The twig chair: Nendo’s most recent design
Japanese studio Nendo creates a minimalist seat with a changeable backrest for designer furniture brand Alias.Sponsored ContentPosted 3 Aug 15By Kate WalkerProduct DesignCreative Work / Product...
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Fashion designer Kiara Gounder integrates advanced 3D printing technology and natural shapes into her designs. .field-name-field-video { width: 100%; } “I am really pushing the boundary of creativity,...
View ArticleMBFWCT 2015: The future of SA fashion is looking bright
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town (MBFWCT) raised the local fashion pulse and showed the world what to expect next from South Africa.Sponsored ContentPosted 3 Aug 15By Yethu MtshaliAfrica Is Now•...
View ArticleMOM is designed to save “the lost generation” of refugees
A British student has designed an inflatable incubator specifically to save the lives of premature babies born in refugee camps.123An Arduino computer is used to regulate the temperature and...
View Article"Garage" is a new comic magazine from a collection of Arabic artists
Egyptian twin-artists Haitham and Mohamed Raafat El-seht are releasing a comic magazine created by an Arabic-comics' collective.Sponsored ContentPosted 4 Aug 15By Katie de KleeAfrica Is Now• Graphic...
View ArticleTrailer: Sindiso Khumalo on the love affair with her ancestry through her...
The fashion designer draws from her Zulu inheritance in the design of her contemporary fashion collections. .field-name-field-video { width: 100%; } Sindiso Khumalo is a London-based fashion designer,...
View ArticleSindiso Khumalo on the love affair with her ancestry in her textiles
The fashion designer draws from her Zulu inheritance in the design of her contemporary fashion collections. .field-name-field-video { width: 100%; } Sindiso Khumalo is a London-based fashion designer,...
View ArticleCreate 3D photographs with your smartphone or tablet using Bevel
Bevel is the first accessory capable of turning a smartphone or tablet into a 3D camera.Sponsored ContentPosted 4 Aug 15By Khumo SebamboProduct DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsMatter and Form...
View ArticleLe Dessien empowers women through educated fashion
Socially-minded fashion label Le Dessien raises money to help underpriveledged girls pay for an education.1234Le Dessein girls' artworkLe Dessein girls' artworkLe Dessein girls' artworkLe Dessein...
View ArticleActivists and creatives in Angola call for the release of political prisoners
Angolan artists, journalists, musicians and activists launch a video campaign that calls for the release of political prisoners in Luanda.Video of lG12vi8z8xIActivists in Angola, including multimedia...
View ArticleMumbai's iconic cabs used to showcase emerging designers
Young designers are using Mumbai's taxis to take art to the people with the Taxi Fabric project. 12345Taxi designed by Pranita Kocharekar, titled "You & I". Taxi designed by Gaurav Ogale, titled...
View ArticleThis wearable uses your skin to enhance your body awareness
Flair is a wearable that uses the sensors in your skin to enhance your perception of your body and the world around you.123456This wearable uses your skin to enhance your body awareness.This wearable...
View ArticleCatherine Ash: Self-taught in the art of ceramics
Catherine Ash, the young ceramist working behind Ash Ceramics, brings her training as a sculptor into the delicate art of ceramics. .field-name-field-video { width: 100%; } Catherine Ash designs and...
View ArticleEco-friendly food carts on the move in the US
MOVE Systems have designed a food cart that aims to cut harmful emissions by 95 per cent, and they'll be populating the streets of New York soon. 123MOVE Systems' MRV100s is eco-friendly and more...
View ArticleRobert Brunner tells us what goes into designing a great product
Robert Brunner, former Apple industrial design director and founder of design studio Ammunition, offers some insight into what he does best.Sponsored ContentPosted 5 Aug 15By Kate WalkerCreative...
View ArticleIllustrator sketches the ghosts of projects yet to come
Artist and illustrator Marta Menacho creates delicate watercolour and ink drawings of imagined works by anonymous artist group Luzinteruptus.1234567891011121314Details of the plastic bag lights,...
View ArticleSouth African youth culture according to Thulisizwe Mamba
Thulisizwe Mamba, the swank Durban-based illustrator, gives us a preview of the illustrations to expect from his self-published web zine, “Co. Issue.”.Sponsored ContentPosted 6 Aug 15By Khumo...
View ArticleEjector bed literally launches you out of dreamland
YouTube star and engineer Colin Furze has built a bedframe that rockets you out of bed before you get a chance to hit the snooze button. Sponsored ContentPosted 6 Aug 15By Jamie MatroosDesign Thinking•...
View ArticleAfrican Cityzens: A five-year photographic narrative of Africa’s 54 countries
Two photographers are on a journey to capture the most hidden and routine moments of everyday African lifeSponsored ContentPosted 6 Aug 15By Design IndabaAfrica Is Now• Art & PhotographyPoint of...
View ArticleKhosi Mpungose: The illustrated African traveller
Multimedia designer and illustrator Khosi Mpungose created her book "Thandi’s Trippy Trips" for young, hungry minds. .field-name-field-video { width: 100%; } “Thandi represented my own ignorance,” says...
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