December 2013 Archive

A travelling fashion and photography exhibition highlights "the ills of present-day disposable culture". >

Jaime Hayón's Hope Bird stands tall, with its eyes on the horizon to symbolise an optimistic approach to what lies ahead. >

Four of Satyendra Pakhalé's iconic pieces are on show at Gabrielle Ammann Gallery during Design Miami highlighting his fascination with material exploration. >

Nendo draws on a traditional Japanese paper-making method to create a collection of lamps that reveal the beauty of wrinkles. >

Marcel Wanders has designed a powder case that chimes on opening to indicate the awakening of beauty. >

Carlo Ratti Associati's digitally fabricated, flexible furniture pieces prove that manufacturing is entering the third industrial revolution. >

New Italian design company Purho teams up with the ever-fabulous Karim Rashid for a launch collection of contemporary glassware. >

Michael Bierut has redesigned the website for the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine to suit the needs of a 21st century congregation. >

Harry Pearce has designed a new visual identity for the Crouch End Festival Chorus in North London. >

Sonolith, a new audio system by a South African design trio, breaks all the stereo types. >

The work of Walter Battiss, South Africa’s foremost abstract painter, has found a new expression on ceramics by Mervyn Gers who tells us about the project. >