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Four upcycled designs at Milan2010

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Bottleformball by Heath Nash, Saved by Droog, 380 Tiles by Vicolo Paglia Corta and Cuisine d'Objets by 5.5 designers. >

21 May 10
Sentient cool

Lookbook > Art & Photography

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

1 May 10
Shwe-shwe shoe-shoe

Design News > Product Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Stomping firmly on the South African earth, Bokkie is launching their playful new shwe-shwe range of shoes. >

26 Feb 10
BarberOsgerby stool made in KZN

Design News > Craft / Product Design / African Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Khumbulani Craft has signed an exclusive production contract with the internationally renowned BarberOsgerby. >

25 Feb 10
Handmade showcase of craft creativity

Design News > Craft

Design Indaba Expo 2010: The Exhibition Collection of the CCDI for the year 2010 features the work of 82 leading crafters in 91 displays. >

19 Feb 10
Cape Craft and Design Institute kicks off

Design News > Craft

Design Indaba Expo 2010: The CCDI has developed programmes to support 1 400 craft enterprises in making the most out of 2010. >

16 Feb 10
Winning ceramics

Design News > Craft

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Louise Gelderblom will be exhibiting her one-off hand-built ceramic vessels and other work. >

9 Feb 10
Necklaces of every type

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Jeweller Frieda Lühl will be showing the wide range of necklaces she has made over the past year. >

6 Feb 10
Functional art with pride

Design News > Craft / Product Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: African Queen by Nicola Leitch harnesses the African spirit to produce functional art. >

3 Feb 10
Original origami

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: New to the jewellery world, Emma Stricker’s handmade jewellery label, emma anne, uses metals in original ways. >

28 Jan 10
Alheit Stroh

Not made in China, no more “décor vegetables”. Blurring the edge between craft & fine art: "ready-made", ceramics with sterling silver . >

18 Jan 10
Beloved Beadwork

Beloved Beadwork is a small company producing intricately designed pieces of wearable beadwork using complex weaving techniques and high quality glass. >

18 Jan 10
MATBLAC

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18 Dec 09
Cupcake Country

Michelle Felder's Cupcake Country supplies fun do-it-yourself kits for children aged five and up. >

7 Dec 09
Tord Boontje at Design Indaba 2010

Festival News > Product Design

Working on the cusp of design and craft, Tord Boontje’s work draws from a belief that modernism does not mean minimalism. >

3 Dec 09
The New Basket Workshop

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11 Nov 09
Nuno Designs

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11 Nov 09
Steffany Roup Design Studio

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11 Nov 09
dew

Japanese-inspired dew creates handmade accessories from unpolished silver, gold, semi-precious stones, fish scales and found objects. >

11 Nov 09
Urbanative Jewellery

Heidi Liebenberg is the founder of custom jewellery studio Urbanative. >

11 Nov 09
Streetwires Artist Collective

Streetwires Artists Collective make wire and beaded sculptures to sustain employment through crafting. >

11 Nov 09
Cape craft companies strut their stuff in Germany

Design News > Craft

The Cape Craft and Design Institute took part on the dti stand at Ambiente, the annual German exhibition held in February. >

14 May 09
Design Indaba magazine crafts the future

Do Tank News > Craft

The Q109 edition of Design Indaba magazine, “The Cr*ft", celebrates the slow making, culturally sensitive, hand-touched qualities of craft. >

11 Feb 09
Hella Jongerius

Hella Jongerius is an internationally celebrated contemporary product designer, born in the Netherlands. >

10 Feb 09

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