2016 Archive

Amahlé’s Ndebele inspired jewellery for a European market

Product Spotlight • 6 Jul 16

The Africa-inspired jewellery is designed to be sophisticated, yet durable enough for everyday use. >
Furniture design spun from solid yarn

Product Spotlight • 4 Jul 16

Bobbin is a range of furniture recognised for its innovative and award-winning textile technique. >
Alby Apparel promises liquid-repellent breathable clothes

Product Spotlight • 29 Jun 16

Using patented Fillium technology, wearing these Alby Apparel clothes promises to dramatically reduce your washing load. >
The meat-free burger that bleeds

Product Spotlight • 29 Jun 16

Impossible Foods has developed an entirely vegetarian burger that simulates meat so effectively that it bleeds. >
Shoes that are wearable for longer win cradle to cradle design challenge

Product Spotlight • 28 Jun 16

Virginia Tech student designs modular shoe with parts that can be disassembled to recycle or decompose. >
ZERO PER STOOL exemplifies craft with a zero-waste focus

Product Spotlight • 23 Jun 16

Upcycling design studio in South Korea creates distinctive seating design without letting a single scrap of wood go to waste. >
Chinese start-up Origins works to purify the air

Product Spotlight • 14 Jun 16

Founded in one of the smoggiest cities in the world, Origins’ machines don’t only detect the toxins in the air, they try to remove them as well. >
Lyfe: A levitating planter

Product Spotlight • 7 Jun 16

The Swedish design team at Flyte introduce us to the future of planting with zero gravity plants. >
BooToo: locally designed educational toys

Product Spotlight • 2 Jun 16

South African entrepreneur Daniel Jillings, creates aesthetically pleasing children’s toys. >
Graphite: a modular honeycomb-shaped shelving system

Product Spotlight • 1 Jun 16

A storage system designed to be sturdy and fully customisable. >
Tshepo Sedumo’s handmade portable boomboxes

Product Spotlight • 26 May 16

The Johannesburg-based startup Grove Audio creates custom designed wooden boomboxes. >
AbsorbPlate cuts calories by reducing grease on your plate

Product Spotlight • 24 May 16

The dinner plate’s design has perforations in its surface to trap excess grease. >
BaseLantern: a new project by BioLite

Product Spotlight • 23 May 16

The BaseLantern portable lantern is designed for off-grid usage. >
Livi brings nature indoors

Product Spotlight • 17 May 16

The portable planter has a new take on interacting with nature. >
Wear Your Label wants a stigma-free society

Product Spotlight • 16 May 16

Wear Your Label gets people talking about mental health through fashion and jewellery design. >
Oded Ezer designs the Life/Death t-shirt

Product Spotlight • 13 May 16

Tel Aviv-based graphic design artist Oded Exer designed a t-shirt to help refugees. >
The Muko furniture series is designed with kids in mind

Product Spotlight • 4 May 16

Today’s kids spend more and more time seated. These chairs are designed to ensure their comfort. >
Backpacks made from blankets

Product Spotlight • 2 May 16

Sibusiso Mokhachane makes backpacks from blankets to celebrate his heritage and help the world unlearn African stereotypes. >
BeSeens: LED imbedded, hand-signalling cycling gloves

Product Spotlight • 29 Apr 16

BeSeens use motion detection and LED lighting to make indicating safer for cyclists. >
EnerGaia’s rival new production method for Spirulina

Product Spotlight • 28 Apr 16

Thailand-based EnerGaia has created a unique bioreactor to manufacture a purer Spirulina sustainably. >
Anna Raimondo’s latest collection – NOIR

Product Spotlight • 27 Apr 16

Cape Town’s Anna Raimondo releases her latest range, NOIR, for her jewellery design company, Smith. >
The Mimi Moto cookstove is cleaner and safer than traditional cookstoves

Product Spotlight • 26 Apr 16

Mimi Moto’s cookstove makes clean, safe cooking accessible to everyone. >
Green Product: From PET bottles to this range of chairs

Product Spotlight • 11 Apr 16

The LJ series by Dutch studio De Vorm is a range of chairs and stools that feature a strong, soft felt material that is made of recycled PET bottles. >
Green Product: The Su first aid tool helps prevent choking

Product Spotlight • 4 Apr 16

The simple Su first aid tool can help prevent a person who has fainted or had a fit from choking on their tongue. >

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