2012 Archive

  • 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. >
  • 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. >
  • Zipped up
    Design News • 10 Oct 12
    Ron Arad interprets feeling great, fun and fearless in his ZIPFLOP shoe designed for FitFlop. >
  • 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. >
  • 20Q: Lauren Mackler
    Q&A • 8 Oct 12
    For Lauren Mackler it is fundamentally important to keep going and to stay optimistic while designing. >
  • 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. >
  • 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. >
  • 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. >
  • 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. >
  • 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. >
  • 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! >
  • Waiting on change
    Design News • 2 Oct 12
    Faith47 uses the South African mining crisis as inspiration for her latest work, "The Long Wait". >
  • Through the lens of Satyendra Pakhalé
    Inside View • 1 Oct 12
    We're pleased to present the contribution "Curiosities… Design & Technology" by Satyendra Pakhalé. >
  • Walking the talk
    Profiling • 1 Oct 12
    Sometimes you need to shout, other times you need to talk. But you’ve always got to walk the talk, Jens Martin Skibsted believes. >
  • Your Street Gauteng's winning urban designs
    Do Tank News • 28 Sep 12
    Four creative proposals have received the green light from Your Street Gauteng, winning a total of R250 000 in project funding. >
  • Seated for diversity
    Design News • 28 Sep 12
    Cultural diversity and the act of sitting is considered from different perspectives in the "Benches from Brazil" exhibition at Hôtel Droog. >
  • Surf's up
    Design News • 28 Sep 12
    An iconic surfboard design becomes the blank canvas for ten artists and designers, inspired by a touch of Dutch blue and white. >
  • Mythical hand
    Design News • 27 Sep 12
    Religious, mythical and folklore symbols come together on Stephan Doitschinoff's recent work: a life-size hand sculpture. >
  • BIG & bigger
    Design News • 27 Sep 12
    BIG: Recent Project is the first English/Japanese monograph of the architectural work of Bjarke Ingels Group. >
  • Breaking out of the silo and onto the street
    Do Tank News • 26 Sep 12
    The Your Street Challenge, inspired by Design Indaba, seeks to transform urban space through creative thought. >
  • Big Ben for the home
    Design News • 26 Sep 12
    Big Ben, the iconic London landmark, serves as the inspiration for a stylish wall clock by Marcel Wanders. It's ideal for the modern home. >
  • Bold in colour
    Design News • 26 Sep 12
    Zabalazaa has come a long way since doing graffiti in Bloemfontein, today his sweat, paint and pencil is paying off. >
  • Evolving creation
    Design News • 26 Sep 12
    Sonja Bäumel's own bacteria is the fundamental element in her "Expanded Self" creation. >
  • Nostalgic sweetness
    Design News • 25 Sep 12
    Cute, quirky and with a touch of nostalgia, Sootcookie's range of ceramics contrasts the old and familiar with things that are new and unusual. >

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