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Doodle for a difference

Design News • 27 Oct 09

In its third year now, the Night of 1000 Drawings has expanded to be hosted in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Amsterdam and Dubai. >
Jungle Beat goodies at Woolworths

Design News • 27 Oct 09

The South African Jungle Beat kids’ animation is poised to become a household name in South Africa. >
Spy vs spy

Design News • 2 Oct 09

The growing worldwide guerilla gardening subculture comprises people secretly meeting at night to illegally garden. >
Mother nature

Design News • 2 Oct 09

IncuBra by Adam Fiannaca and Cynthia Verspaget is a wearable incubator. >
Garden variety

Design News • 2 Oct 09

Reconquestea by Flavia Lucantoni is a special package of green guerrilla tea. >
Countertop farming

Design News • 2 Oct 09

Domesticated farming options to try in your kitchen. >
New territory

Design News • 8 Sep 09

Salon91 presented No Strange Land, a group show featuring five emerging creatives working across music, fine art, illustration and fashion. >
State of Our Environment competition

Design News • 7 Sep 09

Someone messing with your environment and you don’t know who to tell? Tell ACT about it in the State of Our Environment competition. >
Afro hipster

Design News • 7 Sep 09

Alexander Derrick’s American and Mauritanian roots shape the thinking behind his Zulu Rose fashion brand. >
Batswana flavoured hotel

Design News • 6 Sep 09

Rising out of Mafikeng, the capital of the North West Province, is the recently refurbished Peermont resort – the Mmabatho Palms Hotel. >
Mingo Lamberti extends deadline

Design News • 2 Sep 09

7 September 2009 is the new deadline to submit entries for Mingo Lamberti's seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts. >
Rubbish-made art

Design News • 2 Sep 09

The annual Wasted exhibition at the Unity Gallery showed beautiful objects made from bottle tops, ring pulls, waste paper and more. >
Design benefit

Design News • 2 Sep 09 • Sponsored Content

Designed by DJ Stout, the 39th edition of the Pentagram Papers features signs from the homeless. >
Independent culture

Design News • 31 Aug 09

Winner of the Best Womenswear Designer title at Spring/Summer 2009 New York Fashion Week, Samantha Cole is on an upwards trajectory. >
“Protect yourself from stupid rules”

Design News • 30 Aug 09

Designed by Ingo Maurer, the Euro Condom is a reaction to the new EU guideline that bans frosted bulbs. >
Arad still on form

Design News • 29 Aug 09

Although Ron Arad has resigned from the Royal College of Arts, he’s nowhere near done. >
Musical posters

Design News • 28 Aug 09

The hot new +27 Design Cafe in Pretoria recently showcased Andre Pereira’s most renowned works of Gig Art. >
Natural design stories

Design News • 27 Aug 09

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius’s "Artificial Flowers" and "Animal Tables" celebrated the sculptural qualities of design. >
Design celebrates independent cinema

Design News • 26 Aug 09

This year is a double anniversary for The Labia – 60 years since the doors opened and 20 years as a cinema. >
Gregor Jenkin comes out tops

Design News • 25 Aug 09

Gregor Jenkin was chosen winner in the design category of the South Africa's Celebrating Strides awards. >
Twin Towers live on in logos

Design News • 24 Aug 09

Ji Lee has launched an open project to photograph and preserve images of the Twin Towers in New York City logos. >
Superella opens signature store

Design News • 23 Aug 09

Fashion designer Ella Buter’s first store opened in Melville recently >
Puppets show up in Kenya

Design News • 22 Aug 09 • Sponsored Content

A satirical puppet show developed and initiated by cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa has made it onto the airwaves in Kenya. >
SA young design entrepreneur

Design News • 21 Aug 09

Given Nkuna will represent South Africa at the British Council 2009 International Young Design Entrepreneur (IYDE) of the Year Award Finals. >

From the Archives

Flipping the script

Design News • 6 Feb 22

Pandemic lockdowns inspired Mina Kasirifar’s multifunctional sensory furniture for kids >
Setting down roots

Design News • 6 Feb 22

DRIFT’s LED-lit Tree of Ténéré finds a permanent home in Dallas, Texas >
Paying homage to the matriarchy

Design News • 6 Feb 22

Nokukhanya Charity Vilakazi’s work explores the power of the stories African grandmothers tell their grandchildren. >
Light my wire

Design News • 6 Feb 22

A contemporary spin on telephone wire weaving makes for a range of mesmerising pendants. >

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