Design News

  • Empower Shack exhibition by Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner.
    Housing solutions
    Design News • 18 Mar 14
    Urban-Think Tank develops a housing prototype for South African informal settlements that empowers residents to engage in changing their living conditions. >
  • Twist Street project by Jason Frenkel and Tom Chapman.
    Roadside seating
    Design News • 17 Mar 14
    The winning proposal in the Gauteng iteration of the Your Street Challenge, Twist Street has been completed. >
  • Ackeem Ngwenya's Roadless wheel.
    All-terrain vehicle
    Design News • 17 Mar 14
    Road or no road - South African-born designer Ackeem Ngwenya's innovative adaptable wheel system takes on any terrain. >
  • The 25s32e bookshelf by Piratas do Pau.
    Architectural identity
    Design News • 16 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content
    The 25s32e line is a handcrafted scrap-wood furniture collection designed by members of the Mozambican design collective Piratas do Pau. >
  • The Ukhamba lamp.
    The Ukhamba lamp
    Design News • 14 Mar 14
    Inspired by the shape of the traditional Zulu "Ukhamba" clay pot, this lamp by Ari Geva’s and Sian Eliot reinterprets it in a delicate metallic mesh. >
  • Autumn/Winter 2014 collection by Adam&Eve launched at Design Indaba Expo 2014.
    Heroines of fashion
    Lookbook • 13 Mar 14
    Adam&Eve launched their Autumn/Winter 2014 collection at Design Indaba Expo 2014. Here's a look at the desirable garments shown on the fashion ramp. >
  • The Cocody Bay Landscaping Project by Issa Diabaté.
    Rehabilitating Africa
    Design News • 13 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content
    Issa Diabaté has launched a project that seeks to rehabilitate a district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast to create a city that is economically and socially viable. >
  • Bee hotel at Babylonstoren.
    Bee grade hotel
    Design News • 12 Mar 14
    Designer Etienne Hanekom is known for his small space design savvy but for clients of a new hotel at Babylonstoren he had to scale things down more than usual. >
  • Tropicale Do Sul swimwear collection by Dax Martin for Design Indaba Expo 2014.
    Tropical summer
    Lookbook • 12 Mar 14
    Dax Martin unveiled the Tropicale Do Sul swimwear collection for 2014 at Design Indaba Expo. >
  • The Better Living Challenge.
    The Better Living Challenge
    Design News • 11 Mar 14
    Calling all designers, innovators and thinkers... Submit an idea or concept for low-income housing improvement and help make South Africa a better place. >
  • Cut Copy "We Are Explorers" – music video by Masa Kawamura.
    Glowing streets
    Design News • 11 Mar 14
    Masashi Kawamura and his creative lab PARTY NY recently created the music video for Australian dance-rock band Cut Copy's latest track. >
  • The Particle Boards from Agricultural Waste by Charles Job.
    Urban possibilities
    Design News • 10 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content
    A groundbreaking project is set to address issues of agricultural waste and lack of housing in Africa. >
  • Goodbye Malaria
    Save a life in your sleep
    Lookbook • 10 Mar 14
    Friday, 25 April is World Malaria Day. You can help to control and eliminate malaria by supporting Goodbye Malaria through purchasing pyjamas or a bracelet. >
  • Magarete Woermann clay vase for Design Indaba Expo First Editions.
    Plant loving
    Design News • 9 Mar 14
    Margarete Woermann combined her love of plants and clay to create a unique set of vases for Design Indaba Expo's First Editions feature. >
  • Ideso's Powerpac on the Absa stand.
    Life on two wheels
    Lookbook • 8 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content
    Bicycles were big at 2014 Design Indaba Expo. More than just trendy commuting, the bikes on show proved what real "pedal power" can do. >
  • Barbara Hudson Ceramics
    Skull and bones trend
    Lookbook • 7 Mar 14
    Our fascination with what lies beneath the surface is revealed in the large selection of skeletal-inspired designs on the Design Indaba Expo floor. >
  • WitOpWit table runners
    Black and white trend
    Lookbook • 6 Mar 14
    The black and white Spring/Summer 2014 fashion trend has set the tone for home and décor accessories seen at the Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
  • Simply Vermeulen launched by Hendrik Vermeulen at Design Indaba Expo 2014.
    Simply colourful
    Lookbook • 6 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content
    Renowned South African fashion designer Hendrik Vermeulen launches Simply Vermeulen at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
  • Eli Weinberg, Crowd near the Drill Hall on the opening day of the Treason Trial, Johannesburg, December 19, 1956. Times Media Collection, Museum Africa, Johannesburg.
    Rise and Fall of Apartheid
    Design News • 5 Mar 14
    Design Indaba Conference speaker David Goldblatt's work can be seen at the "Rise and Fall of Apartheid" exhibition on at Museum Afrika in Johannesburg. >
  • Lisa Breytenbach's SignArt.
    Triangular trend
    Lookbook • 5 Mar 14
    A triangle is one of the basic shapes in geometry. This simple shape found a myriad of applications at Design Indaba Expo 2014. >
  • 2014 Innovation Award winners Shonaquip, along with Mariëtte du Plessis of Adams & Adams.
    Design Indaba Expo 2014 Innovation Award
    Product Spotlight • 3 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content
    Shonaquip, a mobility and seating solutions provider, was the unanimous winner of Design Indaba's Innovation Award for 2014. >
  • The Happy Show by Stefan Sagmeister.
    Be happy
    Lookbook • 3 Mar 14
    Here's a look at Stefan Sagmeister's renowned "The Happy Show" exhibition that he presented at the 2014 Design Indaba Conference. >
  • David Tlale at Design Indaba Expo 2014.
    Fashion for Africa
    Lookbook • 3 Mar 14
    Renowned South African fashion designer David Tlale treats Design Indaba Expo 2014 visitors to a surprising show. >
  • The Guardian by Joy Mckinney.
    Let your guard down
    Lookbook • 3 Mar 14 • Sponsored Content
    2014 Design Indaba Pecha Kucha presenter photographer Joy Mckinney shared a photographic series "The Guardian" that explored the boundaries of personal space. >

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From the Archives

  • Telling stories through colour
    Design News • 3 Nov 22
    Design Indaba partners with Google to showcase the continent's creatives through "Colours of Africa". >
  • Hands-on
    Q&A • 31 Oct 22
    “The Seeing Hands” by Katie Schwab is a large-scale interactive exhibition that invites tactile engagement by kids. >
  • Read all about it
    Design News • 31 Oct 22
    The Royal Institute of British Architects has named the New Library at Magdalene College as the 26th Stirling Prize winner. >
  • Pretty ugly
    Design News • 31 Oct 22
    Georgina Gratrix’s new exhibition converses with Irma Stern’s artworks at the iconic painter’s former home. >