Africa is a Country

Designers Daniça Lepen and and Jacques van der Watt, from Johannesburg label Black Coffee, were awarded the Mercedes-Benz Award for South African Art and Culture 2009 in Berlin. (This video, which gives a glimpse of their work, is by TRACE TV)

Each year the German organizers honor South African artists working in different disciplines. Last year’s winner was artist Kevin Brand for Art Projects in Public Spaces. Gabeba Baderoon, who recently did a playlist for Africa is a Country, won the award for poetry in 2005.