Design Picks of the Week: Indaba, Art Fair & Guild edition Design March 4, 2014 Picks of the Week: Indaba, Art Fair & Guild edition Last weekend, design was on steroids in Cape Town with Design Indaba, Cape Town Art Fair and the Guild Design Fair running concurrently – not to mention us being World Design Capital 2014 and all. Here are our favourites. Full Article
Decor Design’s been punked Decor February 27, 2014 Design’s been punked A WDC2014 project, the Yenza: Make It! project is celebrating self-made objects, sourced from homes in some of Cape Town’s informal settlements, which prioritise function over style and celebrate the sheer human ingenuity that is born of basic need. Full Article
Design Design Indaba still the biggest Design February 3, 2014 Design Indaba still the biggest February is here and since 1995 that has meant one thing for South African creatives: Design Indaba. The three-day conference from 26 to 28 February, followed by the three-day expo from 28 February to 2 March are both at the CTICC. Full Article
Design Scrap dogs Design January 14, 2014 Scrap dogs These bright-eyed, life-size, one-of-a-kind puppies are part of a range of lights called Robots, designed by Philippe Bousquet. You can see them at the Guild Design Fair in Cape Town until Sunday 9 March. Full Article
Design embryo alight Design January 6, 2014 embryo alight Design has been part of his life since he was a young boy, says Ebrahim Assur, one of Design Indaba’s 2013 Emerging Creatives and final-year student at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Loving the playfulness of his Boomerang lamp we find out more. Full Article
Design WDC2014 accredits 450 pretty and gritty projects Design November 1, 2013 WDC2014 accredits 450 pretty and gritty projects The countdown to Cape Town officially reigning as World Design Capital 2014 has begun and 450 projects have been accredited on the authoritative programme, including — dramatic drumroll — VISI magazine! As well as a whole host of our other friend. Full Article
Lifestyle Fifty shades of fashion Lifestyle July 16, 2013 Fifty shades of fashion With the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy barely off the bestseller’s list, the design world’s awakening is up next, with Li Edelkoort’s new Fetishism in Fashion book. VISI has five copies of the book, not yet available in SA, up for grabs. Full Article
Design Felt feelings Design June 27, 2013 Felt feelings Designer Peta-Lee Woolf’s felt furnishings tap into the worldwide yearning for tactile homeware. Full Article
