Design News

  • For the love of trees
    Design News • 26 May 11
    A new tracking system hopes to protect the lush forests and valuable trees of Liberia >
  • Moon boot
    Design News • 25 May 11
    United Nude’s Flat Pack shoe is ideal for a lunar environment, should you want to go and live on the moon. >
  • Smog consumption
    Design News • 25 May 11
    Since buildings account for so much of energy use, wouldn’t it be nice if they could help clean the air? >
  • Product support
    Design News • 25 May 11
    The Cape Craft and Design Institute now has a Product Support Space with a range of new machinery. >
  • Second skin
    Design News • 24 May 11
    Safe sex is made sexy with the Second Skin. Check out urban africa’s condom pouch. >
  • Over the rainbow
    Design News • 24 May 11
    Creations this colourful can't not make one smile. And what makes it even better is that it removes plastic pollution from beaches. >
  • Photo: Erik Saillet, courtesy Granville Gallery.
    Natural cuttings
    Design News • 24 May 11
    Matali Crasset’s Cuttings range of objects is the result of a collaboration with Dutch glass blower Vincent Breed. >
  • Abilities of design
    Design News • 23 May 11
    The What Design Can Do conference in Amsterdam brings together creatives thinking about design as a mindset for addressing social issues. >
  • Hidden earphones
    Design News • 22 May 11
    Nendo's new Otokurage earphones for Elecom is reminiscent of a jellyfish. >
  • Paula Scher mural
    Paula Scher mural
    Design News • 22 May 11 • Sponsored Content
    Paula Scher's new murals at the Queens Metropolitan Campus creates a world in one room. >
  • Made to fit
    Design News • 21 May 11
    Vivian Chiu’s Inception Chair comprises 10 chair frames that all fit together to form one, very interesting, seat. >
  • Kerstin Eser and Christopher Strong.
    Possibilities
    Design News • 21 May 11
    Openness to Explore at Freeworld Design Centre features the second series of room-size exhibitions by top creatives. >
  • Cups of cocoa
    Design News • 19 May 11
    fuseproject's Talamanca Cocoa project raises awareness about the positive aspects of organic cocoa farming in Costa Rica. >
  • Quilted
    Design News • 18 May 11
    The honeycomb-like Quilt series of sofas and chairs by the Bouroullec Brothers now comes in a new colourway. >
  • Cathedral moods
    Design News • 17 May 11
    Anish Kapoor's cathedral-like installation in Paris reflects on the transitive nature of instants. >
  • Light bulb moment
    Design News • 17 May 11
    Google have launched an LED light bulb which can be controlled by any Android device, paving the way for a new type of energy efficiency. >
  • Pattern people
    Design News • 16 May 11 • Sponsored Content
    Renée Rossouw and Laduma Ngxokolo take abstract patterns from school-day simplicity to allusions about personal identity. >
  • Handling pressure
    Design News • 16 May 11
    A new innovation allows people to monitor their blood pressure using their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. >
  • Mesh-merised
    Design News • 16 May 11 • Sponsored Content
    Tom Dixon's Mesh chair aspires to be almost invisible. >
  • A material world
    Design News • 15 May 11
    The four young partners of Fibra Design Sustentável are rethinking our material world. Theirs is no small goal, nor easy task. >
  • Considered design space
    Design News • 15 May 11 • Sponsored Content
    The Milan Furniture Fair celebrateed its golden jubilee this year, drawing some 320 000 visitors. >
  • Design as dance
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Calling on the power of artistry to move a viewer, Dror Benshetrit proposes modern dance as a fitting analogy for luxury design. >
  • Shy The Sun
    Sunny Side Up
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Shy The Sun has taken their brand of quirky fantasy and broken commercial boundaries both locally and abroad. >
  • West Coast Forager
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Bokkoms, dune spinach and dried seaweed are just some of the unique ingredients Kobus van der Merwe uses in his locavore dishes. >

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From the Archives

  • Frugal science
    Design News • 24 Apr 22
    Design Indaba alumnus and Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash rises to the challenge of inequality with his scientific inventions >
  • Design thinking writ large
    Q&A • 24 Apr 22
    Moeko Selebalo’s considered simplifications distil the very essence of what it means to be alive >
  • Mi casa es su casa
    Design News • 24 Apr 22
    Chilean firm Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados designs a red house on stilts on the island of Chiloé >
  • Pavilions on a pedestal
    Design News • 17 Apr 22
    Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great? >