Two students from the Tshwane University of Technology's Faculty of Arts and Design have secured a place among South Africa's most promising emerging designers after being selected as finalists in the Pierre Cardin Young Designers Award 2026 Johannesburg Edition. Bofelo Endy Senonohi, an Advanced Diploma Fashion Design student, and Priscilla Raphela, a Postgraduate Fashion Design student, have been chosen as two of only 20 finalists from across the country to compete in the p

What happens when the creative possibilities of glass meet the technical demands of functional lighting design? A collaborative project between the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Departments of Fine & Studio Arts and Interior Design challenged students to answer this through practice — developing commercially viable luminaire concepts and taking selected designs from technical resolution through to full-scale prototyping at Ngwenya Glass in Eswatini. The Ngwenya Lum

by Gerrit Bester Nina Newman, a lecturer in the Department of Fine and Studio Arts' Jewellery Programme at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), made history when she became the first recipient of a Doctor of Art & Design (Jewellery Design & Manufacture) degree conferred by TUT at the Faculty of Arts and Design graduation ceremony on the Pretoria Campus on 13 October. This achievement marks a significant milestone for both her and the field. TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR