Design Indaba 2014: The Expo

Africa's emerging and established design talent join together in Cape Town for the yearly exhibition and marketplace

Each year that we attend Cape Town’s brilliant Design Indaba conference, the subsequent Expo seems to infinitely grow and improve—a testament to the design world’s increasing fascination with the opportunities abounding in the vibrant continent. Now a massive marketplace consuming the entirety of the city’s spacious convention center, the Expo is teeming with emerging and established designers from across the design fields. Below is just …

Cool Hunting Video: Helen Levi

Artful production ceramics and collaborations from a fresh Brooklyn-based designer

As a deeper appreciation and understanding of craftsmanship continues to permeate our culture, it becomes more and more challenging as a consumer to identify value—something that is now more often about personal appeal, rather than price. When holding a handmade item, we relate to the energy, creativity and effort that went into making it, all three of which are evident in the work of ceramicist …

Gao Guqi: Nature Bred, Nourishing Home

The Chinese designer's new collection calls on his multi-disciplinary background and holds its roots in the concept of home

Gao Guqi is a young furniture designer who has gained increasing popularity in the last few years. Once a graphic designer, then coffee shop owner and furniture designer, Guqi was born in North Eastern China and has lived all over, from Xiamen to Shanghai. He eventually landed in the capital, where in 2010 launched his own furniture brand FNJI. Despite his many moves and changes, …