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The making of Nando’s HYD winner Katlego Tshuma’s Sangu Bench
“There’s what we imagine, there’s what we understand, and there’s what we execute,” says Katlego Tshuma, the 2020 winner of the Nando’s Hot Young Designer ...
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What is HUB
HUB is a platform committed to nurturing and evolving South African artistry. HUB was borne from the urgent need to connect businesses, artisans and artists ...
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The Nando’s Hot Young Designer talent Search 2020
We interviewed the top ten finalists of the Nando's Hot Young Designer Talent Search Competition (Nando's HYD 2020) 'The Benchmark'. Here are their views on ...
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A vibrant African interior design treatment ignites the new Flame Studios at Constitutional Hill
Photographs by Elsa Young Johannesburg’s Constitutional Hill is the new home of the strikingly designed and just-launched Flame Studios. Named for the Flame of Democracy, ...
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Pone Creatives founder Lesego Maloka’s creative journey
The journey to becoming a textile designer was not a straightforward one for the 38-year-old founder of Pone Creatives, Lesego Maloka. Although she initially studied ...
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Katlego Tshuma Announced as Overall Winner of the 2020 Nando’s Hot Young Designer Talent Search
After an intensive judging process, the winner of the Nando’s Hot Young Designer (HYD) Talent Search Competition has finally been revealed. Katlego Tshuma has been ...
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Thabisa Mjo delivers another first for South African design
The multi-award-winning designer just became the first South African designer whose work now forms part of the permanent collection of one of the world’s most ...
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Here are the 2020 Nando’s Hot Young Designer finalists
“They took on the challenge to design a bench with social distancing in mind, and they won.” The Nando's Hot Young Designer Talent Search (HYD), ...
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Designing the New Normal
Among the many ways students, teachers and practitioners of design approach their practice, one school of thought that consistently pops up is the idea of ...
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