April 2015 Archive

#MakeChange: The incredible growing shoe

Design Frontiers • 30 Apr 15

An American innovator has designed a pair of robust shoes that can be adjusted up to five sizes so poor children need never go barefoot. >
“Zvichapera” by Chiwoniso

Track of the Week • 30 Apr 15

This haunting and melodic track was the last studio recording by the late Zimbabwean 'mbira' queen, released this week almost two years after her death. >
Nordic designers help the needy

Design News • 29 Apr 15

Nordic Designers Aid plans to open a fashion boutique in Cape Town that will fund craft and design workshops for low-income communities. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Akosua Afriye-Kumi

Lookbook • 29 Apr 15

Handbag designer Akosua Afriye-Kumi took us on a trip to the unlikely home of her handcrafted fashion label AAKS: the dusty villages of Bolgatanga, Ghana. >
How art shaped the Missoni brand

Lookbook • 29 Apr 15

A new retrospective exhibition explores how art and fashion are closely intertwined in the identity of great Italian fashion house Missoni. >
Who made my clothes?

Design News • 24 Apr 15

Fashion Revolution Day encourages consumers to be more aware of the fashion supply chains they buy into. >
Droog's hardware will make you happy

Design News • 23 Apr 15

The Dutch studio puts the fun into functional with an award-winning range of smile-inducing nuts and bolts. >
Judging a bookstore by its cover

Design News • 23 Apr 15

The newly opened Taschen bookstore in Milan has a luxe interior that combines traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge design. >
An encounter between faith and design

Design News • 22 Apr 15

Local designer Nawaaz Saldulker is included in "Islamopolitan", a travelling exhibition that is part of Milan 2015. >
Argali and Dew by Hella Jongerius

Product Spotlight • 22 Apr 15

Hella Jongerius’s two new rug designs will give handmade enthusiasts a reason to celebrate. >
Business of Design returns in 2015

Design News • 22 Apr 15

The two-day seminar programme returns to Johannesburg and Cape Town in May, with a new line up of speakers. >
Memories in watercolour

Design News • 21 Apr 15

Cape Town watercolour artist and designer Euodia Roets talks about her pamper boutique brand Touchee Feelee. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Katherine-Mary Pichulik

Lookbook • 21 Apr 15

Accessories designer Kat Pichulik took us inside her world as she prepped for the launch of her AW2015 collection last week. >
8 illustrators on #NoToXenophobia

Lookbook • 20 Apr 15

Local illustrators respond to our call for poster designs speaking out against the xenophobic attacks visited on foreign Africans this past week. >
Gong Repeater by Jordi Pla

Product Spotlight • 20 Apr 15

This Spanish designer creates a wall clock that forces people to slow down. >
Eating and shitting, Milan-style

Design News • 17 Apr 15

Design Academy Eindhoven’s “Eat Shit” exhibition at Ventura Lambrate looks at the myriad ways our lives revolve around human waste. >
Bellissimo! Pichulik does it again

Lookbook • 17 Apr 15

“Pietra Terra”, the latest collection by Katherine Pichulik, imagines Italy through an African lens. >
Designers breathe new life into Milan

Lookbook • 17 Apr 15

“Liveability” seems to be a common thread among the designs on show at Milan Design Week 2015. >
Finding hope in rope

Lookbook • 16 Apr 15

Sep Verboom's new lamp and stool at Milan Design Week 2015 were inspired by a rope-making community in the Philippines. >
“Godwin” by Korede Bello

Track of the Week • 16 Apr 15

A beat-infused dance track by young Nigerian singer-songwriter Korede Bello, delivered with his trademark Elvis wink. >
Satyendra Pahkalé launches two designs in Milan

Design News • 16 Apr 15

The Amsterdam-based designer’s new extendable glass table for FIAM and contemporary corseted chair for Poltrona Frau. >
Self-made Seat by Matali Crasset

Product Spotlight • 16 Apr 15

The ever-playful French designer deconstructs the sofa into an endlessly adjustable seating system. >
Four social impact winners of A' Design Awards

Design News • 15 Apr 15

There are hundreds of winners in 89 different design disciplines in the A' Design Awards & Competition. Here are four that could have the greatest impact. >
A lamp you turn over to switch on

Design Frontiers • 15 Apr 15

The Brick lamp by New York City-based HCWD Studio turns on with no power switch or control panel. >

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