October 2012 Archive

  • Waiting on change
    Design News • 2 Oct 12
    Faith47 uses the South African mining crisis as inspiration for her latest work, "The Long Wait". >
  • For the nose
    Design News • 3 Oct 12
    Sissel Tolaas's latest and biggest project to date is a smell-based urban treasure hunt, with an iPhone app to guide you along the way! >
  • Cut, Score, Create
    Design News • 3 Oct 12
    Funky, fun and with a touch of sand and sea. Take a look at the design projects of Urb-ski Paper Toys. >
  • Vision for a new city
    Design News • 3 Oct 12
    Take a look at Dror Benshetrit's visionary proposal for creating a new island community for Istanbul, Turkey. >
  • Lessons in leather
    Design News • 3 Oct 12
    Cape Town leather merchants, Woodhead's have expanded their offering with a convenient service bar where anybody can learn the tools of the trade. >
  • Richard Hutten for Warchild
    Seated for good
    Design News • 4 Oct 12
    Ineke Hans, Maarten Baas and Dirk van der Kooij are just three of the 14 Dutch designers that reimagined chairs in aid of charity. >
  • Frosty delight
    Design News • 4 Oct 12
    Eco-friendly, authentic and diverse, here is a look at the 11 projects by Frost* Design shortlisted for the Sydney Design Awards. >
  • Departure lounge to the future
    Design News • 8 Oct 12
    Jason Bruges Studio's New Media Lounge at San Diego International Airport offers a glimpse into the departure lounge of the future. >
  • Zipped up
    Design News • 10 Oct 12
    Ron Arad interprets feeling great, fun and fearless in his ZIPFLOP shoe designed for FitFlop. >
  • Playing with type
    Design News • 10 Oct 12
    Hat-trick take inspiration from the graphically rich aspects of chess and redesigns a chess set in typographic style. >
  • Coffee library
    Design News • 10 Oct 12
    Nendo's pop-up coffee shop for Starbucks in Tokyo resembles a library, and gives visitors the opportunity to learn more about coffee. >
  • Dressed for the kitchen
    Design News • 10 Oct 12
    Marcel Wanders' new designer cookware for Alessi adds a touch of glamour to everyday pots and pans. >
  • Project life
    Design News • 11 Oct 12
    In a short video, produced as part of the Herman Miller Why Design series, Ayse Birsel talks about the process of deconstruction and reconstruction. >
  • Extraterrestrial landing
    Design News • 11 Oct 12
    Ross Lovegrove has designed a UFO installation, blurring the boundaries between reality and the supernatural. >
  • Captured stillness
    Design News • 12 Oct 12
    From group exhibitor to solo exhibitor, Dillon Marsh Photography is getting bigger and better by the day. >
  • Geometric in design
    Design News • 14 Oct 12
    Combining odd geometric shapes with a subtle emotional response, Famke Jewellery Design bridges the gap between the impersonal and the personal. >
  • Materials imagined
    Design News • 15 Oct 12
    What will the future of our material culture hold? Material Matters, by Droog, at Dutch Design Week looks to material scarcity and broadens the discussion. >
  • Go fish
    Design News • 16 Oct 12
    Nendo's new Fishline Chair uses fishing line as a type of varnish to create an interesting uneven look. >
  • K&i Design Studio
    Perfectly imperfect
    Design News • 16 Oct 12
    Two man band K&i Design Studio believe in designing the hands-on, handmade way and creating authentic and inspirational designs. >
  • Steampunk inspired interior by Haldane Martin
    Coffee in steampunk
    Design News • 16 Oct 12
    Glass, copper, steel, the new Truth Coffee headquarters is steampunk inspired. >
  • Socially suited
    Design News • 16 Oct 12
    "Sugar Hill" is Adjaye Associates' new low-cost housing complex in Harlem, New York, that introduces a new kind of social engagement. >
  • Honest delights
    Design News • 17 Oct 12
    Ethically sourced, hand-moulded and designer packaging are just some of the thing you can expect chocolate artisans Honest Chocolate. And, it's delicious! >
  • Concrete Collection by Matali Crasset for Concrete by LCDA. Photo: Simon Bouisson.
    Concrete by Crasset
    Design News • 18 Oct 12
    Matali Crasset's latest work is a collection that includes a table, lamp and bookshelf - all made in concrete. >
  • A furniture show
    Design News • 18 Oct 12
    Nature, music and ethnicities inspire furniture designers Casamento, and is seen in their latest exhibition "Show and Tell". >

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