Articles

  • Between Ownership & Belonging
    Design News • 1 Nov 06
    Michael MacGarry writes about the South African exhibition at the 10th Venice International Architecture Biennale. >
  • Home comforts
    Design News • 1 Nov 06
    Providing the right solution between cool design and peace of mind, ZenKaya is a new local concept for prefab living and working space. >
  • Stairway to heaven
    Design News • 1 Nov 06
    The first contemporary flagship store for Longchamp has been designed by Heatherwick Studio. >
  • The art of looking sideways
    Do Tank News • 1 Nov 06
    Design Indaba magazine pays tribute to graphic design guru Alan Fletcher. >
  • Design Indaba brings Buddha Bar to SA
    Festival News • 11 Oct 06
    French-born DJ David Visan will be visiting South Africa. >
  • Death star
    Design News • 1 Aug 06
    Top graduates of Design Academy Eindhoven recently exhibited eco-friendly "death designs" that are, quite literally, to die for. >
  • Don't call me babe
    Design News • 1 Aug 06
    It may look cute and cuddly, but it's one of the planet's worst poo-llutants. >
  • Prophet of the city
    Design News • 1 Aug 06
    The poet of technology, Denis Santachiara, marries art and design. >
  • Oog on Droog
    Design News • 1 Aug 06
    Focusing on Droog's eco explorations proves that the Dutch design collective's fountain of good ideas never runs dry. >
  • Botany bay
    Opinion • 1 Aug 06
    If you thought botanical illustration was dying out as fast as the rare plants it depicts, you may need to adjust your magnifying glass. >
  • High five
    Design News • 1 Aug 06
    Mike Edmonds, an associate director of Arup, identified five of the world's most significant sustainable architecture projects. >
  • My architecture manifesto
    Design News • 1 Aug 06
    Foremost eco-architect Keith Struthers of Natural Architecture builds with sustainable materials like clay, wood, living plants and stone. >
  • Four-part green manifesto
    Opinion • 1 Aug 06
    Design Indaba invites Haldane Martin, Heath Nash, Keith Struthers and Kommetjie Environmental Awareness Group to share their manifestos. >
  • Our products manifesto
    Design News • 1 Aug 06
    KEAG's Ilithalomsa project evolves the litter that gets washed up on our beaches into desirable sculptures and homeware products. >
  • My lights manifesto
    Profiling • 1 Aug 06
    Named as the 2006 Elle Decoration South Africa Designer of the Year, Heath Nash excels at making treasures from trash. >
  • Zulu Mama Chair by Haldane Martin
    My furniture manifesto
    Design Frontiers • 1 Aug 06
    Haldane Martin's pieces say a lot about their creator. Here, their creator says a lot about his pieces. >
  • Rural renewal
    Opinion • 1 Aug 06
    One way of halting urban expansion and migration from rural to urban areas, argues Carl Harrison, is through sustainable rural design. >
  • Shades of green
    Hot Topic • 1 Aug 06
    In this series, some of our most able designers, art directors and illustrators drop thought-provoking image bombs. >
  • Mission rescue
    Design News • 1 Aug 06
    Photographer Clinton Friedman is raising awareness about the illegally harvested medicinal plants that he saves from "muti" markets. >
  • Walk on the wild side
    Design News • 1 Aug 06
    A pro bono campaign by the award-winning Jupiter Drawing Room tells people to take a hike. >
  • Design Indaba 2006 Retrospective
    Festival News • 8 May 06
    Each year the Design Indaba event gains even more impetus, assembling some of the world's most pioneering and perceptive creative minds. >
  • Growing up
    Festival News • 1 May 06
    Hear what the independent Design Indaba Expo curators have to say about this leading industry event. >
  • Gaining ground
    Festival News • 1 May 06
    Each year the Design Indaba Conference gains impetus, assembling the world's most pioneering and perceptive minds. >
  • Brand the beloved country
    Do Tank News • 1 May 06
    Founder Ravi Naidoo introduces Design Indaba's Brand the Beloved Country project. >
  • Why brand a nation?
    Q&A • 1 May 06
    Thebe Ikalafeng gets the inside track from the globe's leading nation branding specialists, Simon Anholt and Wally Olins. >
  • Selling SA: View to a thrill
    Design News • 1 May 06
    HKLM uses a viewfinder to show brand South Africa at its best. >
  • Selling SA: Flying high
    Design News • 1 May 06
    Two Tone flights the national bird as a symbol of our country's future. >
  • Selling SA: Feel it!
    Design News • 1 May 06
    In branding South Africa, Switch delivers an icon that comes from the heart. >
  • High Priestman
    Design News • 1 May 06
    Paul Priestman's divine designs include super trains, gigantic aeroplanes and even a humble kitchen knife block. >
  • Mr Pen
    Design News • 1 May 06
    Emile Pen has the illustration world's most fortunate surname, accompanied by a signature style that has more to do with sheer talent. >

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