Access to design tools and learning resources has long shaped who can participate in the global creative economy. Across parts of ...

How would the inspirations from the pyramids of Egypt, thatched and mud huts of West Africa translate in today's digital design? I was catching up with one of my friends from Yahoo recently and at ...

Design Week Lagos (DWL), Africa’s most significant annual design festival, is back for its third edition. Running from today, October 21 through 31, the event will present the best in contemporary ...

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 ...

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 ...

FeatureThey have shown their work at the world's leading design fairs, but never in their home countries. The Palais de Lomé in Togo has brought together, for the first time on the continent, the ...

Custom hanging “Nest” sculptures by Porky Hefer, made from woven cane with metal framing & jute ropes, at R & Contemporary (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Grains of Paradise: Contemporary ...

Preface -- Introduction -- Entrances and halls -- Color, pattern, texture -- Living rooms -- Furniture forms -- Kitchens and dining rooms -- Art and objects -- Bedrooms -- Textile tradition -- Outdoor ...

When I arrived in Johannesburg in late August, the city was just beginning to shift from winter to spring. The air still carried a chill, but the jacarandas were hinting at bloom. It wasn’t my first ...