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Swarovski

  • Photographs: Consumer Electronics Show, LG.
    Tech trends
    Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design / Product Design
    The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show offers a glimpse into the future of technology. >
    23 Jan 24
  • Lauren Bowker, The Unseen
    Lauren Bowker is making the world a little more colourful
    Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Interaction Design / Product Design
    The designer and innovator believes in pushing the limits of science, textiles and the natural world. >
    10 Oct 19
  • MBOISA.
    2014 Most Beautiful Object in South Africa
    Product Spotlight > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation / Product Design
    The complete list of finalists for the 2014 Most Beautiful Object in South Africa is revealed. Who will get your vote? >
    29 Jan 14
  • Gabriel Chandelier by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec.
    Bright crystals
    Design News > Product Design
    The Bouroullec brothers illuminate the Palace of Versailles with a majestic crystal chandelier. >
    22 Nov 13
  • Asif Khan at Design Indaba Conference 2013
    Asif Khan on creating experiences determined by those who experience them
    Talks > Architecture & Interiors
    At Design Indaba Conference 2013 Asif Khan questions the future of architecture and whether it can be "lightweight, simple and intuitive”. >
    6 Nov 13
  • Asif Khan
    Asif Khan
    Asif Khan's work embraces the fields of architecture, industrial and furniture design, pushing the disciplines in interesting new directions. >
    15 Feb 13
  • Lolita
    Design News > Interaction Design
    Ron Arad's "Lolita" installation looks to the sharing of personal memories. >
    18 Sep 12
  • Thought Cloud
    Design News > Interaction Design
    Maarten Baas's "Thought Cloud" uses crystal clouds to symbolise hope for remembering in the digital age. >
    8 Sep 12
  • Dror Benshetrit
    Dror Benshetrit has developed an interdisciplinary practice specialising in innovative design projects, spanning architecture, interiors and art direction. >
    20 Dec 10
  • Paper Planes by Doshi Levien. Photo via designboom.
    At home on a Paper Plane
    Design News > Product Design
    Doshi Levien’s new range of furniture for Moroso, Paper Planes, incorporates Swarovski crystal elements into functional design. >
    1 Aug 10
  • AMPLIFY by Yves Béhar.
    Swarovski at Milan 2010
    Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking
    “1 crystal + 1 low energy LED light + a faceted paper shade = AMPLIFY” asserted Yves Béhar at this year’s Swarovski Crystal Palace. >
    21 May 10
  • Living Crystal Chandelier
    Chandelier grown from crystals at Milan 2010
    Design News > Product Design
    Tokujin Yoshioka’s Living Crystal Chandelier was grown in a mineral bath mixed with Swarovski crystals. >
    15 Apr 10
  • Yves Béhar
    Yves Béhar
    Yves Béhar is the founder of the San Francisco and New York integrated design agency, fuseproject. >
    12 Feb 09
  • Hella Jongerius. Photo: Markus Jans.
    Hella Jongerius
    Hella Jongerius is an internationally celebrated contemporary product designer, born in the Netherlands. >
    10 Feb 09
  • Craft debate: Justin McGuirk
    Design News > Product Design / Craft
    Editor of Icon, a Design Indaba media partner, Justin McGuirk weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
    1 Feb 09
  • Arne Quinze
    Orchestrating chaos
    Design News > Product Design
    Since Burning Man 2006, wooden clouds have started creeping across the world's cityscapes like rising damp. >
    1 Aug 08
  • Dutch treat
    Festival News > Industrial Design / Product Design / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Four internationally renowned speakers at the Design Indaba 2007 share Dutch roots and an eye for design. >
    1 Feb 07
  • Story teller
    Opinion > Product Design / Creative Economy
    Design brings stories to life. Or so says Yves Béhar, whose own tale is made up of one brand success story after another. >
    1 Feb 06
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