February 2015 Archive

Urquiola’s universe

Lookbook • 1 Feb 15

Kartell dedicated its flagship store in Cologne to Patricia Urquiola with an exhibition rounding up all of her designs for the brand. >
Mmmmama Missoni!

Lookbook • 2 Feb 15

Rosita Missoni, who co-founded the Missoni empire with her husband 62 years ago, will talk about her creative longevity at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
#MakeChange: Three simple, sustainable solutions

Lookbook • 3 Feb 15

Planters from billboard vinyl, solar-powered light bulbs and low-voltage power packs: three South African solutions for African problems. >
Senegal's fashion futurist

Design Frontiers • 3 Feb 15

Selly Raby Kane, a central figure in Dakar's new creative wave, will bring her avant-garde fashion sensibility to the stage at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
Cutting down on timber

Design Frontiers • 3 Feb 15

Xanita is ahead of the game with its cradle-to-cradle designed X-board that is strong, multi-purpose and endlessly recyclable. >
Balance and disorder

Lookbook • 4 Feb 15

Ceramicist Martine Jackson has partnered with fine artist Galia Gluckman to produce a vibrant range of limited edition, hand-coiled pots. >
Born to create

Next Generation • 4 Feb 15

Emerging Creative Bonga Jwambi designs with an impulse to make things no one has seen before. >
Recipes for urban subversion

Lookbook • 4 Feb 15

Santiago Cirugeda is not the kind of architect to sit around and wait for commissions. Is this the future of architecture in austerity-hit Europe? >
"Zulu Funk Soul" by DJ Zulufunk

Track of the Week • 5 Feb 15

This up-and-coming DJ wants to put female house music producers on the map – starting with her own African rhythm-infused sound. >
A realised utopia

Design Frontiers • 6 Feb 15

In an industrial part of Amsterdam the locals refer to as "Noord", 16 grounded houseboats now dot a former shipyard: tricky architectural brief, magical space. >
"Modern Love: Breaching the Seawall" by Adam Wells

FilmFestFriday • 6 Feb 15

Taken from the “Modern Love” column published in The New York Times, Adam Wells animates the story of a woman who falls in love in the Philippines. >
Enter your work to A' Design Awards 2015

Design News • 9 Feb 15

Your last chance to enter this international juried competition expires 28 February – and here’s why you should enter! >
Beyond Black Rock City

Design Frontiers • 9 Feb 15

Larry Harvey, founding member of Burning Man, puts the idea down to a whim one afternoon. Now Burning Man-style interactive art is appearing worldwide. >
#MakeChange: Retail therapy for the homeless

Design News • 10 Feb 15

The Street Store extends the popular pop-up store trend onto the pavement to give homeless people the joy of shopping. For free. >
The ghetto romance of gqom

Track of the Week • 10 Feb 15

The flavourful sound of local music genre gqom has found an unlikely champion in British DJ Jumping Back Slash. >
Tanning leather from pineapples

Design Frontiers • 10 Feb 15

In a world where sustainability is high on the agenda, Carmen Hijosa is looking to pineapples as the future of textiles. >
Experiments in the darkroom

Next Generation • 11 Feb 15

In this exclusive interview, military man and photographer Lesedi Mogale exposes a little of himself as he talks books, porn and using a disposable camera. >
Meet the graduates of 2015

Design Frontiers • 11 Feb 15

Here are the eight recent design school graduates who will present their work Pecha Kucha-style at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
Inked cities

Lookbook • 12 Feb 15

Founder of Blank Ink Shaun Gaylard is sketching the architectural fabric of urban centres one limited-edition city guide at a time. >
"David Adjaye – Collaborations: Pitch Black" by Oliver Hardt

FilmFestFriday • 13 Feb 15

This excerpt from a new documentary on the architect David Adjaye goes inside his first project built in the US: the studio of artist Lorna Simpson. >
Self-portraits of Africa's past

Lookbook • 13 Feb 15

Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop is a prolific image-maker with one eye on history and the other on contemporary popular culture. >
The Berg Collection by Kate Rosenberg

Product Spotlight • 15 Feb 15

Cape Town ceramicist Kate Rosenberg translates the handwoven grass baskets of her childhood into oversized black clay vessel vases. >
The multiplier effect

Design News • 15 Feb 15

Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni is the man behind what is undoubtedly the most instantly recognisable bar stool in the world. >
Fresh starts

Design Frontiers • 16 Feb 15

The Take 2 exhibition at Design Indaba Expo will showcase designers who have given waste products a “do-over”. >

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