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Product spotlight: Chairman by Nawaaz Saldulker

Product Spotlight • 23 May 13

In the first of a new series looking at bespoke South African designs that demonstrate a unique craftsmanship, we feature Nawaaz Saldulker's Chairman. >
A beautiful way

Design News • 22 May 13

Abbott Miller commemorates the 175th anniversary of Green-Wood Cemetery with a life-like exhibition symbolising the park's paths, roads and burial sites. >
Sustainable energy how-to manual

Design News • 21 May 13

Eddie Opara has designed a how-to manual for New York City's innovative and sustainable geothermal heat pump system. >
Japanese lifestyle

Design News • 20 May 13

Shigeru Ban took part in Kenya Hara's "House Version" exhibition, showcasing the Western influence on Japanese lifestyle. >
Splash of colour

Design News • 20 May 13

Piet Hein Eek's folding bench concept is adaptable, comfortable and adds a splash of colour to the Verkadefabriek in the Netherlands. >
Performance style

Design News • 18 May 13

Suzaan Heyns designed performance looks for Toya Delazy and Reason at this year's MTN South African Music Awards. >
Urban redesign

Design News • 17 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Bjarke Ingels is the second contender to redevelop the iconic Miami Beach Convention Centre. >
Bar Design Initiative

Design News • 16 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Fine Brandy. By Design invites talented designers to create a mobile bar in the Bar Design Initiative. >
Lift off

Design News • 16 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Dror wins first place in the DawnTown’s 2013 Landmark Miami Ideas competition with their "MiamiLift" proposal. >
Celestial Origins

Design News • 15 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Mythical, magical and beautiful, the much-anticipated AuDITIONS 2013 | 2014 design competition, presented by AngloGold Ashanti, has officially launched. >
Weekend racer

Design News • 15 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Dutchmann and Tim Abbot collaborate to design a contemporary version of the iconic Porsche 912. >
Of science and sacrifices

Design News • 14 May 13

Bold and thought-provoking, Faith47 recently completed new artworks in London. >
Sound & light

Design News • 14 May 13

United Visual Artists explore notions of the visible and invisible in their "Continuum" installation. >
Winning Nature Trail

Design News • 13 May 13

Jason Bruges Studio's interactive installation "Nature Trail" has won an In Book award at this year's D&AD Awards. >
Golden era

Design News • 13 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Tom Dixon's "Spun" collection is reminiscent of extravagant disco halls of a golden era. >
Adaptable seating

Design News • 12 May 13

Dieter Rams has redesigned a 1962 chair, increasing its function and quality. >
Story in a jar

Design News • 11 May 13

Giving the timeless gift of a story has been made super easy (and sleek) by Rahim Bhimani with his new Story Jar Lite app. >
Vanishing lines

Design News • 10 May 13

United Visual Artists create an interactive installation that invites visitors to explore the concepts of perspective and space. >
Minimal dials

Design News • 9 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Naoto Fukasawa's set of dials monitoring air temperature, pressure and humidity are elegant and stylish. >
Alternative societies

Design News • 8 May 13

In Dunne & Raby's latest exhibition, United Micro Kingdoms: A Design Fiction, the duo creates fictional kingdoms that challenges various social norms. >
Flirtatious stools

Design News • 8 May 13

Marcel Wanders' new collection of barstools are a perfect blend of playfulness and functionality. >
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013

Lookbook • 7 May 13

Here are the 20 projects shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. >
Hooded seats

Design News • 7 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Patricia Urquiola takes inspiration from the hood of a garment to create a series of extremely comfortable chairs. >
Kids in the kitchen

Design News • 6 May 13

"Cooking with Kids" is a cool new app – a collaboration between Hat-trick, Great British Chefs and Tesco – that aims to get children excited about cooking. >

From the Archives

Athi and Irma

Q&A • 24 May 22

Finding connections between South Africa’s past and present >
Eye on the prize

Design News • 22 May 22

Mariam Issoufou Kamara, founder of the award-winning Atelier Masōmī, will lead the design of a new museum and cultural centre – Bët-bi – in southwestern Senegal >
Stylin’

Q&A • 22 May 22

Riyaadh Ismail’s sustainable, gender-neutral luxury streetwear redefines Johannesburg street culture >
Story of my life

Q&A • 16 May 22

Njabulo Maseko is on a mission to open doors for the youth to express the power of their inner creativity >

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