Category Archives: Design

Just My Type.

Any exhibition featuring work by Ben Johnston, Jason De Villiers and One Horse Town, is worth attending but this one has a great name and a very nice poster so it will probably be better than the others. The exhibition will open on Friday the 3rd of February at Yours Truly – 175 Long street [...]

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Toffie Festival 2012. Line Up.

The third Toffie Pop Culture Conference and Festival is taking place at the Cape Town City Hall from Friday 30 March to Sunday 1 April. Toffie Pop is a three-day conference-festival and will focus on contemporary popular culture, design, music, magazine publishing, art, sound design and everything else that entertains and distracts us, all in [...]

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Haasbroek. NFS 4.

Haasbroek’s 4th Not For Sale piece is out and ready for you to go grab. You just gotta find it.

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1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy.

It’s very seldom that we post about cars on We-are-awesome but it’s also very seldom that cars this beautiful are in the news. The car I am talking about is none other than the ultra-rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy which recently was sold for $4.62 million dollars at auction, making it the most expensive purchase [...]

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Design Indaba Expo 2012. Emerging Creatives.

It’s almost time for the 2012 Design Indaba Expo and their Emerging Creatives Programme is a great part of the Expo and the developement in young South African creatives. ‘Each year, the Emerging Creatives programme invites designers to apply for a spot on the Expo floor, alongside some of the biggest names in South African [...]

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Update: Haasbroek. NFS.

Haasbroek has just released his latest addition to the ‘Not For Sale’ series, keep a look out on his Facebook page to see where you can pick this piece up for free.

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‘WE ARE BEAUTIFUL LOSERS #2 PUPPETS AND PIRATES”

RVCA ARTIST NETWORK PROGRAM AND /A WORD OF ART present: ‘WE ARE BEAUTIFUL LOSERS #2 PUPPETS AND PIRATES” ART SHOW / LIVE PAINTING / MUSIC / GETTING WIERD DRESS UP / WIN PRIZES 8 PM TILL 2 AM SATURDAY 14 JAN (ART SHOW RUNS TILL TUESDAY 17TH) BANDS: 20:00 – Open 20:30-21:00 Black handed kites [...]

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Steve Aoki. Debut Album. Wonderland.

Steve Aoki one of the big names in American dance music and one of the bigger DJ’s to visit South Africa’s shores has just released his debut album. The album features many collaborations that you would have heard at his shows along with some newer stuff,  and the cover design was done by local illustrator, [...]

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Karma Malas Jewellery.

‘Karma Malas is a Cape Town based jewelery line creating unique malas with beauty, truth and love. Each piece is handcrafted with care, using precious and semi precious materials combined with sterling silver or gold.’ ‘From Hawaii to Indonesia, California to Cape Town, Karma Malas seeks to combine a modern global philosophy with an ancient [...]

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B Fam Exhibition. Garage Art.

B Fam support local art and so should you, they also make it available for cheap cheap so no need to break the bank on this one. Come along for some beer, good local art and some socialising. ‘B Fam want to get the art off of the computer screen and white walled galleries and [...]

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