May 2011 Archive

Konstantin Grcic at Milan 2011

Video Interviews • 25 May 11

Konstantin Grcic talks about his design process from prototyping to preferred materials. >
Benjamin Hubert at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 25 May 11

Benjamin Hubert believes that product design should evoke a tactile and emotional response. >
American is old hat

Q&A • 25 May 11

Chris Harrison profiles the African continent's youth market. >
Diederick Schneemann at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 19 May 11

Diederick Schneemann talks about the significance of well designed and crafted objects, working with the Unique-Eco initiative in Kenya. >
Campana Brothers at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 19 May 11

For the Campana Brothers design is about creating and proposing dreams, like they did in ostrich leather with the Klein Karoo company. >
20Q: Danielle Ehrlich

Q&A • 15 May 11

LIV is Danielle Ehrlich's design company. She is passionate about design that is environmentally, culturally and socially sensitive. >
20Q: Thingking

Q&A • 15 May 11

Marc Nicolson and Lyall Sprong of Thingking would like to contribute towards ideas and objects that have a meaningful impact on people. >
Maarten Baas + Christien Meindertsma

Dialogues • 15 May 11

Maarten Baas and Christien Meindertsma have known each other since their Design Academy Eindhoven student days. >
20Q: Pedersen + Lennard

Q&A • 15 May 11

James Lennard and Luke Pedersen use a combination of handmade and machine-made techniqies to make functional and beautiful designs. >
20Q: John Edwards

Q&A • 15 May 11

Architect by day, designer by night. John Edwards is currently working on a new modular furniture range for small spaces. >
20Q: Katie Thompson

Q&A • 15 May 11

Using discarded junk, each item of Katie Thompson's Recreate range of furniture, lighting and interiors is infused with character. >
20Q: Aram Lello

Q&A • 15 May 11

Italian architect and designer Aram Lello won the Western Cape Furniture Design Competition at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo. >
20Q: Ian Kelynack

Q&A • 15 May 11

Ian Kelynack of Isle of Trees made his Design Indaba Expo debut this year. His sustainable work won him the Most Creative Stand Award. >
Droog at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 11 May 11

Renny Ramakers is committed to seeing how design can move in a different direction with more focus on models and concepts. >
20Q: Daniel Ting Chong

Q&A • 11 May 11

Cape Town creative Daniel Ting-Chong is excited about the local design industry and would fancy having lunch with Megatron. Yes. Really. >
Alberto Alessi at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 10 May 11

Design is a new form of art and poetry, says Alberto Alessi. >
Front at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 10 May 11

Design collective Front talk about redefining the relationship between industrial production and craft. >
BarberOsgerby at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 4 May 11

For BarberOsgerby it's important that their designs are simple yet effective and that design pieces are accessible to everybody. >
Ineke Hans at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 4 May 11

Innovation, clarity, comfort and understandability is what design is about for Ineke Hans. >

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