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Brazil's got the solar power tower

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

It might look like something that belongs to a futuristic movie, but it may well become a symbol of Brazil’s commitment to a sustainability. >

26 May 10
Bruce Marks at the Edge Glass Gallery

Design News > Product Design / Craft

Renowned South African-born glass artist, Bruce Marks will be exhibiting his work at the Edge Glass Gallery in Cape Town. >

25 May 10
Comic relief

Design News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Sometimes South Africans need to sit back and have a good ol' laugh at themselves. The group exhibition Foul! helps the laughing along. >

24 May 10
The Synthetic Kingdom

Design News > Interaction Design

The Synthetic Kingdom by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg considers how natural or unnatural life will be classified when life is built by humans. >

24 May 10
Bedroom Biology for Teenagers

Design News > Interaction Design

Dearbhaile Heaney’s Bedroom Biology for Teenagers is a guide to biological experimentation within the home using engineered bacteria. >

24 May 10
Cellularity

Design News > Interaction Design

Cellularity by James King explores the development of cell-like structures, or “chells” that mimic the features of biological cells. >

24 May 10
Softest words

Design News > Interaction Design

Softest Words by Kevin Grennan proposes a private love letter written in unique ink made of the saliva of two lovers. >

24 May 10
The Gaia Corporation

Design News > Interaction Design

The Gaia Corporation by J Paul Neeley explores the implications of synthetic biology by imagining the world in 2023. >

24 May 10
(In)visible membrane

Design News > Interaction Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Sonja Bäumel’s (In)visible Membrane is about life on the human body and its design applications. >

24 May 10
Venter creates synthetic life

Design News > Interaction Design

We finally know why Dr J Craig Venter could not attend the 2010 Design Indaba Conference in person. Yesterday he announced his breakthrough. >

21 May 10
Three other designs from Milan 2010

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

The Green Trace umbrella stand by Innovo, Forte musical furniture by 45 Kilo and Laikingland’s nonsensical machines. >

21 May 10
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
Four upcycled designs at Milan2010

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Bottleformball by Heath Nash, Saved by Droog, 380 Tiles by Vicolo Paglia Corta and Cuisine d'Objets by 5.5 designers. >

21 May 10
Six chairs from Milan 2010

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

Alejandro Aravena, Tokujin Yoshioko, Patricia Urquiola, Marcel Wanders, Thomas Heatherwick and François Azambourg take a seat. >

21 May 10
The “Proef” is in the pudding

Design News > Food Design

And not just the pudding… The beautifully designed food and festive ambiance at the new Proef restaurant will have you trying everything. >

20 May 10
Youth mag drives social change

Design News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy

Gavin Weale, winner of the UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur Award, is showing disadvantaged youths that creativity can change the world. >

20 May 10
Putting the fun in filing

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

Orgafile is not another boring storage solution. It's as much fun as playing with Lego blocks and has won the coveted Red Dot Award. >

20 May 10
The power of solar systems

Design News > Design Thinking

Nadine Botha reviews the annual Freewheeling Festival, which ran from 19 to 22 March 2010 at the Stanford Valley Guest Farm near Hermanus. >

19 May 10
Give a little sun love

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Ross Lovegrove's Velux Sun Tunnel can channel direct sunlight into the heart of any room. >

18 May 10
Monumental fashion

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

A collaboration between photographer Guido Schwarz and designer Lara Klawikowski was bound to be different. >

18 May 10
“Come on. I’m talking to you. Come on.”

Design News > Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design

Musicians Danny K and Kabelo Mabalane have revived the lyrics of "Shout" to call on South Africans to join the fight against crime. >

17 May 10
Braai… Brixton-style

Design News > Product Design

Artist Zander Blom and designer Adriaan Hugo have together created the braai of all braais, “Die Laaste Braai”. >

17 May 10
Sound or sci-fi?

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Music & Sound Design / Design Thinking

Speakers that look like washing machines with solar panels attached to them in the middle of the desert? >

13 May 10
Umbro team up with artists for World Champions Collection

Design News > Product Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

In celebration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Umbro invited seven creatives to design the World Champions Collection. >

13 May 10

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