Design Foundation

02/05/2019

The guidance Sifiso Shange received in Lift Club, the Design Foundation's mentorship programme for young creatives, got him business-ready. "Three years ago I wouldn’t have been ready to handle the conversations and negotiations I’m in now. And then, under the mentorship of Eugenie Drakes – through the Design Foundation which is awarded by Southern Guild – I’m now in the early stages of becoming a business."
Thanks The Designers' Studio for featuring this talented designer!

“History is not most probable in written traditions and tales of the past but can be conveyed through contemporary Art.” ~ David Nkusi – writer, cultural heritage analyst Sifiso Shange is a South African creative that goes by many titles. Zulu Modernist. Founder and Creative Director of Afr...

15/04/2019

How Heath Nash and Our Workshop are using the power of creativity to connect social divides:
via Briefly - South African News

A local artist with a gift to turn trash into art opened a workshop that brings creative South Africans together from all over the country to combine and grow their talents while bridging social divides.

11/04/2019

“In Cape Town there are very few places for people from different racial groups to hang out, but here, designers, artists and everyone in between can connect and create". - Heath Nash

Continue reading to find out how Our Workshop is designing bridges to social divides.

If anyone can turn plastic milk bottles into intricate lampshades, it’s Heath Nash. He made a name for himself on the design scene with his ability to transform waste into objects of beauty. But as his craft gained recognition, Nash realised it was to the exclusion of local artisans. For decades, ...

10/04/2019

2018's Object That Moves Award winner Chuma M. Maweni's Imbizo Stool has made it on the House and Leisure team's top finds!

Each week a member of the House and Leisure team showcases their top decor or design find on Instagram. This is what we loved during March 2019.

09/04/2019

Our mission at the Design Foundation is to propel local designers as well as the local design industry as a whole. Read further to learn more about the 2018 Future Found Award winner Lulasclan.com.

This year Bonolo Chepape was presented with the Future Found Award after founding her brand with only R2500

08/04/2019

Salon Privé Magazine shares in our celebration of the 2018 Design Foundation award winners!

Recently, some of the world’s leading South African designers were fortunate enough to be honoured at the sixth annual Design Foundation Awards.

04/04/2019

Thank you Designing Ways for the incredible feature on this years Design Foundation award winners! Read further to find out more about their stories and their creations.

Featuring: Porky Hefer, Lulasclan.com, Chuma M. Maweni, Sealand Gear, Our Workshop, Hotwired Design and Lwazi Mshibe.

02/04/2019

This mornings CapeTalk radio show featured one of the 2018 Design Foundation Award winners, Our Workshop. Listen to how Our Workshop has empowered the locals of Langa and beyond.

Heath Nash talks to Kieno about why he moved his open-access workshop and training facility called Our Workshop, from the CBD, to Langa.

29/03/2019

Many hands can make very beautiful things – that's the ethos that Our Workshop is founded on. In this video by Anele Cephus Mayideni for I.AM. Township Film School, founder Heath Nash tells us how the not-for-profit community resource has set up a Pty (Ltd) to generate a stream of income for its members.

Onwards and upwards for this year's winner of the Design With Purpose Award!

This video is an expose about us!! Made by our own resident film maker and creative, Anele Cephus Mayideni. Listen to interviews with Nontuthuzela Mhloma, Si...

19/03/2019

Hard work has paid off in heaps for the humble Chuma M. Maweni, whose ceramic practice has grown to include clay furniture. He won the Object That Moves Award for his popular Imbizo stool. Thank you City Press News for this feature.

Award-winning ceramic designer Chuma Maweni is a man of few words – but his work speaks volumes.

15/03/2019

A huge congratulations to all the winners at this years Design Foundation Awards Ceremony Porky Hefer, Chuma M. Maweni, Hot Wired Designs, Our Workshop, Sealand Gear, Lulasclan.com & Lwazi Mshibe.

Thank you to our award sponsors BMW South Africa, Krone, MRP Home / Mr Price Home, V&AWaterfront, M&CSaatchi Abel & 100% Design South Africa for helping us to propel the industry.

14/03/2019

“It’s really exciting that the South African design industry is willing to see social design as a category. It’s exciting to be validated by both the Design Foundation and the sponsor of the award, V & A Waterfront, for work that is being done for social good” - Heath Nash, founder of Our Workshop. Thank you Twyg and Jackie May for this sensitively written piece. 💚

Before making his way to Our Workshop in the morning, Luvuyo Mpoza has already been up since 3am cleaning rubbish bins in Langa, a Cape Town township. When he started his small business almost eigh…