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2023 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards finalists are announced

2023 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards finalists are announced

At the forefront of sustainable-fashion advocacy, Twyg’s annual Sustainable Fashion Awards strive to celebrate and support designers, creators, thought leaders and innovators who use best practices to help change fashion. After thoughtful consideration by our panel of esteemed judges –...

November 14, 2023

Fashion

Designers celebrate the Karoo landscape with new farm-to-fashion collection

Collaborators and designers Frances van Hasselt and Leandi Mulder have released a new capsule collection called Voorskoot Vygies consisting of 21 one-of-a-kind textile mappings based on timeless, detailed textures tapping into the unique visual nuances of the Karoo. This FVHxLM...

October 23, 2023

Meet the stellar line up of judges for the 5th edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards

2023 Awards Features

Meet the stellar line up of judges for the 5th edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards

For the fifth annual edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, our panel of judges bring a strong global perspective to the 2023 awards. This will be the second year this panel will be judging the awards. We are confident...

October 4, 2023

Fashion

Book a table at Confections x Collections 2023 for a fashion showcase and afternoon tea

Confections x Collections is back for a second edition. Set against Table Mountain in the heart of Cape Town this annual coming-together of creative expression fuses five days of exclusive salon-style fashion shows with designer-inspired confectionery. Taking place from 8...

October 3, 2023

Futuristic Pagan by Chipo Mapondera and Sabina Mutsvati

Design Futures Africa

Futuristic Pagan by Chipo Mapondera and Sabina Mutsvati

Futuristic Pagan explores Shona spiritual practices and traditions through virtual reality. The space reflects a Shona dreamscape made up of traditional icons that represent the rituals and meanings related to communicating with the ancestors, and other guides and deities. The...

September 29, 2023

What lies beneath by Rufaro Magara and Ryan Harvey

Design Futures Africa

What lies beneath by Rufaro Magara and Ryan Harvey

Dive into a virtual ocean adventure in “What Lies Beneath”, a captivating prototype VR game that transports players to an underwater world with a pressing mission to save the seas. The game seamlessly blends education with entertainment, empowering the viewer...

September 29, 2023

Back To by Tarryn Tippens and Larnelle Bakala

Design Futures Africa

Back To by Tarryn Tippens and Larnelle Bakala

Back To is a short-format 360-degree film that explores cultural identity through sustainable design. This is the story of a woman named Yelena who is living in a post-apocalyptic world. Yelena tells us the story of how her life has...

September 29, 2023

Resurrection by Jackson Chifamba and Joel Chandauka

Design Futures Africa

Resurrection by Jackson Chifamba and Joel Chandauka

Join JaXX in an immersive experience of what it’s like to be a textile creative in Harare. Follow him as he goes to the Mbare market to thrift for second-hand clothes that he uses as material for the making of...

September 28, 2023

Bhero Kulture by Siza Mukwedini and Plot Mhako

Design Futures Africa

Bhero Kulture by Siza Mukwedini and Plot Mhako

For Bhero Kulture, Siza and Plot have created an augmented reality portal into the Mabhero clothing market in Harare, and an immersive zine that allows viewers to engage with various topics affecting the fashion industry in Zimbabwe. The zine invites...

September 28, 2023

Far and Wide by Larah Fisher and Keith Dliwayo

Design Futures Africa

Far and Wide by Larah Fisher and Keith Dliwayo

In this immersive 360 degree virtual reality music video, Larah and Keith have created different spaces of nature, accompanied by soundscapes, that represent different phases of climate change. Original music has been composed for the film experience of wandering through...

September 28, 2023

Features

Twyg is going to market

For ten weeks every Wednesday evening, Twyg will be at the Oranjezicht Night Market for their Wednesday Night Market in Granger Bay, Cape Town. Explore a curated selection of local and sustainable fashion brands that prioritise ethical production, quality, and...

September 26, 2023

New collaboration brings the farm to your wardrobe in local, ethical production process

Fashion

New collaboration brings the farm to your wardrobe in local, ethical production process

POLO South Africa has collaborated with Gerber & Co to produce their first ever 100% locally produced and manufactured mens’ knitwear collection made of South African merino wool. The fashion brand’s creative director Alia Peer says that the collaboration with...

June 19, 2023

Meet the 12 creatives selected for Design Futures Lab 2023

Design Futures Africa Features

Meet the 12 creatives selected for Design Futures Lab 2023

This year a musician, artisanal fashion designer, culture activist and artist join cutting-edge photographers, filmmakers and creative technologists for the second edition of Design Futures Lab. After considerable deliberation, six Zimbabweans and six South Africans have been selected to participate...

April 14, 2023

Design Futures Africa Features

Open call for Design Futures Lab 2023

NOTE: This feature has been edited to reflect new dates – the deadline has been extended. Do you want to create an immersive digital experience about sustainable fashion and design? After a successful inaugural Design Futures Lab 2022, the application...

February 17, 2023

Here is what nature can teach us about circular design

Features

Here is what nature can teach us about circular design

We often hear the maxim that form should follow function. This equation is powerful because it prioritises the needs of people and highlights design as a tool to make our lives easier, safer, and more exciting. But by putting users...

February 3, 2023

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2023 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards finalists are announced

Designers celebrate the Karoo landscape with new farm-to-fashion collection

Meet the stellar line up of judges for the 5th edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards

Book a table at Confections x Collections 2023 for a fashion showcase and afternoon tea

Futuristic Pagan by Chipo Mapondera and Sabina Mutsvati

What lies beneath by Rufaro Magara and Ryan Harvey

Back To by Tarryn Tippens and Larnelle Bakala

Resurrection by Jackson Chifamba and Joel Chandauka

Bhero Kulture by Siza Mukwedini and Plot Mhako

Far and Wide by Larah Fisher and Keith Dliwayo

Twyg is going to market

New collaboration brings the farm to your wardrobe in local, ethical production process

Meet the 12 creatives selected for Design Futures Lab 2023

Open call for Design Futures Lab 2023

Here is what nature can teach us about circular design

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