Articles

The 2010 Design Indaba contributed R232-million to the GDP and generated R27-million in media value. What will the 2011 event hold? >

The new nhow in Berlin is more than a hotel, it's also a data-driven art and design space by Karim Rashid. >

Ben Fry takes complex data and visualises it in an aesthetically pleasing and easily understandable way. >

Local crafters are proving that commercial success is possible for organisations with a social focus. >

Wear your heart on your sleeve, or have it beating on your bedside table... >

The Bouroullec Brothers’s latest collection of rugs interestingly blends rusticity and fineness. >

Fortune Cookies are fun. Now imagine a giant one with a cool, wearable gift inside. >

There appears to be no end to the number of creative applications for Lego. Here it's used in a letterpress. >

Charlie Todd uses creativity to cause chaos and joy in public places. Join the founder of Improv Everywhere in Cape Town this February. >

The winning design of PG Bison’s 1.sixoneeight Student Design Competition and Awards is inspired by an armadillo. >

Kate MacDowell’s porcelain sculptures are both intriguing and disturbing. Her work explores the interaction between humans and nature. >

Bespoke Innovations is adding much-needed creative flair to prosthetic limbs. >

Maarten Baas’s designs are not defined by predetermined boundaries, rather he finds his cause in undertaking new experiments. >

Jurgen Bey says chairs are never used in the way they were designed to be used. His Stubborn Chair rebels against this notion. >