Design South Africa

Edgar Pieterse is holder of the DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Urban Policy. He directs the African Centre for Cities and is Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, both at the …  Read More

Gaby de Abreu designed the famous ‘bicycle kick’ logo for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He marks it as the high point of a sixteen-year career in graphic design. During this time, Gaby …  Read More

Henning Rasmuss is an architect, author and co-editor of Between the Lines, a book about the construction process of Cape Town’s World Cup stadium. Henning was intimately involved with this project, as a director of …  Read More

Mphethi Morojele founded MMA Architects in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1995 soon after the end of Apartheid. Since then the practice has completed several notable and award-winning projects including South Africa’s embassies in Germany (2003,) …  Read More

Nathan is not a fan of egos. He doesn’t hoard ideas, or seek to claim sole credit. He simply believes in doing great work. It’s a philosophy that has seen him develop into one of …  Read More

Siobhan Cleary is the Chief Strategist at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Prior to joining the JSE at the start of 2006, Siobhan worked as a Business Law lecturer at the University of Cape Town …  Read More

There’s never a moment when Wendy Tlou isn’t flying the South African flag. She’s the global manager for communications at South African Tourism, a job that requires an almost superhuman ability to be in all …  Read More