Articles

  • Design World Mourns
    Design News • 7 Jul 22
    Pioneering Marcus Fairs “changed the landscape of design journalism” >
  • Straw men
    Design News • 3 Jul 22
    A sustainable model with houses made of straw is coming to the Netherlands >
  • A great catch for fashion
    Design News • 3 Jul 22
    A start-up is harnessing invasive species to supply the fashion industry with fish leather >
  • Dreams in 3D
    Q&A • 3 Jul 22
    Lumka Jordan designs interiors that are enhanced by her own homewares and fragrances. >
  • Skyfall
    Design News • 1 Jul 22
    Frank Gehry reveals a striking addition to the skyline of his home city, Toronto >
  • The shape of water
    Design News • 29 Jun 22
    Maya Lin’s sprawling installations pay homage to – and ask questions about – watery ecologies >
  • The presence of absence
    Design News • 29 Jun 22
    The Bamiyan Cultural Centre in the Bamiyan Valley meditates on the complex history and uncertain future of Afghanistan >
  • It takes a village
    Design News • 29 Jun 22
    Intrepid designer Lani Adeoye is inspired by the organic rhythms of the traditional society, adapting them for modern audiences >
  • Subverting narratives
    Q&A • 29 Jun 22
    Siyabonga Mtshali designs Gqom luxury apparel for the black queer body >
  • Arbour days
    Design News • 21 Jun 22
    Stefano Boeri x Timberland have created a multisensory installation to bring the scents and sensations of being in a forest into an urban waterway >
  • Superstructures
    Q&A • 21 Jun 22
    Mona-Lisa Mthethwa believes architecture can be used as a tool to bring about sustainable change >
  • Home and away
    Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 22
    The new Africa Centre in Southwark is poised to unveil a permanent collection of contemporary African art, following a much-anticipated refurbishment >
  • Dream, explore, discover
    Design News • 21 Jun 22
    Take a seat on a Bofred masterpiece and be transported to a world where all you need do is actively observe >
  • Future compostable
    Design News • 13 Jun 22
    Furniture designer Jonsara Ruth restores disabled pieces of furniture so they are both ecologically and ergonomically healthier >
  • Hold my beer
    Design News • 13 Jun 22
    Daniel Ting Chong’s partnership with Local Brewery & Co. brings inclusivity and fashionable fun to craft beer >
  • A continental visionary
    Q&A • 13 Jun 22
    Nkululeko Mthembu’s design thinking helps to solve uniquely African challenges >
  • Fast track to a modern Senegal
    Design News • 13 Jun 22
    Renowned Senegalese architect Fatiya Diene Mazza, who is founder of the firm ID+EA, has been instrumental in refreshing the infrastructure of her nation >
  • When pictures tell stories
    Q&A • 6 Jun 22
    Fashion and portrait photography allow Thulani Kubeka to paint with light. >
  • Photographic memory
    Design News • 6 Jun 22
    Influential post-war Japanese photographer’s solo exhibition highlights the pathos of the past >
  • Just beachy
    Design News • 6 Jun 22
    Tosin Oshinowo’s Coral Pavilion embraces the traditions of tropical modernism in West Africa >
  • For the birds
    Design News • 6 Jun 22
    Treehotel and BIG make a case for species co-habitation with their new collaboration, Biosphere >
  • Heightened play
    Design News • 30 May 22
    Francesco Nassimbeni’s film, ‘AEIOU’ has scooped the prestigious Jury Award for Best Experimental Short at this year’s Cannes Short Film Festival. Here’s why >
  • What happens at the salone…
    Design News • 30 May 22
    The 60th edition of the world’s biggest furniture fair, Salone del Mobile.Milano – scheduled for June this year – is a vibrant subsidiary of Milan Design Week >
  • Thought print
    Q&A • 30 May 22
    Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mohau Moholane was always “that kid that drew”. He explains why people are his focal point and what art means to his identity >
  • Reimagination is the new disruption
    Design News • 30 May 22
    Disruption’s “softer” cousin, Reimagination, is a survival tool for brands, and leads the way to a better world through creativity >
  • Athi and Irma
    Q&A • 24 May 22
    Finding connections between South Africa’s past and present >
  • Eye on the prize
    Design News • 22 May 22
    Mariam Issoufou Kamara, founder of the award-winning Atelier Masōmī, will lead the design of a new museum and cultural centre – Bët-bi – in southwestern Senegal >
  • Stylin’
    Q&A • 22 May 22
    Riyaadh Ismail’s sustainable, gender-neutral luxury streetwear redefines Johannesburg street culture >
  • Story of my life
    Q&A • 16 May 22
    Njabulo Maseko is on a mission to open doors for the youth to express the power of their inner creativity >
  • Walking, talking chair
    Design News • 16 May 22
    A Lithuanian exhibition is inviting heart-to-hearts between historical furniture items and modern-day design objects >

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