NEWAFRICA design at the cutting edge    

NEWAFRICA is presented by Solvgade Studio in collaboration with Danish Museum of Art and Design and Index Design Awards.

The exhibition brings into focus the new design that has emerged from the fertile political and economic climate in South Africa during the past decade, as well as other hot spots and great designers throughout Africa; Burkina Faso, Mali, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Cameroon and Togo.

The contemporary African design reflects the African aesthetic tradition of sensuous suppleness, gravity, ornamentation and saturation of colour, as well as the cultivation of European and Asian influences.

The objective of interest will be designers with a strong vision and a contemporary response to African as well as global challenges of today.

Another theme is social and political aspects in design, empowerment of rural women and associated projects. Some of the most interesting designs originated as community projects, in witch designers has collaborated with arts and craftsmen, resulting in successful products. 

“Collectivity is an African concept” as Maira Koutsoudakis, one of SA’ s upcoming designers, explains.