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Design Indaba Expo 2015

The South African designers who grabbed our attention at this year's showcase

6 March 201524 August 2018

Cape Town’s inspirational Design Indaba conference doesn’t just host a great selection of speakers each year, but also encompasses a design expo that showcases some of the most exciting high-end contemporary African design. From furniture to prints and leather accessories, the expo has a wide selection of products—and reveals the depth and breadth of current South African design. The “Emerging Creatives” project, which has been …

Walter Battiss Ceramics

Karen Day

March 2014

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Greatly inspired by archaeology and rock art, the late South African artist Walter Battiss beautifully fused indigenous stone markings with abstract painterly concepts to become one of the country’s premier painters. Battiss was dubbed “the Bushman Painter” in the 1950s for making a home in southern Africa’s Namib Desert (an area almost completely uninhabited by humans), which provided a strong foundation for the 10 books …