2011 Archive

  • Design Helsinki
    Reviews • 5 Dec 11
    20+12 Design Stories from Helsinki is a journey through the 2012 World Design Capital, looking at what design can do in a city. >
  • Food for freedom
    Reviews • 16 Nov 11
    Hunger for Freedom is more than a book with recipes, it captures Nelson Mandela's life journey through the perspective of food. >
  • Must-read food books
    Reviews • 16 Nov 11
    There's more than a little food for thought in these six must-read food books. >
  • Story of an African farm
    Opinion • 16 Nov 11
    The untapped natural resources of the African continent are not easily assimilated into global food security issues. >
  • Biting bytes
    Opinion • 16 Nov 11
    “Every day 1.5 billion cups of tea are enjoyed throughout the world” and other things that you didn’t know about your food. >
  • Naked revolution
    Opinion • 16 Nov 11
    Even though he might rightly be regarded as one of the originators of food pornography, Jamie Oliver has never been about overindulgence. >
  • Foraging in 4'33
    Opinion • 16 Nov 11
    The notion of picking one’s own food, especially in urban areas, can seem absurd. Elizabeth Thacker Jones follows “The Wildman” Steve Brill around New York. >
  • Photo by Sven Benjamins.
    Peace meal
    Hot Topic • 16 Nov 11
    Can food bring about world peace? At least it can initiate understanding: Kamal Mouzawak, Merijn Tol, Shir Halpern and Nadia Zerouali recount their experiences. >
  • The Hungry City by Carolyn Steel
    Food city
    Opinion • 16 Nov 11
    Food urbanist Carolyn Steel argues that cities, like people, are what they eat. She explains how food shapes the cities in which which we live. >
  • Smart art of eating
    Opinion • 16 Nov 11
    Control freaks will be reluctant to hear Brian Wansink explaining how we think we’re a lot smarter than we are when it comes to food. >
  • Food = fashion
    Opinion • 15 Nov 11
    Can what we eat predict the future? Just like the catwalk, our plates are always chasing the next new, writes food trend forecaster Marjan Ippel. >
  • Fit for consumption
    Opinion • 15 Nov 11
    The origins of many of the most ingenious food designs have long been lost in the ubiquity of everyday consumables. >
  • A type of story
    Reviews • 2 Nov 11
    Ever wondered who decided that Comic Sans is a no-go kind of type, or why Helvetica wins the popular vote every time? Just My Type is an exploration of type. >
  • Khoi-Khoin culture celebrated
    Reviews • 1 Nov 11
    "Kukumakrranka" is an exploration of the age-old culinary traditions, culture and lifestyle of the Khoi-Khoin people. >
  • Bright ideas
    Reviews • 24 Oct 11
    Coffee, tea, copper, iron, Feminism, Marxism, arable farming, banking and more. Here's a look at 50 ideas that changed humanity. >
  • Living in the Endless City.
    Endlessly urban
    Reviews • 19 Sep 11
    Living in the Endless City is a comprehensive look at the challenges facing the city of the 21st century. >
  • The Book of Ice by Paul D Miller.
    Ode to ice
    Reviews • 14 Sep 11
    Paul D Miller's The Book of Ice is a treasure trove of information, graphics, interviews and QR codes about a place at the end of the world, Antarctica. >
  • “We will never forget”
    Opinion • 9 Sep 11
    The 9/11 Memorial Plaza by architect Michael Arad opens in New York on the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. >
  • Carvings of white
    Reviews • 19 Aug 11
    The book Claudette Schreuders is an insightful look into the work of this artist from the past 17 years. >
  • The city burns
    Reviews • 19 Aug 11
    The book Fire Walker explores the meaning of the iconic sculpture of the same name by William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx, in Jozi. >
  • Open Design Now - Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive.
    Open, everything
    Reviews • 19 Aug 11
    We're living in the era of "design by everyone". The book Open Design Now explores this phenomenon. >
  • Panoptical
    Opinion • 15 Aug 11
    Photographer Mikhael Subotzky and artist Patrick Waterhouse have been capturing the shifting moods of Ponte City in Jo’burg since 2008. >
  • Endemic systems
    Opinion • 15 Aug 11
    Known for its chaotic masses and vast economic disparities, Mumbai’s slums do not need a bulldozer but an alternative perspective. >
  • The power of 10
    Opinion • 15 Aug 11
    Using the city as the context for design, ExpoTENtial employs creativity as the driving force for a higher quality urban experience. >

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