Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Design remains a largely white profession, with Black people still vastly underrepresented – making up just 3% of the design ...

Is African design having a moment? Not according to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, a denizen of contemporary art. Rather, the curators believe the continent’s artists and architects are shaping the ...

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Ikea opened its 392nd store in 2016, spread across 48 countries, and saw its annual revenue pass $35 billion for the first time. Now the Swedish retail giant is throwing its considerable muscle behind ...

Now in its seventh year, Origin Africa, the continent-wide sourcing trade event showcasing the fiber, textile, apparel and associated industries of Africa, has launched the Project Upscale competition ...

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 ...

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With a world-class museum that is the biggest public art space to open on the continent for more than a century, annual art fairs in Johannesburg and Cape Town, and vibrant gallery scenes that have ...

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 ...

Design remains a largely white profession, with Black people still vastly underrepresented – making up just 3% of the design industry, according to a 2019 survey. This dilemma isn’t new. For decades, ...