August 2010 Archive

  • Paper Planes by Doshi Levien. Photo via designboom.
    At home on a Paper Plane
    Design News • 1 Aug 10
    Doshi Levien’s new range of furniture for Moroso, Paper Planes, incorporates Swarovski crystal elements into functional design. >
  • Scrigno - Chest of Drawers. Photo via dezeen.
    Finishing touches
    Design News • 1 Aug 10
    Unique finishing touches is what makes the Campana Brothers's workable furniture designs sought-after decorative items. >
  • Truss Me.
    Benefitting from bamboo
    Design News • 2 Aug 10
    A new range of furniture makes optimal use of bamboo as material while also employing local artisans from an Indian village. >
  • Ceiling lamp. Photo via designboom.
    Lekker local
    Design News • 2 Aug 10
    Swedish design students have teamed up with local craftspeople and artisans... The results are rather desirable furniture pieces. >
  • Cover of Afro Magazine by The President
    20Q: Peet Pienaar
    Design News • 3 Aug 10
    “Maak mooi” (make pretty) is what graphic designer Peet Pienaar does. Find out what else he does – out and in his studio. >
  • Palindrome by Troika.
    From either side
    Design News • 3 Aug 10
    Troika's innovative kinetic sign for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London reads the same from all sides, thus the Palindrome! >
  • Dog's Balls by David Batchelow. Photo via designweek.
    Second time around
    Design News • 3 Aug 10
    The Waste Not Want It campaign might be the most effective way of (really) greening your office. >
  • Professor Eugene Cloete with tea bag water filter.
    Clean water in the bag
    Design News • 4 Aug 10
    An innovative, tea bag-like water filter could provide millions of people with clean and safe drinking water. >
  • Serenade your Walls exhibition.
    Music posters
    Design News • 5 Aug 10
    SA's got an awesome music scene and lots of talented artists and designers so why not bring the two together? >
  • Earthship Haiti.
    Helping Haiti
    Design News • 5 Aug 10
    “Earthship” sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but it’s an environmentally friendly housing solution for earthquake-stricken Haiti. >
  • Dome house with sandbags. Photo via designboom.
    Homes for Haiti
    Design News • 5 Aug 10
    Cal Earth stepped in after the disaster in Haiti to provide sustainable, low-cost housing, empowering unskilled workers in the process. >
  • Anti-Design Festival. Image via Creative Review.
    Design vs Anti-Design
    Design News • 9 Aug 10
    What is the opposite of design? Anti-Design. But what is that? The Anti-Design Festival explores some of the possibilities. >
  • Urbanized by Gary Hustwit.
    Below the city surface
    Design News • 9 Aug 10
    The third installment in Gary Hustwit's design documentary film trilogy, Urbanized, takes a look at cities as dynamic urban spaces. >
  • Sation entrance. Photo: Russell Cleaver.
    Station transformation
    Design News • 10 Aug 10
    Durban's recently completed Moses Mabhida Station a design-friendly example of the possibilities for local transport infrastructure. >
  • Fool's Gold by Stephen Hobbs.
    City treasures
    Design News • 10 Aug 10
    Fool's Gold is a new exhibition by Stephen Hobbs that comments on the spatial qualities of cities. >
  • Canvas Concept by Pamela Meyers.
    Canvassing for African style
    Design News • 11 Aug 10
    Canvas Concept is a new range of shoes, jewellery, hats and accessories that is bound to be at the top of any fashionista’s wishlist. >
  • Voice Drawing by Ze Frank.
    Hand-free drawing
    Design News • 11 Aug 10
    Now anyone can make interesting drawings and illustrations - all you need is Ze Frank's new Flash web app. >
  • Dirt! The Movie.
    Green screen
    Design News • 12 Aug 10
    Green Movies at the Encounters Documentary Festival raises concerns over your most pressing ecological and social issues. >
  • Taj Hotel exterior view.
    Indian-inspired luxury
    Design News • 13 Aug 10
    What do you do with a heritage rich, prime location in the heart of the Mother City? Turn it into a Taj hotel, of course. >
  • Warren Pleece - detail from Montague Terrace.
    Interactive comic craze
    Design News • 13 Aug 10
    Hypercomics is taking the comic narrative from the printed page into an exhibition space where visitors create their own comic experience. >
  • Boniswa Pezisa and Mike Schalit.
    For the greater good
    Design News • 14 Aug 10
    South Africa's first non-profit creative agency is aligning smart business practices with a heightened awareness of social responsibility. >
  • Cubist Vases. Photo via dezeen.
    Happy anniversary to modernism
    Design News • 14 Aug 10
    A new 10-year collectible edition by the Boym Partners celebrates the 100th anniversary of modernism. >
  • The Wall Project. Photo via facebook.
    Joy to the wall
    Design News • 15 Aug 10
    There’s nothing like a little paint to jazz things up. Amateur Indian creatives are taking matters, or paintbrushes, into their own hands. >
  • Technocraft.
    Design it yourself (new pics)
    Design News • 18 Aug 10
    With his curatorial debut, Yves Béhar examines the blurring of the creative line between professional and amateur designer. >

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