Design

Ready to light up SA: The Nando’s Hot Young Designer (HYD) LINEAR LIGHTS finalists announced!

August 24, 2026

South Africa’s longest-standing design mentorship programme, Nando’s Hot Young Designer (HYD), has announced the top 10 finalists in its latest talent search. The [...]

Plascon Orchard + Blooms: A colour world rooted in abundance, growth and everyday joy

August 24, 2026

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Lush, generous and full of life, Orchard + Blooms is a colour world inspired by the sensory richness of fruit markets, garden centres and flourishing outdoor spaces. It [...]

Prep, fill and paint your walls like a pro

July 29, 2026

Few things satisfy quite like transforming your home with your own hands, especially when all that’s needed is a weekend, the right products and a little know-how. This [...]

Beautiful by design, responsible by nature: Belgotex launches Terranova, the sustainable carpet tile for the modern office

July 1, 2026

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Walk into any forward-thinking office and you’re unlikely to find a sea of identical grey carpet stretching from reception to boardroom. Today’s best commercial interiors [...]

LAND + SEA: The colour world that connects us to the ground beneath our feet and the waters that shape it

June 15, 2026

Trends for 2026 see colour becoming a conduit for emotion, experience and place. Within this context, Land + Sea emerges as one of four distinct worlds within the Plascon [...]

Plascon partners with HOOD Youth Development Project to channel at-risk youth into community upliftment

June 15, 2026

For Plascon, coatings have always been about more than colour; it’s about how a fresh coat of paint can change environments for individuals and communities. That belief [...]

Are you a young South African designer ready to connect with opportunities and grow? It’s time to let your light shine in the 2026 edition of the Nando’s Hot Young Designer talent search

May 25, 2026

Linear lights by Siviwe Jali on display at Nando’s Central Kitchen, featuring furniture, art and lighting by numerous South African designers. Curated by Tracy Lynch, creative director Clout/SA.

Careers have been launched. Dreams have been realised. Since 2016 the biannual Nando’s Hot Young Designer (HYD) talent search has surfaced the hottest emerging designers in [...]