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 ...

Johannesburg’s design community has something big to look forward to this spring, with the city’s first-ever edition of ...

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 ...

“When did it start? It really started in my head a long, long time ago.” So says Emily G. Hanna about when the idea came to her for the new exhibition at the Mingei International Museum. To hear her ...

ZIMBABWE’S creative economy continues to nurture entrepreneurs reshaping African design.Among them is Shonga founder and creative director Vimbai Lole (VL), whose family-led jewellery brand blends ...

Spending his days designing high-end residences for South Africa’s ultra rich, architect Tshepo Mokholo was miserable. Craving a change, Mokholo attended the influential Design Indaba conference in ...

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According to Gavin Mageni, head of the SABS Design Institute, South Africa’s official design promotion body, design can make a difference to Africa’s fortunes. “I am confident that well-designed ...

Writ large on banners flanking the monumental staircase of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the West African greeting of “Bonne arrivée” welcomed the first guests Tuesday to the exhibition of ...

The first time Nana Quagraine googled “African design” was in 2018. She had just launched 54kibo, an online retailer of contemporary African home decor, and noticed that unlike “Scandinavian design” ...