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Streetwires wins entrepreneurial award

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Founder Streetwires, Patrick Schofield has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Social Entrepreneur of the Year award in South Africa. >
Harsh geometry for plants

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Joe Paine’s continually diversifying range of outdoor products embody an oxymoronic notion of structuralist organics. >
All hail Gazelle!

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Better known as post-Afro dictator-dance act Gazelle, artist Xander Ferreira is extending his theatrical persona into the gallery. >
Final year clearance sale

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Celebrating the best in final-year communication design students, the seventh annual Sappi Thinkahead Awards announced their winner. >
Woven islands

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana presented the Diamantina installation at Design Miami 2008. >
Design cul-cha

Design News • 1 Feb 09

“Can design help us understand and appreciate our cultural diversity?” asked 2009’s Making the Difference Through Design competition. >
Refashion, remodel, rephotograph

Design News • 1 Feb 09

All about “reduce, reuse, recycle”, the Green-T Project by vida e caffé ticked all of the pop-culture boxes to boot. >
Rex shows at the World Bank

Design News • 1 Feb 09

The work of dynamic Jo’burg design studio Rex showed as part of the World Bank Art Programme’s Africa Now! exhibition in Washington. >
Durban’s Bigwood heads for Berlin

Design News • 1 Feb 09

After a successful show in Durban in 2008, the group graphic design and illustration exhibition Bigwood is travelling to artSPACE Berlin. >
Frame the family tree

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Carrol Boyes has announced the winners of her METAL 2008 New Designer Search, which was themed “Frame”. >
Watt the folk

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Daniel Friedman, whose alter ego is singer-songwriter Deep Fried Man, ventures in search of South African new folk music. >
Made in tjina

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Potter John Bauer is immortalising South Africa’s doily heritage through porcelain and has found happiness in craft. >
Craft debate: Justin McGuirk

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Editor of Icon, a Design Indaba media partner, Justin McGuirk weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Paul Priestman

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Industrial designer and Design Indaba 2006 speaker, Paul Priestman weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Alex Steffen

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Editor of Worldchanging.com and Design Indaba 2007 speaker, Alex Steffen weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Elsie Nanji

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Creative director and Design Indaba 2004 speaker, Elsie Nanji weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Nkhensani Nkosi

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Fashion designer, Design Indaba Expo exhibitor and Design Indaba 2008 speaker, Nkhensani Nkosi weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Professor Neil Gershenfeld

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms and Design Indaba 2007 speaker, Professor Neil Gershenfeld weighs in on the craft debate. >
Craft debate: Sean O’Toole

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Editor of Art South Africa, Design Indaba Expo exhibitor and media partner, Sean O'Toole weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Frederico Duarte

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Design writer and Design Indaba media partner, Frederico Duarte weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft Debate: Stefan Sagmeister

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Graphic designer and Design Indaba 2003 speaker, Stefan Sagmeister weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Frauke Stegmann

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Graphic and porcelain designer, and Design Indaba Expo exhibitor, Frauke Stegmann weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
Craft debate: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Product designers and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participants, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec weigh in on the craft debate. >
Craft debate: Inga Sempé

Design News • 1 Feb 09

Product designer and Design Indaba 2006 speaker, Inga Sempé weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >

From the Archives

Twisted towers

Design News • 17 Jul 23

A pair of unique towers offers incredible views of the skyline of Manhattan. >
Birds of a feather

Design News • 17 Jul 23

Simulated bird calls overlap with the real thing in Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg’s latest installation. >
Identity expression

Design News • 17 Jul 23

2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Riley Axon uses their creative expression to digest the way the world perceives them. >
In the round

Design News • 17 Jul 23

Las Vegas is home to the world’s largest sphere. >

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