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  • Tom Dixon works across lighting, furniture as well as accessories
    Design Frontiers > Product Design
    The British designer behind the iconic S-chair will be returning to the Design Indaba stage next week! >
    13 Feb 18
  • Photo ark project
    A photographer is building a photographic ark of animals before they go extinct
    Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism
    National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore's project The Photo Ark currently holds photos of over 6500 distinct animal species. >
    5 Jun 17
  • Mediated Matter - Synthetic Apiary
    The first bee born in captivity
    Design News > Design Thinking
    The Synthetic Apiary proposes an alternative living arrangement for bees. >
    17 Oct 16
  • Tyneside lounger by David Irwin.
    Tyneside lounger by David Irwin
    Product Spotlight > Industrial Design
    The Irish designer's timber chair for Deadgood began life as cinema seating. >
    2 Oct 14
  • Tom Dixon
    Tom Dixon on the world’s most expensive vibrator
    Talks > Product Design
    Tom Dixon talks about his work, from starting as a welder to designing the world’s most expensive vibrator. >
    3 Dec 10
  • The Conran mind
    Reviews > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy
    Home is where the heart is the old adage goes. And this is certainly true for Sir Terence Conran. >
    28 Aug 10
  • Insect Hotel. Photo via designboom.
    A bug's life
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking
    Insects are an important part of our biodiversity. Arup provides them five-star treatment with the Insect Hotel. >
    15 Jul 10
  • The Bouroullec Brothers at DI2010
    Festival News > Product Design
    Innovation and originality are the calling cards for Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. >
    11 Dec 09
  • Sir Terence Conran
    Sir Terence Conran
    Sir Terence Conran is one of the world’s best-known designers, restauranteurs and retailers. >
    14 Feb 09
  • Simon Sankarayya
    Simon Sankarayya
    Simon Sankarayya is the founder of award-winning interactive design and user-experience agency AllofUs and the president of D&AD. >
    14 Feb 09
  • Tom Dixon
    Tom Dixon
    Tom Dixon OBE is a self-taught product designer, based in London. >
    12 Feb 09
  • Online innovation
    Design News > Interaction Design
    Daljit Singh is creative director and founder of Digit, one of the world's longest-established digital agencies. >
    1 May 07
  • Tom Dixon design maverick
    Q&A > Product Design
    Celebrated UK designer Tom Dixon was born in Africa - in Sfax, Tunisia, to be exact. So we proudly claim him as one of our own. >
    1 Aug 05
  • Life in design
    Dialogues > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design
    Sean O'Toole spoke to Sir Terence about his extraordinary achievements, asking him how he would like to be remembered one day. >
    1 Feb 03
  • From sir with love
    Opinion > Product Design
    Sir Terence Conran, England's pioneering design innovator, requires little introduction. >
    1 Nov 02
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