South Africa

"TRVPMVSKV (Impendulo kaBaba)" by Mashayabhuqe KaMamba

Young producer and wordsmith Mashayabhuqe KaMamba brings us an an emotive maskandi anthem. >
Design Indaba Simulcast 2015

Conference

We broadcast Design Indaba Conference live to Joburg, Durban, PE, Potchefstroom and now TWO venues in Cape Town. Ticket sales now open for all cities. Cape Town is sold out. >
Design Indaba FilmFest 2015

Film

Design Indaba teams up with The Labia Theatre to present the annual Design Indaba FilmFest 2015 in Cape Town from 20 February to 1 March. >
Adams & Adams is Business Day BASA Award winner

Law firm Adams & Adams is the winner of the “Sponsorship In-Kind Category” of the 17th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, for their sponsorship of Design Indaba. >
The Biopanel

Product designer Alejandra Olivera turns seaweed into a new eco-friendly insulation material for informal housing. >
Inside View: Legal advice for musicians

Three lessons on navigating the music industry from Mandy Rae Capela, a South African attorney specialising in entertainment law. >
New work by Daniel Ting Chong

Cheeky, bouncy and bold – here's a sampling of this prolific Cape Town-based designer's recent work. >
Maria Lebedeva

This local illustrator is set to launch her first children's book, "Mu's Wolf Problem", later this month. We catch up with her here. >
Focus On: Handspring Puppet Company

The renowned local puppeteers are making headlines with a new exhibition on their work and the much-acclaimed "War Horse" finally playing on home turf. >
Marianne Fassler: The fashion landscape has never been more vast

Marianne Fassler's been dazzling fashionistas with her inimitable frocks for more than two decades. She shares her take on the fashion landscape and more here. >
"Gift of Three" by Tumi Mogorosi

This track from Tumi Mogorosi's first solo album is thrillingly discordant – an impressive composition to say the least. >
Inside View: Side projects are the new CVs

Dave Duarte champions the power of side projects and small ideas. >
Lookbook: Inside Cape Town's modernist textile factories

An Open House Architecture tour offers a rare glimpse inside the iconic buildings that were at the centre of the city's rag trade. >
Lookbook: Common Methods First Edition

South African and Dutch designers collaborated to create a range of products that experiments with bronze and leather. >
21 ICONS – Albie Sachs

Behind the scenes of photographer Adrian Steirn's regal portrait of the former Constitutional Court judge. >
Lookbook: AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS

Kristen Malan’s “Halo” headpiece wins the AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS gold jewellery design competition. >
"Bone_Us" by Simiato

Turn it down a notch with this downtempo track by South African beatmaker Simiato. >
Offis System by Raw Studio

Raw Studio unveils a sleek system of furniture to suit the changing needs of modern work habits. >
Michel Rojkind on a design strategy to cope with overstimulation

The Mexican architect shares three ways he wades through our world of chaos and flux to create award-winning work. >
Veld couch and Pebble Stool by Dokter and Misses

Dokter and Misses are on a collab kick – this time with renowned felt artist Ronel Jordaan. >
Soldier Screens by Dokter and Misses and Gone Rural.

Dokter and Misses collaborates with Gone Rural to create a new partition screen system. >
African architecture on the global agenda

The recent UIA2014 conference in Durban presented an opportunity to discuss the priorities for architects in Africa, writes Sean O'Toole. >
Next Generation: Jess Gouws

This young local jewellery designer tells us about finding beauty in old and discarded objects. >
Sister act

We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together. >

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