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Design News > Design Thinking

Light takes centre stage in six Milan Design Week exhibitions. >

17 Apr 23
Bomma: Form, philosophy and phenomena

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

Bomma creates exquisite light installations from handblown glass. >

19 Apr 17
Murals in abandoned buildings by Faith47

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Here are some recent images from Faith47's ongoing 7.83Hz project, which contrasts fragility in society and in our minds. >

3 Nov 16
Luzinterruptus illuminates social issues using light and photography

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Interaction Design

The anonymous collective Luzinterruptus is creating illuminating installations with light. >

30 May 16
Liquid Light Design

Liquid Light Design crafts beautiful, ultra-modern furniture from a range of perspex and glass. >

12 Nov 15
The power of Icelandic crystals are captured in the 101.86° light

Product Spotlight > Interaction Design / Product Design

Thomas Vailly and Laura Lynn Jansen examine the colourful nature of crystals to create layers of colourful illumination. >

1 Jul 15
Buzz lamp by The Artisan

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

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

1 Jun 15
Tri-light standing lamp by Dark Horse

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Cape Town studio Dark Horse launches a minimal lamp with their signature angular aesthetic. >

28 May 15
Hoi P'loy

Hoi P'loy draws on the past to create unique vintage revival lighting products. >

7 Nov 14
Product spotlight: Liz Chandelier

Product Spotlight > Industrial Design / Product Design

Luxe be a lady: Egg Design's new chandelier collection is big on glamour and smart to boot. >

12 Jun 14
#ANOTHERLIGHTUP

Be part of the community initiative to put #anotherlightup in Khayelitsha. Contribute towards building streetlights and light up Faith47's mural in Cape Town. >

5 Mar 14
#ANOTHERLIGHTUP on Cape Town's horizon

Do Tank News > Art & Photography / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design / Design Activism

#ANOTHERLIGHTUP by Design Indaba Trust, Faith47 and Thingking leverages street art with the capacity of crowd-funded community engagement. >

24 Feb 14
minima

Minima is the product design component of the architecture practice of Jacques Cronje Timber Design. >

19 Feb 14
Showtime.living

Showtime.living Furniture and Lighting Creations is a small new company founded by Paul Versfeld in early 2012. >

19 Feb 14
Theme specific

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Tom Dixon has redesigned the restaurant at the Tom Dixon Showroom using a selection of his new furniture and lighting collection. >

13 Aug 13
Dominic Harris: Lighting can transform mood

Video Interviews > Product Design

“Lighting can transform the mood of a person,” says Dominic Harris. He believes in using lighting to achieve advanced effects. >

19 Oct 12
Walking the talk

Profiling > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Sometimes you need to shout, other times you need to talk. But you’ve always got to walk the talk, Jens Martin Skibsted believes. >

1 Oct 12
How Tom Dixon outsmarts his imitators

Video Interviews > Industrial Design / Product Design

The prolific industrial designer tells us how he has outstayed his many "made in China" imitators. >

27 Sep 12
Trained naturally

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Studio Tjep designed elements of the new Fabbrica restaurant in The Netherlands. They made it less shiny and more natural. >

9 Jan 12
Capsule shop

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The flowing, elegant design of a shop that sells luxury clothing in Budapest gives the space an exhibition-like look and feel. >

25 Dec 11
Cultural magnetism

Design News > Craft / Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Director of the Museum of Architecture, Design and Urbanism in Mexico, Regina Pozo Ruiz gives a whistle-stop-tour of contemporary design. >

3 Aug 11
Three times

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

3Beirut is a new development by Foster + Partners in Lebanon, which hopes to promote urban renewal in the capital. >

12 Jun 11
Giddy up

Design News > Product Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Made with love in Cape Town, Dark Horse is a new designer furniture and apparel shop. >

8 Jun 11
Beautiful bulb at Milan2011

Design News > Product Design

Tom Dixon’s new Bulb proves that energy efficient lighting does not have to be ugly. >

26 Mar 11

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