Designers must ensure that Cape Town’s 2014 award is not hijacked by business and tourism interests, says a member of the bid committee
The house Gandhi once shared with his companion, German-Jewish bodybuilder and architect Hermann Kallenbach, has been transformed into a guesthouse.
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/ 4 November 2011
Auction house Christie’s has announced that it plans to sell one of James Bond’s iconic Rolex watches.
It is important to understand the relationship
between the country’s dynamics and its inhabitants.
There is a need to look at the impact the Gautrain has had on the cities it serves, and whether the system could have been better planned.
Adidas South Africa unveiled marketing concepts last week that are intended to have an impact on the social lives of the youth, their target market.
Hmm. White bikes: not sure. Do they need a wash after every outing, like a white blouse?
Ruann van der Westhuizen’s plans for a bathhouse to be built at the public-transport interchange precinct in Marabastad are certainly unusual.
A annual publication highlights the role of design in a globalised climate.
Artist and sculptor David Rossouw started playing with metal for practical reasons when he built a fence around his parents’ house and had to learn how to weld.
“I’m very process driven,” says architect and designer Richard Stretton, of Durban firm Koop Design.
Award-winning designer Adriaan Hugo has a knack for taking household commodities and transforming them into something simpler, better and cooler.
Can magnificent clothes really leave you pondering about illiteracy?
The city is renowned for its aesthetic beauty and its gifted designers — but their work doesn’t come cheap. <em>Norman Miller</em> reports.
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/ 27 November 2009
Designer Heather Moore places emphasis on making things properly, harking back to the 1950s instead of the excesses of the 1980s and 1990s.