Simphiwe Mbangi – Designing genuine skhumba for the modern globe trotter
Simphiwe Mbangi, founder of Bundu Hide, is passionate about enhancing the personal style of others through his original leather designs.
Design
Emerging creatives – a Q&A with talented design student Chené Schoeman
Chené Schoeman, currently studying Communication Design at Rhodes, shared with us where she’s at and where she’s headed… You’re an Honours student and already building up your portfolio. Are you branching out into commercial work? As I am in the final year of my degree, our workload is greater now […]
Gert Rautenbach Purveys Emotion Through Pencil Sketches
Gert Rautenbach is an Afrikaans blogger and artist who has taken a foray into pencil art. His concept is simple – he creates simple pencil sketches of everyday objects and experiences. This Cape Town-based artist’s simplistic sketches purvey an unimposing emotional experience. Through the minor colouring combined with simple line sketches, […]
Bad Paper Provides More Inclusive and Accessible Art
Bad Paper, founded in 2016, creates a space for artists where their work can reach its full potential through publications or specific editions. Founders, Ben Johnson (book/graphic designer) and Rodan Kane Hart (visual artist), created Bad Paper to provide an alternative to the gallery system by using multiples as a form […]
Ndumiso Nyoni: Motion Graphic Designer
Ndumiso Nyoni: Motion Graphic Designer Ndumiso Nyoni is a motion graphic designer and illustrator whose work is a diverse combination of several styles inspired by AFRICAN themes. About the Artist Ndumiso Nyoni is a Zimbabwean illustrator / motion graphic designer. After completing his studies in Multimedia at the University of […]
Karabo Poppy x Sneaker LAB
“Moriri Waka” – ‘My Hair’ by Karabo Poppy, with Sneaker Lab As part of Jozi’s June First Thursday, Sneaker LAB hosted a pop-up in their Braam Flagship Store. This launched their collaborative collection with award winning illustrator Karabo Poppy. An integral element in the LAB’s Artist Series, this paid tribute […]
Musonda Kabwe
Zambia-born Musonda Bakwe, who specialises in iconography, vector and bitmap illustrations has worked with big brands such as Telkom, Sunday Times, MTN, FNB and the Motherland Coffee Company. Some of his accomplishments include being part of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives in 2015.
Karabo Poppy collabs with Sneaker Lab to launch Moriri Waka collection
On 7 June, Sneaker Lab will be launching their Moriri Waka series that was created in conjunction with illustrator and street artist, Karabo ‘Poppy’ Moletsane.
Cape Town designer creates 3D carpets inspired by New York City maps
Cape Town-based Ollie de Wit brings interesting texture to carpets with a collection of New York City-inspired designs.
Tulsha Booysen’s CanBeam Installation
The CanBeam light was designed by then schoolgirl Tulsha Booysen in response to the brief for the Nando’s Hot Young Designer Talent Search.
New Joburg coffee shop designed as symbolic love letter to a mother
Award-winning designer Daniel Ting Chong talks to us about the inspiration behind the quaint new espresso bar, Dear Maria.
Typography artist Fhumulani Nemulodi creates a bold new visual language
This Joburg-based creative is carving a name for himself with typefaces inspired by centuries-old design.
Beauty of bad design – Vega graduate and artist Eliana Raff on the power of visual language
Joburg-based visual artist Eliana Raff shares her work and why she uses it to create awareness and social change in the lives of ordinary people.
Industrial designer Olebogeng Mathibe on creating human-centred products to empower
Olebogeng Mathibe, industrial design grad from UJ, uses design to empower and uplift previously disadvantaged people in South Africa.
Matthew Edwards engineers winning sneaker for South Africans without access to sports equipment
Industrial designer Matthew Edwards recently won big for his TERA-03, an affordable multi-use sport shoe with a hybrid sole.
