Kevin Brand, artist and educator from Cape Town, scooped the Mercedes-Benz South Africa 2008 Art Award for an Art Project in Public Spaces. >

The Things is a new cartoon strip by Spike Kunene and Khaya Dlanga, copywriters at Metropolitan Republic. >

Klein Dytham Architecture designed, developed and produced this outdoor cherry blossom party furniture. >

Heath Nash's Anemone light for Artecnica was launched at this year's Milan Furniture Fair. >

Ryan Frank's ZiG is a modular display/storage system made from solid bamboo. >

As part of the University of Pretoria's centenary celebrations, more than 2 000 designs by alumni will be exhibited. >

With six years of success as local lingerie label Ruby, Robyn Lidsky has joined forces with David Gimpel to launch Men United. >

Japanese starchitect Shigeru Ban's Paper Tea House reached £31 700 at a Phillips de Pury and Company auction. >

Fashion design team duo Strangelove, Carlo Gibson and Ziemek Pater, collaborated with Leora Farber on Dis-Location/Re-Location. >

Disturbance Design's contribution to Cascoland, a multi-disciplinary public art project, which focussed on a walking route through Durban. >

South African product designers are invited to submit entries for the 2008 SABS Design Excellence Awards. >