Written by Gregor Naudé Friday, 29 July 2011 14:16
Written by Herman Manson Wednesday, 11 May 2011 13:30
Speaking at the 2011 Design Indaba conference, designer Dror Benshetrit admitted he spent several minutes laughing loudly over the phone during the call in which he was told he'd won the design contract (admittedly approved before the current wave of rage swept the region) that he'd designed in only five weeks.
Written by Jessica Rogers Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:43
In late 2008, Garth Walker of iJusi fame decided to open a new, independent venture, Mister Walker, specialising in design. A year after its conception he found an appropriate office space – 120m² in a refurbished industrial building in Durban’s Stamford Hill.
Written by Gregor Naudé Saturday, 25 September 2010 08:49
The Cape Town suburb of Woodstock could have slid into crime and grime-laden obscurity had it not been for the sterling efforts of a number of concerned commercial and residential property owners. ‘The late ’90s weren’t good times for anyone in the Woodstock area,’ says Elad Kirshenbaum of one of Cape Town’s oldest and most colourful suburbs.'
Written by Sean O'Toole Tuesday, 08 December 2009 11:17
Hip-hop architect Mokena Makeka has a clean-shaven head and a distinctive preference for button shirts with colourful verticals. On occasion, he might finish off the look with a snappy fedora, as he did the night I publically interviewed him at the Cape Town Library.
Written by Sean O’Toole Sunday, 31 August 2008 02:00
South Africa, with all its stern faith in being wrong so often, has much to envy in Brazil. Oscar Niemeyer, the illustrious Brazilian architect who celebrated his centenary last December, is the son of a graphic designer. In and of itself this isn’t really interesting, but once you begin to add up the cumulative achievements of the Brazilian’s contribution to late-twentieth-century culture, all these little connections begin to matter.
Written by Sean O’Toole Sunday, 01 June 2008 02:00
The three-lane highway between Johannesburg and Pretoria conveys more than 180 000 vehicles daily. Looking beyond the statistics, Sean O’Toole chats with writers Clive Chipkin and Ivan Vladislavic about the rich history and varied symbolism of this unavoidable stretch of road.