Articles

The African mud house goes modern

Design News • 8 Jun 15

Senegalese architects Atelier Koé imagines a new design for rural Ghanaian mud houses to combat the negative associations that surround traditional buildings. >
Christine Eyene curates exhibition on African music's fraught relationship with the West

Lookbook • 8 Jun 15

"All of Us Have a Sense of Rhythm", an exhibition curated by Christine Eyene, brings together video, sound, animation, music and dance. >
#DITakover on Instagram: Studio Formafantasma

Lookbook • 8 Jun 15

Italian design duo Studio Formafantasma took us on a strange and wondrous journey through their creative process in their takeover of our Instagram account. >
The MOTI rules out all excuses for bad habits

Product Spotlight • 8 Jun 15

The MOTI is a personable smart accessory that helps you train yourself into good habits. >
Focus On: Luxury

Focus On • 5 Jun 15

Luxury may have always been a relative thing but its definition is shifting more than ever in our time-starved, media-saturated world. >
Southern Guild at Design Miami/Basel 2015

Design News • 5 Jun 15

The South African gallery Southern Guild has put together a collection that bristles with raw texture. >
Cocoon Light by Clarisse Design

Product Spotlight • 4 Jun 15

Durban-based studio Clarisse Design launches a light inspired by the silk web of a cocoon. >
Dutch students upcycle old KLM interior into new products

Design News • 4 Jun 15

Students for the Design Academy Eindhoven turn discarded material from the KLM cabins into inventive new travel items. >
Matali Crasset’s “We Trust In Wood” project supports local craftsmen in France

Product Spotlight • 4 Jun 15

Matali Crasset collaborates with craftsmen in the rural French woodland of La Muese. >
3 films by South African artist Michael MacGarry

Next Generation • 4 Jun 15

Contrary to what he might have you believe, Michael MacGarry's film work is not "all theory and no practice". >
A cross-continental architecture studio with solutions for Harare’s informal traders

African Report • 4 Jun 15

The architects behind Studio [D] Tale propose a set of innovative designs to improve life for informal traders in African cities. >
5 tips for young architects from Thorsten Deckler

Inside View • 3 Jun 15

Thorsten Deckler, the co-founder of 26’10 South Architects, says sharpening your creative skills starts with looking outside the industry. >
Tabanlıoğlu Architects recognised for Dakar Congress Centre

Design News • 3 Jun 15

Istanbul-based Tabanlıoğlu Architects wins a trio of awards, including one for the Dakar Congress Centre with its distinctive latticed roof. >
A cell phone designed to be used as little as possible

Product Spotlight • 2 Jun 15

The Lightphone is a thoughtfully designed phone that allows you to be more connected to the moment. >
Skinny laMinx launches Diggi Dot collection

Product Spotlight • 2 Jun 15

South Africa's favourite fabric designer, Heather Moore of Skinny laMinx, goes all sweet and subtle in her new collection. >
Seven films about African creativity at Encounters

Design News • 2 Jun 15

These films at the annual Encounters documentary festival probe compelling issues at play in Africa’s creative landscape. >
30 Weeks supercharges entrepreneurial training for designers

Design News • 2 Jun 15

A team of New York design schools in collaboration with Google have created 30 Weeks, a hybrid between a tech incubator and design school. >
Surfers become citizen scientists with the Smartphin

Design Frontiers • 2 Jun 15

The Smartphin enables surfers to collect vital information about the changing condition of the oceans in the hostile near-shore zone. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Marije Vogelzang

Lookbook • 1 Jun 15

Food, a musical swing and red stockings populated our Instagram account as “eating designer” Marije Vogelzang took over. >
Alejandro Aravena’s UC Innovation Centre wins 2015 Design of the Year Award for Architecture

Design News • 1 Jun 15

London’s Design Museum selects the Chilean’s university building over 15 other acclaimed nominees. >
Buzz lamp by The Artisan

Product Spotlight • 1 Jun 15

A rugged copper-pipe lamp from Ingrid Auret and Jovan Geldenhuys of The Artisan launches today. >
Mikhael Subotzky & Patrick Waterhouse win Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015

Design News • 29 May 15

Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse hailed for "Ponte City" book, which portrays the culture and community of Joburg's most famous building. >
Tracing the intersecting lines of African food

African Report • 29 May 15

Tuleka Prah tells us why the representation of African food needs a makeover, and how she plans on doing it. >
William Kentridge’s "Lulu" debuts at the Dutch National Opera

Design News • 28 May 15

The South African artist brings a foreboding theatrical vision to Alan Berg’s famous liberetto piece. >
14 Artists speaking out against homophobia in Africa

Lookbook • 28 May 15

Our selection from the more than 40 works by world-renowned artists that go on show in New York for the launch of Africa's Out!. >
Wangechi Mutu launches Africa's Out!

Design News • 28 May 15

Artist Wangechi Mutu rallies the art world to speak out against Africa's persecution of sexual minorities at the launch of her new creative campaign. >
Creative Collab ignites the Durban creative community

Festival News • 28 May 15

KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts and Imagination Factory present Creative Collab Durban 2015, powered by Design Indaba. >
Tri-light standing lamp by Dark Horse

Product Spotlight • 28 May 15

Cape Town studio Dark Horse launches a minimal lamp with their signature angular aesthetic. >
Rainbow window art brightens up Buitenkant Street

Lookbook • 27 May 15

Andrzej Urbanski and Pierre Le Riche illuminate a Cape Town storefront with a tapestry of colour. >
William Kentridge in Amsterdam, Venice, Zurich and Beijing

Design News • 27 May 15

Five current and upcoming presentations by William Kentridge, including “More Sweetly Play the Dance”, a 45-metre-long frieze exhibited in Amsterdam. >

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