Articles

The Mellowcab is a fully electric minicab designed to provide an efficient on-demand taxi service in urban areas. >

Ardmore's ceramics are prized around the world, and now the second generation of the founder's family is producing a line of lively fabrics named after her. >

A new range called "Due" ("two" in Italian) from Cape Town-based SMITH Jewellery will be on display at Design Indaba Expo 2015. >

The new chair is a flouncy but structured homage to the textures of wool, farmed locally in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. >

Creative agency Joe Public’s latest fund-raising initiative has galvanised 200 scholars from a school in Soweto to create a new designer alphabet. >

Mema Designs has used the time since debuting its “Ukhamba” lamp prototype at “Africa is Now” last year to refine the Fan Lamp: each one individually handmade. >

"Africa Is Now 2015", a Design Indaba project, introduces five groups in Angola, Egypt, Senegal and Kenya producing some of the most exciting work in Africa. >

The Take 2 exhibition at Design Indaba Expo will showcase designers who have given waste products a “do-over”. >

Cape Town ceramicist Kate Rosenberg translates the handwoven grass baskets of her childhood into oversized black clay vessel vases. >

Founder of Blank Ink Shaun Gaylard is sketching the architectural fabric of urban centres one limited-edition city guide at a time. >

In this exclusive interview, military man and photographer Lesedi Mogale exposes a little of himself as he talks books, porn and using a disposable camera. >

The flavourful sound of local music genre gqom has found an unlikely champion in British DJ Jumping Back Slash. >

Larry Harvey, founding member of Burning Man, puts the idea down to a whim one afternoon. Now Burning Man-style interactive art is appearing worldwide. >

In an industrial part of Amsterdam the locals refer to as "Noord", 16 grounded houseboats now dot a former shipyard: tricky architectural brief, magical space. >