Design Creativity, allure and inspiration Design March 11, 2013 Creativity, allure and inspiration There was no shortage of beautiful things at this year’s Design Indaba Expo and the winners were Gavin Rajah for Most Beautiful Object, Wintec for Most Innovative Product and Thingking for Most Creative Stand. Full Article
Design Totem time Design February 22, 2013 Totem time We are once again blown away by the astuteness of trend forecaster Li Edelkoort’s latest observation — a revival of the Memphis design movement of the 1980s and how South Africa is leading the charge. Full Article
Design Memphis must-have Design February 8, 2013 Memphis must-have One of the most iconic pieces of the Memphis Design Movement, Ettore Sottsass’s Carlton Room Divider is going under the hammer in Cape Town next week. This less than a month after Li Edelkoort wrote about the Memphis revival in our DIY Deluxe edition. Full Article
Design Soul time for design Design January 8, 2013 Soul time for design “Design won’t save the world. Go volunteer at a soup kitchen, you pretentious f***,” goes the bumper sticker. Enough with saving the world, writes Daniel Scheffler, let’s put soul back into design. Full Article
Design Once upon a time with Lidewij Edelkoort Design March 22, 2012 Once upon a time with Lidewij Edelkoort Beyond all the trends, the beholder of some of the future and the glamour of being the doyenne of the world’s shift and swing, is the felinity of gentlewoman Lidewij Edelkoort. Full Article
Design Li likes local mohair Design September 8, 2011 Li likes local mohair The star of South Africa’s textile exports, mohair, just seems to get more and more popular. And with world trend forecaster Li Edelkoort on board, this soft and versatile thread is being unravelled by designers across the globe. Full Article
