Design News

Durban's artSPACE gallery hosted the second annual Bigwood exhibition during July, featuring more than 40 designers. >

Durban's Bean Bag Bahia Beach Club, sibling to Bean Bag Bohemia and Deli, features an up-market restaurant café as well as a deli. >

Biodegradable body product range Jozi O have expanded into a brand new environmentally friendly building, named the Energy Works. >

The fashion week season saw fashion shows galore delighting audiences at the Durban, Johannesburg and then Cape Town Fashion Weeks. >

Jan Kaplicky's design for Prague's new national library won the state competition in October last year, causing a political maelstrom. >

Li Edelkoort resigned as chairwoman of Design Academy Eindhoven in Holland after 10 years in this role, but will remain affiliated. >

The Old Mutual Vukani Fashion Awards, aimed at empowering young fashion designers with business mentoring, have announced the 2008 winners. >

Los Angeles company, Y Water, is the first in a new category of super drinks engineered to ensure children's healthy growth. >

Dubai will be home to the world's first rotating skyscraper, the so-called Dynamic Tower, designed by Italian architect Dr David Fisher. >

Since Burning Man 2006, wooden clouds have started creeping across the world's cityscapes like rising damp. >

The Pan African Space Station was four-day music collaboration in Cape Town, curated by Ntone Edjabe and Neo Muyanga, from October 1 to 4. >