R by RICH MNISI: We share the latest lookbook from emerging South African designer Rich Mnisi. SS17 is a new collaboration with local celebrity Maps Maponyane. >
We talk to Reform Studio, a Cairo-based design studio that turns old plastic bags into furniture by creating an eco-friendly material called Plastex. >
Members of Amsterdam-based studio Lava Lab, Cecilia Martin and Klasien van de Zandschulp are risk takers with a deliberately disruptive approach to work. >
These two new pieces by Siyanda Mbele show a distinctive step in his creative journey, searching for ways to bring tradition into contemporary design. >
In the second part of her photo series Intimate Strangers, South African artist Puleng Mongale explores the yearning she has to be in touch with her ancestors. >
The Purpose Hotel is designed to change the lives of everyone involved in the design, by connecting all of the products, furniture and fittings to a cause. >
Puleng Mongale's photo series Intimate Strangers will be released in instalments. The first part is a social commentary on labour relationships in South Africa. >
"Jozi Days" by local photographer and filmmaker Jonathan Kyriakou is a short documentary-style film that celebrates skateboard culture in Johannesburg. >
Central Saint Martins Material Futures graduate Niloufar Esfandiary has designed rehabilitation tools for post-amputation patients to prevent phantom limb pain. >
The Wudu Water Saver, designed by London-based product designer Ahmed Salah, reduces the amount of water and energy used in traditional Wudu cleansing. >
Young South African designer Laduma Ngxokolo looks into how you can make Xhosa circumcision rituals safer in his Central Saint Martins graduate project. >
Central Saint Martins graduate Zannah Cooper has designed a therapeutic experience based on the elements that improves the wellbeing of patients in hospitals. >
