November 2011 Archive

  • Spinning light
    Design News • 30 Nov 11
    Troika's Thixotropes is a kinetic sculpture for Selfridges that plays with elements of light. >
  • Kandenchi. Photo: Hiroshi Iwasaki.
    Easily portable
    Design News • 30 Nov 11
    Nendo's wireless computer mouse and iPhone stand are must-have accessories for the digitally connected. >
  • Sketch book
    Design News • 30 Nov 11
    Karim Rashid's new Sketch book contains some 300 of his conceptual drawings, offering insight into his creative processes. >
  • Future 50
    Design News • 29 Nov 11
    Neville Brody has created a new modular logo for D&AD, in celebration of their 50th anniversary. >
  • Rapa Chair III.
    Complex natures at Miami 2011
    Design News • 29 Nov 11
    Ayala Serfaty's creations at Design Miami explore the use of ancient materials in contemporary design. >
  • Crazy carpets
    Design News • 29 Nov 11
    Whoever said that carpets can't be made from plastic forks, balloons or pasta? We Make Carpets use alternative materials for this purpose. >
  • Like a shadow
    Design News • 29 Nov 11
    Nendo's new stand for iPhones and iPad resembles the shadow of a single flower in a vase. >
  • Crystal Matrix II by Erwin Redl for Swarovski Crystal Palace.
    Crystal clear
    Design News • 28 Nov 11
    Light, sound and crystals work together to create a multisensory installation at Design Miami. >
  • Garden explorations
    Design News • 28 Nov 11
    Matali Crasset's Le Blobterre de Matali is an installation that serves as a space of exploration for children. >
  • Tiles for smiles
    Design News • 27 Nov 11
    The Anda Project in Argentina is a creative urban initiative to fix broken tiles on the pavements with more colourful replacements. >
  • Lyrical cuisine
    Design News • 27 Nov 11
    Ever felt that food is so good that you want to sing and dance to it? The Recipe Project contains a collection of "song-recipes". Yes, really. >
  • Framed for famine
    Design News • 26 Nov 11
    Posterity is a collection of posters that draw attention to the famine in East Africa, while also raising funds for the cause. >
  • Wild walk
    Design News • 26 Nov 11
    Tiger & Turtle, Magic Mountain is a roller coaster-like walkway for appreciating the surrounding landscape. >
  • Marije Vogelzang on Design:Digest
    Video Interviews • 25 Nov 11
    Eating designer Marije Vogelzang talks about guest editing the Design:Digest edition of Design Indaba magazine. >
  • Jens Martin Skibsted
    Jens Martin Skibsted on the evolution of bicycle design
    Talks • Duration: 00:32:06 • 24 Nov 11
    Jens Martin Skibsted has been “shouting cars out of the city” for a long time. >
  • Pedro Reyes
    Pedro Reyes on making cities better
    Talks • Duration: 00:19:42 • 24 Nov 11
    Pedro Reyes tells of his “Palas por Pistolas” project that saw weapons being voluntarily turned in and transformed into garden shovels. >
  • Lego for life
    Design News • 24 Nov 11
    The UNICEF Brick serves the dual purpose of providing food and water for victims of natural disasters, and can be used for constructing temporary shelters. >
  • Cherry lane
    Design News • 24 Nov 11
    Tom Price has created an installation of cherry trees with industrialised materials to comment on the ephemeral nature of their natural counterparts. >
  • Funky footwear
    Design News • 24 Nov 11
    Forget fashion and trends, Kobi Levi's Footwear Art turns shoes into sculptural artworks resembling flowers, slides and even Madonna. >
  • Poster designed by Richard Hart.
    Design Indabar in Durban
    Design News • 24 Nov 11
    In the lead-up to COP17, Design Indabar - presented by Dube TradePort - will look at how a (sustainable) world is possible through creativity. >
  • Urban benefits
    Design News • 23 Nov 11
    The Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award calls for ideas that address issues of mass urbanisation in Cape Town. >
  • South African Climate Change Response Expo running alongside COP17 in Durban
    Shades of green at COP17
    Do Tank News • 23 Nov 11
    The look of the South African Climate Change Response Expo running alongside COP17 in Durban was conceptualised by designworkshop : sa. >
  • Local adornments
    Design News • 23 Nov 11
    The Africa Adorned exhibition taking place in Cape Town is a feast of high quality local designs. >
  • Photo: Jannes Frubel.
    Clothes made of milk
    Design News • 23 Nov 11
    Is it silk, or could it be milk? Anke Domaske has created a new material from milk protein. >

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