Design24 has launched a competition for designers to reimagine the Sanlam Centre in Cape Town, once the tallest building in Africa.
David Goldblatt is the featured artist at this year’s Johannesburg Art Fair. He is showing work under the title The Frock and Other Pictures.
India Baird is a human rights lawyer who has taken the bench out of the courtroom and installed it in public spaces to create safe areas for women.
VIDEO: Meet Malibongwe Tyilo, a creative who is putting local fashion and design in the multimedia spotlight. He is an M&G 200 Young South African.
Trendy furniture and décor brand Dokter and Misses showcases its urban designs at showroom and gallery CO-OP in Braamfontein, Jo’burg.
Jeweller Ambra Gambale’s excursion into memento mori started with a collection of roadkill – "silly things", she says, "little bird skulls".
Liesel Trautman decided she wanted to create an art form that could be both beautiful and practical, nourishing both spirit and body.
Listening to designer Chloe Townsend narrating the origin of Missibaba is like following Alice through a psychedelic Wonderland.
A rope is a line and a line is the basis of all the arts.
A digger, a pick-up truck, a sports car and a beach buggy make up Dokter and Misses’ new range of self-assembly toy cars.
Curator Chris Spring’s journey into the world of African textiles began with the East African kangas, printed cloths usually worn by women.
A university study has highlighted the challenges facing the urban poor – and proposed ways to make the best of all they are likely to get.
Leanie van der Vyver says her designs are a reaction to the things that bother her about modern society.
This year’s Design Indaba has delivered punch after thought-provoking punch of inspiration and insight into the design, cultural and social zeitgeist.
In its latest edition, the decorating and design magazine Visi has found a novel way to promote South African mohair.
Formica, the wipe-clean wonder surface that conquered the world with finishes like Skylark, Spindrift and Milano, is 100 years old.
L’MAD’s first collection features 10 silk scarves featuring artwork from established and emerging South African artists.
Fortunate Moyo — bartender, part-time musician and full-time jewellery apprentice at Keith White Designs — does "a lot of creative work".
On World Toilet Day, we take a look at the state of public facilities, from the humblest latrines to the most opulent thrones.
When saying sorry isn’t nearly enough, there is a way for you to wear your apartheid apology on your shirt.
A kitchen treasure-trove of something old and something cherished can be found at a local online store called the Lulushop.
As the name suggests (songololo is the isiZulu word for "millipede"), the inspiration for the design comes from nature’s ubiquitous creepy-crawlies.
Even first-time buyers can kit out their homes in fantastic designer items, thanks to Lunetta Bartz.
Sadly, most of the external microphones on the market look as though they have been designed by the same group of taste-deficient designers.
More than 38000 people walked through the doors of last year’s Design Indaba expo, resulting in a GDP contribution of R261-million.
A furniture brand brings sleek, Scandi-inspired design with an Italian twist to Jo’burg.
"Eames: The Architect and the Painter" joins Kahn’s "My Architect" and Hustwit’s "Helvetica" as one of the great cinema works about modern design.
Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche, who has died aged 76, was the industrial designer responsible for the shape of the Porsche 911 sports car.
The ANC has missed a perfect opportunity to revise its logo to reflect the recent past, its achievements and future aspirations.
A number of new projects intend to create jobs, generate microeconomies, educate school children, build the community and beautify the landscape.
<b>Brad Hodgskiss</b>, the man behind the Mingo Lamberti t-shirt label, writes about his design philosophy.
Puma are planning on bringing out a range of shoes and t-shirts that can be tossed onto the compost heap.