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For Brad Johnston, the founder and owner of industrial design consultancy Design For Industry in Lonehill, industrial design is a challenging industry in South Africa – but Made In Workshop is a major boon. “We’re a consultancy that does product design and...

“I had a Lego-obsessed childhood,” says Nik Ivanovic. “And I’ve always wanted to understand the mathematics behind the mechanisms.” Nik has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and he is currently doing his master’s part-time. As...

Henry Levine is on a mission: if you’re a parent, he wants you to know that schools don’t need a humungous budget to bring robotics to life. In fact, he’s designed a robot that can be made in a classroom for under R200 a pop. Everyone and their kid wants a Lego...

When you think about concrete, you probably think about pillars and brutish structures. Well, what if you were given the challenge to come up with something innovative using concrete? This was exactly what Alex Shahini faced when he and a good buddy, Brayden Solomon,...

At the end of every month, Henry Levine’s mother would go to Benmore Gardens shopping centre to get her groceries.  She’d fill her shopping trolley, pay, and then push the trolley to her 18-wheeler fully articulated Mercedes-Benz lorry, where she’d proceed to unload...

From ‘vuvulisers’ (a vuvuzela breathalyser) to building a tunnel for toads (don’t ask), finding ways to bring the wild and innovative to life is what gets Emile Dippenaar and Daniel Carstens up in the mornings. Ideamongery's award-winning Vuvuliser (a vuvuzela...

Michael Currin wants people living in concrete jungles to become more food independent, so he developed a smart appliance to do just that. Homefarm is a South African start-up that, thanks to Michael’s vision, developed a hybrid hydroponic unit that grows microgreens...

If you grew up in the ‘80s you’ll probably remember spending far too much time at the corner café playing Pac-Man, with a Chappies in your mouth and enough coins jangling in your pocket to at least last a few GAME OVERs. But since the advent of Nintendo and...

Colin Harwood remembers the day, two and a half years ago, that he decided to stop by Made In Workshop, and take a look inside. “Henry, the owner of Made In Workshop, showed me around – when I saw the lathe, CNC router, and turret mill, that was it. I knew that the...