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Community housing

Design News • 6 May 13

Shigeru Ban's housing project for Sri Lanka creates a sense of community in the disaster-struck Kirinda village. >
Celebrated works

Design News • 3 May 13

The "Momentané" exhibition in Paris highlights 15 years of work done by the renowned Bouroullec brothers. >
Organic shades

Design News • 2 May 13

Fernando and Humberto Campana combine elements of French and Brazilian culture to create an unconventional light source. >
Rossana Orlandi at Milan 2013

Design News • 1 May 13 • Sponsored Content

A short roundup of the work of talented emerging designers from around the world, as curated by Rossana Orlandi. >
Woven wood

Design News • 1 May 13 • Sponsored Content

Bearing resemblance to African furniture design, Patricia Urquiola designs a wooden chair for Moroso. >
Lifelong timber

Design News • 30 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

The "Architecture and Humanitarian Activities" exhibition highlights the lifelong work and career of renowned architect Shigeru Ban. >
Full Moon

Design News • 30 Apr 13

Nika Zupanc unveils her first creation for Sé, a lamp inspired by sport motifs and 1950s furniture. >
Balaclava bear

Design News • 29 Apr 13

Sootcookie ceramics and Alex Goldberg have collaborated to design a range of characters who create havoc in the woods. >
Comfort zone

Design News • 27 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Jaime Hayón's "Ro" armchair means "tranquility" in Danish and resembles just that. >
Keeping time

Design News • 26 Apr 13

Marcel Wanders has extended his "Dressed" collection with a series of wristwatches, each being unique to its wearer. >
Take flight

Design News • 25 Apr 13

Spilt Milk's Autumn/Winter 2013 collection takes inspiration from the beauty of birds in flight. >
Honeycomb jewels

Design News • 25 Apr 13

Benjamin Hubert's latest jewellery collection takes inspiration from bees and natural patterns. >
Nature verses science

Design News • 24 Apr 13

Troika's first solo exhibition "The Far Side of Reason" combines new and old works to investigate the tension between perception and reality. >
Makr Shakr: a robotic creation

Design News • 23 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Carlo Ratti's "Makr Shakr" allows people to become their own virtual barman. >
European city

Design News • 22 Apr 13

Bjarke Ingels' "Europacity" will provide the Île-de-France community with a commercial and cultural hotspot. >
Comfortably colourful

Design News • 21 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Colour, colour and more colour, Patricia Urquiola’s latest chair collection brightens any living or working environment. >
Wooden simplicity

Design News • 20 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Naoto Fukasawa extended his "Maruni" furniture collection at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair and paid tribute to traditional Japanese craftsmanship. >
Jungle Jim turns heads in Milan

Design News • 19 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Local pulp-fiction zine takes over windows of popular department store La Rinascente during Milan design week >
Backstage with Nichetto and Nendo

Lookbook • 19 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Here is a look at Nendo and Nichetto's collaboration, from start to finish, for the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Comfort & style

Design News • 19 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Eye-grabbing elegance is just one of the many descriptions for BarberOsgerby's sofa collection for Knoll. >
Tea time

Design News • 18 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Scholten & Baijings' "Tea with Georg" collection interprets characteristics of a traditional Japanese tea ceremony for contemporary Western use. >
Imaginary museum

Design News • 17 Apr 13

Jon Stam's"Imaginary Museum" is an exhibition that can be viewed anywhere and at any time. >
Smooth movements

Design News • 17 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec teamed up with BMW to create an installation that looks to the relaxing experience of a slow and smooth moving mechanism. >
No bad colours

Design News • 16 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Ron Arad's vision for a productive working environment is a colour-changing wall that stimulates the work ethic of employees. >

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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