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The Lovely Ones

The Lovely Ones is the label of Cape Town-based jewellery artist Andrea Hopkins. >

3 Jan 12
Mervyn Gers Ceramics

Mervyn Gers Ceramics is internationally renowned for their exceptional ceramic tableware. >

8 Dec 11
Homebakes Ceramics

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7 Dec 11
Swell Accessories for iPad

Our love for Apple inspired us to create Swell Bookcases made for iPad 2 have a hard cover book casing and a sculptured bamboo tray on the inside. >

21 Oct 11
Daleen Fiorini

Daleen Fiorini Jewellery Design makes costume jewellery with semi-precious stones that forge elements of Eastern and Western culture. >

11 Oct 11
Quazi Design

Quazi Design is a progressive craft company from Swaziland that transforms waste magazines into original accessories and interiors. >

17 Sep 11
Kreasie

Kreasie is a design and craft studio that specialises in theatrical design and all things creative. >

28 Jul 11
Tord Boontje at the RCA Exhibition at Milan2011

Video Interviews > Product Design / Craft / Design Thinking

Tord Boontje talks about a renewed interest in handmade designs and craft and the gap between great design and commercial reality. >

28 Apr 11
Fired up

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Firepetals highlights the delights of handmade jewellery at Design Indaba Expo 2011. >

27 Feb 11
Factory of hope

Design News > Craft

The Hope Factory makes unique corporate gifts while also creating a sustainable form of employment. >

25 Feb 11
Carla Fernandez

Carla Fernandez is the founder of Taller Flora, a fashion label and mobile design laboratory that travels throughout Mexico. >

20 Jan 11
Far from China

Design News > Product Design

Not Made in China is designer Guillem Ferran's critique on the modern trend of production decentralisation. >

29 Dec 10
Maarten Baas

Maarten Baas is the youngest designer ever to be recognised as Designer of the Year during Design Miami. >

20 Dec 10
Pin up

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Gone are the days when brooches were for grannies. Try pinning a funky Trinket brooch to your scarf, hat, bag or jacket. >

10 Dec 10
Christmas with the Conrans

Design News > Product Design

The Conran Shops in London are a visual feast of Christmas trees, made using recyled wood. >

5 Dec 10
KIN

KIN is a Cape Town-based 100% handmade South African art and design company, previously known as The Fringe Arts. >

26 Nov 10
Clementina van der Walt Ceramic Studio

Clementina van der Walt Ceramic Studio produces both functional and decorative pieces. >

11 Nov 10
Zenzulu

Zenzulu founder and designer Marisa Fick-Jordaan embraces the inventive possibility and the skilful artistry of the human hand to breathe life into ideas. >

3 Nov 10
Love thy neighbour

Q&A > Design Thinking / Design Thinking

Live and let live, sew your own clothes, grow your own veggies and stop the blame game. Meet one writer/activist that's made this work. >

22 Sep 10
Hella Jongerius handles design with care

Talks > Craft / Product Design

Hella Jongerius has discovered one doesn’t always need to be too precious about handmade products. >

9 Sep 10
Sweet sailboat

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Marian Bantjes's one-of-a-kind Laser sailboat is a must-have collectors' item for ocean and design lovers. >

31 Jul 10
Push and Phul

Design News > Product Design

You know you’ve got a winner when a chair is not only comfortable to sit on but also exceptionally beautiful to look at. >

27 Jul 10
Young and grey

Design News > Product Design

Maarten Baas’s latest solo exhibition, Grey Derivations, deploys grey and red pigmented resin on a steel frame. >

7 Jun 10
Exhibitor success story: Woza Moya / Hillcrest Aids

Design News > Craft / Design Thinking

The Hillcrest Aids Centre Trust was established in 1991 offering testing and counselling to the local communities outside Durban. >

30 May 10

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