June 2015 Archive

The MOTI rules out all excuses for bad habits

Product Spotlight • 8 Jun 15

The MOTI is a personable smart accessory that helps you train yourself into good habits. >
Focus On: Luxury

Focus On • 5 Jun 15

Luxury may have always been a relative thing but its definition is shifting more than ever in our time-starved, media-saturated world. >
Southern Guild at Design Miami/Basel 2015

Design News • 5 Jun 15

The South African gallery Southern Guild has put together a collection that bristles with raw texture. >
Cocoon Light by Clarisse Design

Product Spotlight • 4 Jun 15

Durban-based studio Clarisse Design launches a light inspired by the silk web of a cocoon. >
Dutch students upcycle old KLM interior into new products

Design News • 4 Jun 15

Students for the Design Academy Eindhoven turn discarded material from the KLM cabins into inventive new travel items. >
Matali Crasset’s “We Trust In Wood” project supports local craftsmen in France

Product Spotlight • 4 Jun 15

Matali Crasset collaborates with craftsmen in the rural French woodland of La Muese. >
3 films by South African artist Michael MacGarry

Next Generation • 4 Jun 15

Contrary to what he might have you believe, Michael MacGarry's film work is not "all theory and no practice". >
A cross-continental architecture studio with solutions for Harare’s informal traders

African Report • 4 Jun 15

The architects behind Studio [D] Tale propose a set of innovative designs to improve life for informal traders in African cities. >
5 tips for young architects from Thorsten Deckler

Inside View • 3 Jun 15

Thorsten Deckler, the co-founder of 26’10 South Architects, says sharpening your creative skills starts with looking outside the industry. >
Tabanlıoğlu Architects recognised for Dakar Congress Centre

Design News • 3 Jun 15

Istanbul-based Tabanlıoğlu Architects wins a trio of awards, including one for the Dakar Congress Centre with its distinctive latticed roof. >
A cell phone designed to be used as little as possible

Product Spotlight • 2 Jun 15

The Lightphone is a thoughtfully designed phone that allows you to be more connected to the moment. >
Skinny laMinx launches Diggi Dot collection

Product Spotlight • 2 Jun 15

South Africa's favourite fabric designer, Heather Moore of Skinny laMinx, goes all sweet and subtle in her new collection. >
Seven films about African creativity at Encounters

Design News • 2 Jun 15

These films at the annual Encounters documentary festival probe compelling issues at play in Africa’s creative landscape. >
30 Weeks supercharges entrepreneurial training for designers

Design News • 2 Jun 15

A team of New York design schools in collaboration with Google have created 30 Weeks, a hybrid between a tech incubator and design school. >
Surfers become citizen scientists with the Smartphin

Design Frontiers • 2 Jun 15

The Smartphin enables surfers to collect vital information about the changing condition of the oceans in the hostile near-shore zone. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Marije Vogelzang

Lookbook • 1 Jun 15

Food, a musical swing and red stockings populated our Instagram account as “eating designer” Marije Vogelzang took over. >
Alejandro Aravena’s UC Innovation Centre wins 2015 Design of the Year Award for Architecture

Design News • 1 Jun 15

London’s Design Museum selects the Chilean’s university building over 15 other acclaimed nominees. >
Buzz lamp by The Artisan

Product Spotlight • 1 Jun 15

A rugged copper-pipe lamp from Ingrid Auret and Jovan Geldenhuys of The Artisan launches today. >

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