South Africa

A little koekie time

Inspired by an old-school good homemaker book, Hostess Koekies is a spunky alternative to the over-subscribed Rules Book. >
Queering Anne

If Queen Anne of England was alive today there’s a good chance she’d have plenty to say about Ernst van der Val’s ball&claw series. >
Fun in four seconds

Targeting the claim that applying a condom “kills the vibe”, 4secs:condoms were designed by Roelf Mulder of ...XYZ design. >
Sentient cool

Fine artist and commercial photographer Leah Hawker sourced everything in this photoshoot from the 2010 Design Indaba Expo. >
Designomics

At the 2010 Design Indaba Conference, Bruce Nussbaum positioned design at the heart of progressive economics. >
The zefff-sters

Not just another article about Die Antwoord, Henry Cloete also asks Leon Botha and Jack Parow: “The answer to what?” >
To form and multiply

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg asks what traditional design can bring to synthetic biology. >
Ordinary peeps

Filmmaker Oliver Hermanus likes to think that behind each face he passes daily, is a web of sexual deviation and anarchy. >
President love dress

Odidiva, star of House of Holy Afro and the new face of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, explains the power of wearing a dress. >
Black to the closet

Photographer Zanele Muholi’s exploration of black female bodies has raised more than a couple of eyebrows. >
Money shot

Kathryn White explores the supposedly sexually aware advertising industry, exposing more than a few ironies. >
Support The Bookery!

The Bookery sounds like a place that belongs to the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. And it’s working the same kind of magic. >
Welcome to Hotel Yeoville

Hotel Yeoville utilises the internet to make people feel at home, wherever they are in the world. >
It's about the bike

Bicycling enthusiasts Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler have started a project that looks at South Africa’s bicycle culture. >
Eon Hoon Jewellery

Jewellery Designer

Cape Town-based Eon Hoon Jewellery Design creates wearable pieces from unusual materials. >
Franschhoek Literary Festival coming up

Engage your mind in a beautiful setting at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. >
Design competition using the Golden Ratio

Calling all design students: Can you design the "store of the future" using the Golden Ratio? >
techno poetry

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Enjin

Empowering your creativity. >
All that glitters is certainly not design conference gold

Eliza Williams witnesses a major 'Twitslapping' for Martha Stewart at this year's Design Indaba conference. >
The New Human Species

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Amusing Mother Nature

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Humanity in design

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The New Pink is Yellow

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