Articles

Illustrator Christoph Niemann’s new New York Times blog grabbed attention when he added these illustrations of subway travel with his sons. >

Signature South African fashion label Misfit made the breakthrough into the European market at this year's Bread & Butter show in Barcelona. >

The design for a new concert and congress centre in Budvar, Czech Republic, has been unveiled by Future Systems, led by Jan Kaplicky. >

The Wasted exhibition, at Johannesburg’s Unity Gallery, emphasised the beauty of the art and technical skill, instead of the materials used. >

Matali Crasset's new project In Vino Veritas, about wine, is showing at the Gandy Gallery in Slovakia. >

Architecture of Change is a book about sustainable buildings, and the cover has not a single shade of green. >

Logos are possibly the most ubiquitous intervention that the birth of the advertising industry in the 20th century has brought to market. >

Bhangra is a musical genre that grew out of the diasporic Indian community in Britain and was popularised through dancehalls. >

Jo’burg indie electro outfit Model C have been described as “a dirty and beautiful eight-bit soundtrack that crawls under your skin”. >

Fundamentally showing that everyman can design, Springleap is more than just South Africa’s answer to Threadless. >

South African-born milliner Albertus Quartus Swanepoel is poised for success. >

Taking eco-design online will enable the creative collaboration on ideas necessary to shape the solutions to climate change. >

MMA Architects won the inaugural Curry Stone Design Prize for their ingenious solution to the Design Indaba 10x10 Low-cost Housing project. >

The Design Indaba stand at the Homecoming Revolution event offered a freshly dynamic take on South Africa to expats living in London. >