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Reinvent yourself

Design News • 14 May 09

Apply now to have your creativity rebooted by Paul Sahre, James Victore and Jan Wilker in their graphic design workshop from 20 to 25 July. >
Bey goes Brazilian

Design News • 14 May 09

Dutch studio Makkink & Bey reinterpreted five classic pieces by Brazilian design masters. >
Third time lucky for Art Vespa entrant

Design News • 14 May 09

After three attempts in four years, David Newenhuizen of BandC Group scooped first prize in the 2009 Art Vespa design competition. >
The architecture of fashion

Design News • 14 May 09 • Sponsored Content

SOUTH award finalist David West launched his Holbol Collection at Whatiftheworld in Cape Town during March. >
The hole ad

Design News • 14 May 09

For an outdoor campaign for power drill Makita, Saatchi & Saatchi made 20 000 precision drilled holes to create an image of the tool. >
New order textiles

Design News • 14 May 09

In an unusual collaboration, architect David Adjaye and graphic designer Peter Saville redo Kvadrat's showroom in London. >
Clay spandex

Design News • 14 May 09

The 2009 Mercedes-Benz Award for South African Fashion Design went to Jo'burg design duo Black Coffee. >
Intimate scale

Design News • 14 May 09

Philippe Bousquet, Geraldine Fenn and Marchand van Tonder exhibit their contemporary jewellery at the Bell-Roberts Gallery. >
Art funds libraries

Design News • 14 May 09

Cape Town's Jupiter Drawing Room agency generate funds for the South African Mobile Libraries Association. >
Urban art on auction

Design News • 14 May 09

Cape Town graffiti artists raise money for underprivileged communities and new urban art space opens in Woodstock. >
A crystal full of sugar

Design News • 14 May 09

Impish Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has created a limited edition set of crystal for Baccarat. >
Nampak winners announced

Design News • 14 May 09

Professional and student winners of the Nampak Packaging Design Challenge were announced at the 2009 Design Indaba Expo. >
Friends of Ruth Prowse

Design News • 14 May 09

Help raise funds for disadvantaged students to attend Ruth Prowse School of Art by creating a small art work before 8 June. >
Animation meets theatre

Design News • 14 May 09

Theatre multi-tasker, Neil Coppen's recent production of Tree Boy introduced design, animation and multimedia to the Durban Playhouse. >
Touchpad dining

Design News • 14 May 09

The new Inamo restaurant in London revolutionises the service and hospitality industry with a unique menu based on interactive design. >
Joule on South African roads by 2010

Design News • 14 May 09

South Africa's first locally designed and manufactured electric car is ready for production. >
Prism awards to champion green design

Design News • 14 May 09

Architecture and design students are invited to enter the Plascon Prism awards before 29 May 2009. >
South Africans in Milan

Design News • 14 May 09

After debuting at the Design Indaba Expo, four South African designers exhibited at the Milan Furniture Fair under the Misael label. >
As deep as it gets

Lookbook • 2 May 09 • Sponsored Content

Designer Richard Hart has created recesses of kindness in his first art exhibition. >
You and Your Browser

Design News • 30 Apr 09

Illustrator Christoph Niemann has created an animated ad for Google's new browser, Chrome. >
We heart mags

Design News • 14 Apr 09

Design Indaba magazine participated in the We Love Magazine Library exhibition in Japan in March. >
Exorcised ghosts

Design News • 14 Apr 09

Architect Pedro Gadanho writes about the family home he recently completed in Oporto River in Portugal. >
Rockefeller Foundation co-sponsors Innovation Prize

Design News • 14 Apr 09

The newly established African Carbon Trust seeks a South African company to match the Rockefeller Foundation's pledge towards innovation. >
W+K Delhi answers all at DI2009

Design News • 20 Mar 09

V Sunil of W+K Delhi responds to Design Indaba Conference 2009 audience questions submitted via SMS. >

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Otsile Moumakoe’s artworks incorporate ‘fashion, music, movies and a little bit of history’. >
Concrete jungle

Design News • 4 Jul 23

David Adjaye’s first skyscraper is completed in New York. >
Space lab

Design News • 4 Jul 23

Varda Space Industries has launched the world’s first space factory. >
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