It was only last week when Mishaal Gangaram was announced as a part of The Design Indaba Emerging Creative Class of 2022. Gangaram is an emerging Johannesburg based conceptual photographer, storyteller and self-portraitist — who also happens to be one of my current local favourite photographers. If you’re plugged into local pop culture, it’s likely…
“…design is a verb and a noun, being a design artist, allows me to shape shift. Essentially it is the intentional creation of a plan.” Storytelling is all encompassing within the expression of design artist Lunga Ntila. Intersectionality, sexuality and femininity are her building blocks. “I can’t be a singular expression of myself. There’s too…
Design brand, The Urbanative, explores how cultural patterns and motifs can be reinterpreted in modern design while still making sure that they are recognized as graphic cultural signifiers from a specific context. Through this application or reinterpretation of these patterns and motifs The Urbanative aims to celebrate culture and extend its communication across generations, and…
