Design News

  • Afterfacts
    Design News • 1 Nov 10
    In the future gallery of now, photographer Guido Schwarz turns the gaze to nostalgic artefacts that inspirit a second life. >
  • Die Antwoord. Photo: Sean Meterlerkamp.
    From the Zef Side to the Guggenheim
    Design News • 1 Nov 10
    It's not every day that a zef band from South Africa makes it big in the Guggenheim... >
  • Martela Koop egg chair by Karim Rashid.
    Egg-static
    Design News • 31 Oct 10
    All we want is an egg chair... by Karim Rashid! >
  • Bike Shelf by Chris Brigham.
    Sensible shelving
    Design News • 31 Oct 10
    Cycling is great but storing your bike can be a hassle so take a look at this clever solution. >
  • Dalton Private Game Reserve: View from the barn.
    Green game farm
    Design News • 30 Oct 10
    Dalton Private Game Reserve in KZN wins top award for sustainable architecture. >
  • Vac from the Sea by Electrolux.
    Saving our seas
    Design News • 30 Oct 10
    A brilliant initiative by Electrolux is using plastic debris salvaged from the ocean to create sustainable vacuum cleaners. >
  • Crate Series by Studio Makkink & Bey. Photo: Stijn Brakkee.
    Stacked up
    Design News • 29 Oct 10
    Studio Makkink & Bey's Crate Series is an inquiry into the many functions of crates, both in public and private spaces. >
  • I was shot in Joburg.
    Shooting in Jo'burg
    Design News • 29 Oct 10
    "I Was Shot in Joburg" is an edgy creative experiment that's enriching the lives of street kids and generating an income. >
  • Mohair designs by Laduma Ngxokolo. Photo: Vusumzi Peter.
    Modern mohair
    Design News • 28 Oct 10
    Port Elizabeth student Laduma Ngxokolo's mohair fashion collection won top prize in London. >
  • Interspeces Collaboration by Built By.
    Busy bees
    Design News • 28 Oct 10
    Cross-disciplinary collaborations are nothing new in design, but what about an interspecies collaboration? Meet a trio that made it work. >
  • Wine Vases by Liam Mooney.
    From vine to vase
    Design News • 28 Oct 10
    Using reclaimed wine bottles and local labour, Liam Mooney is creating some rather interesting vases. >
  • Troy Chair by Marcel Wanders.
    Stylish and stackable
    Design News • 27 Oct 10
    The Troy Chair by Marcel Wanders brings together elegance, comfort and practicality. >
  • Issey Miyake for Mechanical Couture.
    Machine made
    Design News • 27 Oct 10
    Mechanical Couture, an exhibition at the Design Musuem Holon examines the relationship between craftmanship and mass production. >
  • Imaginary Museum. Photo: Kristof Vrancken/Design Platform Limburg.
    Digital view
    Design News • 27 Oct 10
    Jon Stam’s Imaginary Museum prototype project explores the ways in which we ascribe meaning to our virtual experiences. >
  • Mingo Lamberti Sci-Fi range.
    May the force be with you
    Design News • 26 Oct 10
    Inspired by space, designed on Earth, Mingo Lamberti’s new range of T-shirts brings a strong force with it. >
  • MyScreen by Sanserif Creatius.
    Wall wonder
    Design News • 26 Oct 10
    It's almost hard to believe that something made of corrugated cardboard can look this good... >
  • Antonio, Karl Lagerfeld, Vogue France.1972.
    Crayon couture
    Design News • 25 Oct 10
    High-end fashion and couture experienced as drawings and illustrations evoke a unique understanding of style. >
  • InfoLadies, Bangladesh.
    Open access
    Design News • 25 Oct 10
    Women on bicycles, armed with a netbook and medical supplies, are helping to improve the lives of many people in rural Bangladesh. >
  • Pieter Hugo. Courtesy of Michael Stevenson, Cape Town & Yossi Milo, New York.
    Techno wasteland
    Design News • 24 Oct 10
    Pieter Hugo's latest solo exhibition explores the connection between third world poverty and first world electronic waste. >
  • Shoppy Bike.
    Shopping in style
    Design News • 24 Oct 10
    Stylish, silent, sexy, Italian and great for shopping. The Shoppy Bike sounds like many a stylista's dream... >
  • Dutch Design Award 2010 winners
    Design News • 23 Oct 10
    The winners of the 2010 Dutch Design Awards were announced in Eindhoven in the Netherlands earlier this evening. >
  • Blood Money 2010: Conrad Botes.
    Above and below
    Design News • 23 Oct 10
    On Earth as it is in Heaven is an exhibition of Conrad Botes's grappling with primal urges at the root of suffering. >
  • The Shingle House by NORD Architecture.
    Easy for all
    Design News • 23 Oct 10
    Living Architecture is part social experiment, part democratising luxury. Either way, it’s an interesting concept. >
  • Mural by Faith47.
    Everybody's backyard
    Design News • 22 Oct 10
    Faith47’s latest project, a mural in the Cape Town CBD, is a tribute to those people pushed to the fringes, sometimes in our own backyard. >

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From the Archives

  • Portraits in plastic
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    Established artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad >
  • Weathering the storms
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    Bangladeshi architect and recent Soane Medal recipient Marina Tabassum’s modular houses are built to survive monsoon season >
  • Life through the lens
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    A Russian photographer is awarded for documenting the social transformation of the traditional ‘reindeer people’ >
  • All the feels
    Q&A • 10 Jul 22
    Fernado’s high-end fashion brand taps into the emotional connection we have to fashion items >