In 2010,while still a university student, Laduma won the South African national leg of the South African Society of Dyers and Colorists (SDC) Design Competition. That in turn, earned him a trip to ...

The most common world map used today, designed almost 450 years ago, is highly distorted—it's that classroom wall map that shows ... Japan's distinguished Good Design Award for accurately ...

View of the exhibition Making Africa – A continent of contemporary design ... of a social map for African gay people, linocuts ridiculing South African stereotypes, and a dystopian science fiction ...

Salt bricks and sweeping mud walls - as recently showcased by some African architects - may be the building blocks for innovative designs of the ... meaning "mud wall" in Ghana's Fante language ...

South African art and ... by Chris Soal on the wall Created as ‘a living gallery of African talent’, with 76 of the most celebrated creatives featured throughout the spaces, it forms the most ...

wall art, furniture, rugs, kids’ items, and lifestyle accessories.” said Quagraine. The aim of 54kibo is to bring African designers to a new market of consumers, ranging from interior design ...

to explore the “impact of African visual culture on contemporary art, craft and design around the world.” Unsurprisingly, the exhibition does not fully meet that tall order. It suffers from an ...

North Africa’s influences radiated ... to make sure it doesn’t shift or change. Standard maps are useful aids in imposing paralysis. They turn the world into a fixed field of safe-spots ...