When I arrived in Johannesburg in late August, the city was just beginning to shift from winter to spring. The air still carried a chill, but the jacarandas were hinting at bloom. It wasn’t my first ...

At any one time in Johannesburg, designers and artists can be found throughout the city putting their hard-earned skills to work. Often merging material and expression from Nigeria, Ghana and beyond, ...

South African designers have been making waves in the fashion industry and this is only the beginning. Designer Thebe Magugu, an LVMH Prize winner; Rich Mnisi, who has collaborated with Adidas; and ...

Through MaXhosa Africa, Laduma Ngxokolo is redefining South African luxury fashion with Xhosa-inspired designs.

In recent years, African designers have found support from international celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Naomi Campbell. Now a growing number of the continent’s fashion brands are ...

Journal of Design History, Vol. 28, No. 3 (2015), pp. 293-315 (23 pages) This article offers a broad historical overview of the development of graphic design in South Africa and an analysis of a ...

Zanele Kumalo is the curator of Design Week South Africa, a celebration of design that takes place every October across Johannesburg and Cape Town. Here, we talk to Kumalo about providing a platform ...

Designers in the Western Cape know all about problem solving, pivoting and putting craft at the centre of their work. Now a new generation is making its mark. “Cape Town is such a vibrant city that it ...

NEW YORK — Lawson Ricketts and Nick Geimer never expected their move to Africa 20 years ago would lead to a global home furnishing and design brand. The founders of New York-based Ngala Trading, an ...