In the new Netflix sensation Don’t Look Up, two astronomers, played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo Di Caprio, discover a massive comet heading towards Earth, and desperately try to warn the US president, played by Meryl Streep. Their hope is the government will...
It’s a new year, a new opportunity to be better versions of ourselves. You’ve probably reflected on last year, and made a few resolutions for this year. But, have you included ones that will commit you to reducing your carbon footprint, plastic packaging, fast...
Ahead of last year’s Plastic Free Mzansi campaign, I met with founder of The Beach Co-op Aaniyah Omardien at Tryn, a fine dining restaurant in Cape Town. Named after Steenberg’s 17th century founder, Catharina Ras, or Tryn; this restaurant is an apt venue for sharing...
Have you got a sustainable fashion story you want told in an immersive digital format? Electric South, Twyg and Crossover Labs are excited to invite creative technologists and digital storytellers to apply for the Design Futures Lab 2022.
The name of IAMISIGO’s SS22 collection is so simple that at a glance you might miss its super power: “Green Water, Blue Forest”. Water is generally blue, forests are green. By swapping these colours around, the brand startles us. It reminds the reader how much human...
Leigh Ord and Jacquie Myburgh Chemaly founded Vintage with Love in 2013 to contribute to solving the literacy crisis in South Africa. Soon afterwards, Debbie Smuts joined the team in Cape Town. With the founders mutual love for fashion, they decided on hosting an...
Are you implementing sustainable, circular and regenerative approaches to your design? Are you fostering ethical practices? Are you challenging business-as-usual? If these are issues that concern you, then we’re looking for you!
Originally from Sebokeng zone 14 in Gauteng, 23-year-old Bhungane Mehlomakhulu is both a fashion designer and a professional ballet dancer - he dances by day and sews by night. “I’m like Hannah Montana,” says Bhungane. To find out more about the man and about his...
Already thousands of words have been written as reporters, commentators and analysts try to make sense of a week in South Africa that will forever be remembered as a turning point in our history. In what direction this turn takes, will be determined by what we do...
Plastics, we know, are a major scourge on the environment littering the oceans, and blocking drainages. According to Greenpeace Africa over 2 billion single-use plastic bags are used every year in South Africa. Half of all plastic produced is designed to be used only...
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