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Born to create

Next Generation • 4 Feb 15

Emerging Creative Bonga Jwambi designs with an impulse to make things no one has seen before. >
Balance and disorder

Lookbook • 4 Feb 15

Ceramicist Martine Jackson has partnered with fine artist Galia Gluckman to produce a vibrant range of limited edition, hand-coiled pots. >
Cutting down on timber

Design Frontiers • 3 Feb 15

Xanita is ahead of the game with its cradle-to-cradle designed X-board that is strong, multi-purpose and endlessly recyclable. >
#MakeChange: Three simple, sustainable solutions

Lookbook • 3 Feb 15

Planters from billboard vinyl, solar-powered light bulbs and low-voltage power packs: three South African solutions for African problems. >
Mmmmama Missoni!

Lookbook • 2 Feb 15

Rosita Missoni, who co-founded the Missoni empire with her husband 62 years ago, will talk about her creative longevity at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
Urquiola’s universe

Lookbook • 1 Feb 15

Kartell dedicated its flagship store in Cologne to Patricia Urquiola with an exhibition rounding up all of her designs for the brand. >
Twenty years of jamming with design

Lookbook • 31 Jan 15

The first all-encompassing retrospective show of the work of Austrian design studio EOOS is on at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna. >
“Desabafo de um Qualquer Angolano” by Nástio Mosquito

Track of the Week • 29 Jan 15

An eerie near-monologue laid over a mellifluous soundtrack by the provocative performance artist who headlines the lineup for Design Indaba Music 2015. >
The entertainment designer

Lookbook • 29 Jan 15

Multidisciplinary designer Emily Oberman has a formidable portfolio of work. We have a look at some of the campaigns she championed. >
Six launches in Cologne

Lookbook • 29 Jan 15

Patricia Urquiola unveils her first kitchen design at international furniture fair IMM Cologne and Passagen Interior Design Week. >
Hadedas in the home

Lookbook • 28 Jan 15

Take a look at what six new furniture and homeware exhibitors will bring to Design Indaba Expo 2015. >
The pattern collector

Design News • 28 Jan 15

Africa's faded modernist buildings are a source of graphic inspiration for fashion designer Sindiso Khumalo, who will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
The laws of the universe, according to Troika

Design News • 28 Jan 15

The worlds of science, mathematics and art collide in London-based design studio Troika’s first solo exhibition in North America. >
Every surface a canvas

Next Generation • 27 Jan 15

Emerging Creative Maria Uys explains the appeal of felt, the freedom of being a surface designer and why she's mad about the colour orange. >
#MakeChange: Thinking inside the box

Design News • 27 Jan 15

Two South African entrepreneur-fathers are adapting a Finnish design to help low-income mothers look after their newborns. >
Kentridge's meditation on the nature of time

Lookbook • 26 Jan 15

After wowing audiences around the world, "The Refusal of Time" comes to Iziko South African National Gallery, in association with the Goodman Gallery. >
Step inside William Kentridge’s mind at Design Indaba Festival 2015

Design News • 26 Jan 15

South Africa’s best-known living artist will speak, perform and present at Design Indaba Festival 2015 in four not-to-be-missed experiences. >
What artworks see

Lookbook • 24 Jan 15

Masashi Kawamura’s new photo project reverses the relationship between artwork and viewer. >
The wood whisperers

Lookbook • 23 Jan 15

The duo behind Studio Propolis, who present at Design Indaba Conference 2015, are single-minded about making by hand and using resources sparingly. >
COOK Almacén y bazar by Amueblate studios

Product Spotlight • 23 Jan 15

Andrea Kac and Herman Schenck of Amueblate studios in Uruguay have designed a modular cookware collection perfect for apartment living. >
"Night Repair" by Angel-Ho

Track of the Week • 22 Jan 15

A cacophonous and strident track from the Cape Town performance artist who performs at Design Indaba Music 2015. >
Multifacet Collection by Matali Crasset

Product Spotlight • 22 Jan 15

French designer Matali Crasset's collection of display units highlight the design possibilities of combining concrete and metal. >
#MakeChange: The creation of SHE

Design Frontiers • 22 Jan 15

Celeste Theron had an entrepreneurial streak in primary school: she sold her art work to the teachers. Now she's empowering other women to be entrepreneurs too. >
When north meets south

Lookbook • 21 Jan 15

The Frugal Collection by two Franco-Austrian designers and a group of South African craftsmen finds new contemporary applications for traditional craft. >
Tactile maps

Next Generation • 21 Jan 15

Recent architecture graduate Nikki Onderstall uses accurate geographic information in model-sculptures to examine Cape Town's city planning. >
Not another brick in the wall

Design Frontiers • 20 Jan 15

Ian Dommisse is upcycling your trash to give pre-primary school children a place to learn. >
David Adjaye is subject of first major exhibition

Design News • 20 Jan 15

Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Art Institute of Chicago join forces for "Form, Heft, Material", an in-depth survey of the acclaimed architect's career. >
Printing joints

Design Frontiers • 19 Jan 15

Embody Ortho is just one example of how designers are on the front line of medical innovation. >
Mother of Song

Track of the Week • 19 Jan 15

Listen to the entrancing "Voices", an unreleased acoustic track by South African songstress Nongoma, who will perform at Design Indaba Music 2015. >
A flair for fashion

Next Generation • 16 Jan 15

Up-and-coming South African designer Jason Sandows tells us about his passion for creative expression. >

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