Africa photographic journey is on display at the Design Museum in London until 5 September 2010. >
  • Tinker Table Confucius by Tom Price
    Made in China
    Design News • 24 Apr 10
    Tom Price spent time in China, working with different materials, learning new manufacturing techniques and dealing with extreme heat. >
  • Enjoy Twice lamp by Niels Craens
    Waste not, want not
    Design News • 23 Apr 10
    Niels Craens is using old cardboard drinking packages to create beautiful lampshades. One drink, double the fun. >
  • Centre Rail in the Mini Countryman
    Design competition for the new big Mini
    Design News • 23 Apr 10
    Design functions for the Centre Rail in the new Mini Countryman and win a trip to the Paris Motor Show. >

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