Design News

  • Geometry class
    Design News • 28 Jan 14
    French designer Matali Crasset creates colourful geometric two trays for the Alessi Spring-Summer 2014 collection. >
  • Honeycomb by Bjarke Ingels.
    Island style
    Design News • 28 Jan 14
    The Honeycomb by Bjarke Ingels Group will create an environment for work, play and luxury unlike any other resort in the Bahamas. >
  • PetNic by Miriam Mirri for AdiAlessi Spring-Summer 2014.
    Picnic with pooch
    Design News • 26 Jan 14
    Here's one for all the dog-lovers: A picnic basket for outdoor adventures designed with your canine companion in mind. >
  • Georgie. B Summer 2013/2014 collection.
    Seaside glamour
    Lookbook • 26 Jan 14
    Georgie.B has released a fresh Summer 2013/2014 collection exuding seaside glamour. >
  • Gwangju River Reading Room by David Adjaye & Taiye Selasi.
    Down by the river
    Design News • 24 Jan 14
    David Adjaye has completed the Gwangju River Reading Room, a human rights pavilion in South Korea. >
  • Pulmen 002 energy efficient light bulb by Nicolas Roope.
    Light bulb moment
    Design News • 24 Jan 14
    Energy efficient light bulbs have a bad rap for being ugly and producing terrible light quality, however the Hulger Plumen 002 design busts this stereotype. >
  • Emerging Creatives Design Indaba Expo 2014.
    2014 Emerging Creatives lookbook – Part 2
    Lookbook • 24 Jan 14
    Design Indaba presents the 2014 Emerging Creatives and a sneak peek into their creative portfolios. >
  • Hybrid radio by Mathieu Lehanneur for Lexon.
    Radio Ga Ga
    Design News • 22 Jan 14 • Sponsored Content
    If you think radios will follow the same fate as snail mail – becoming an artefact of bygone days – Mathieu Lehanneur's latest design will make you think twice. >
  • Marcello Serpa for Havaianas.
    Marcello Serpa for Havaianas
    Lookbook • 21 Jan 14 • Sponsored Content
    The global popularity of Havaianas is testament to the consistent, brilliant creative work of Brazilian-born creative director Marcello Serpa. Have a look. >
  • Alcove Plume by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
    Throne of comfort
    Design News • 21 Jan 14
    The Bouroullec Brothers have extended their Alcove product family with the addition of a new sofa at imm cologne 2014. >
  • Lump collection by Nendo for Urushi Kobo Oshima. Image: Akihiro Yoshida.
    Wooden kitchenware
    Design News • 19 Jan 14 • Sponsored Content
    Nendo has designed a collection of kitchenware for Urushi Kobo Oshima that showcases the beauty in natural wood. >
  • Hap Four apartment block in New York City designed by Karim Rashid.
    The colour purple
    Design News • 18 Jan 14
    Karim Rashid's design of the Hap Four apartment block in New York exudes affordable luxury. >
  • Abbott Miller has designed environmental graphics for Tadao Ando's new arts center at the Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico.
    Walk this way
    Design News • 18 Jan 14
    Abbott Miller designs a fresh system of signage and wayfinding for the Centro Roberto Garza Sada arts centre at the University of Monterrey in Mexico. >
  • Yasiin Bey.
    Tune into Africa
    Design News • 17 Jan 14 • Sponsored Content
    International renowned hip hop artist and actor Yasiin Bey (a.k.a. Mos Def) launches a special music project “Live In Africa” with live once-off performances. >
  • 2014 Emerging Creatives.
    2014 Emerging Creatives lookbook – Part 1
    Lookbook • 17 Jan 14
    Design Indaba presents the 2014 Emerging Creatives and a sneak peek into their creative portfolios. >
  • Rois de la Forêt collection vase by Marcel Wanders for Baccarat.
    Intricate crystal
    Design News • 16 Jan 14
    Marcel Wanders has designed a striking vase for Baccarat, made from crystal and marble. >
  • 'Club Céramique', A0-sized screenprinted poster for NAiM / Bureau Europa (Maastricht, NL), 2010
    Experimental Jetset portfolio
    Lookbook • 15 Jan 14
    Design Indaba Conference 2014 speakers, Experimental Jetset is an Amsterdam-based graphic design studio. Here's a quick snapshot of some of their work. >
  • "In the Making" exhibition by BarberOsgerby for the Design Museum London. Image: Mirko Krizanovic.
    Objects in the making
    Design News • 15 Jan 14
    BarberOsgerby has curated Design Museum's "In the Making" exhibition that showcases a variety of objects halfway through their manufacturing process. >
  • The Silent Village furniture collection by Brynjar Sigurðarson.
    Fishing for furniture
    Design News • 15 Jan 14
    Brynjar Sigurðarson uses an Icelandic fishing technique as the inspiration for his "The Silent Village Collection" of furniture. >
  • Bold by Hella Jongerius for Danskina.
    Woven wares
    Design News • 14 Jan 14
    Dutch product designer and new design director of Danskina, Hella Jongerius shows a new collection of rugs at imm cologne 2014. >
  • MegaFon Sochi Winter Olympics by Asif Khan.
    Kinetic façade
    Design News • 14 Jan 14
    Asif Khan has designed “a Mount Rushmore of the digital age” for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. >
  • Freddy Sam's Madiba mural from the original photo by Bob Gosani © BAHA foundation.
    Madiba memorial mural
    Design News • 13 Jan 14
    Cape Town-based street artist Freddy Sam has unveiled a ten-storey tall mural of Madiba in the inner city of Johannesburg. >
  • Tool the Perpetual Calendar by Tom Dixon.
    Calendar accessories
    Design News • 12 Jan 14
    Tom Dixon looks to sustainable design with his Tool the Perpetual Calendar, which is made from stainless steel and can be reused year after year. >
  • Theory interior design by Nendo.
    Go with the flow
    Design News • 12 Jan 14
    Nendo takes inspiration from city streets and movement patterns for the design of interiors for the retail spaces of fashion label Theory. >

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    Design News • 24 Apr 22
    Design Indaba alumnus and Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash rises to the challenge of inequality with his scientific inventions >
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    Q&A • 24 Apr 22
    Moeko Selebalo’s considered simplifications distil the very essence of what it means to be alive >
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    Design News • 24 Apr 22
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    Design News • 17 Apr 22
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