Design News

Michelle Matthews, curator at Curious, Whetstone and Frankley, writes about child-friendly graphic design. >

Beads leap the technology divide with these innovative USB bracelets by Africa!Ignite that combine fashion with info storage. >

Pretoria designer Louis Minnaar’s Phook rings and earrings are individually shaped from real pool balls. >

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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