Design News

  • Family furniture
    Design News • 3 Nov 09
    Ilse Crawford launches her newest range, Seating for Eating. >
  • Stillife
    Stillife
    Lookbook • 2 Nov 09
    Photographer Ross Garrett and stylist Caroline Olavarrieta evoke an austere vision of the future pastoral. >
  • Tribal pride
    Lookbook • 2 Nov 09
    Photographer Romi Stern and stylist Kim Warrington create new age tribes on a progressive, urban vision of Africa. >
  • Respect cheap design
    Design News • 2 Nov 09
    Renowned Catalan designer Martí Guixé makes three new additions to his ongoing series of “statement chairs”. >
  • Extreme gardening
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Sahara Forest Project proposes to reverse desertification and turn arid regions into resources of food, fresh water and clean energy. >
  • Cement garden
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    CMG Landscape Architecture’s Crack Gardens transform existing concrete slabs through hostile takeover. >
  • Farm with a view
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Growing food inside apartments is a challenge, but within reach with Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray's Window Farms. >
  • Channel O lucky packet
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The new magazine Coco Joe has been conceived as a brand extension for Channel O by Peet Pienaar and design studio The President. >
  • Victimless meat
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Marije Vogelzang’s Faked Meat started as a reaction to meat substitutes. >
  • Leapfrog rising sea levels
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Lilypad by architect Vincent Callebaut is a floating ecopolis for climate refugees in 2100. >
  • Molecular meat
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Cocoon by Rickard Hederstierna is a response to the world’s growing population and its desire to consume meat and fish. >
  • Petri dish flesh
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Tissue Culture and Art Project by Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr explores the use of tissue technologies as a medium for artistic expression. >
  • Crop artist
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Environmental artist Agnes Denes’s iconic 1982 work, Wheatfield, is revived in London in 2009. >
  • Mushrooms on the run
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Agata Jaworska’s In Transit proposes growing mushrooms in the packaging while they are being transported. >
  • Growth and death
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Artist Philip Ross’s work explores humanity’s relationship with plants. >
  • Communal pods
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Eco-pod proposes to stimulate the economy and ecology of downtown Boston through the installation of a temporary vertical algae... >
  • Earthship
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Science Barge is a prototype sustainable urban farm and environmental education centre afloat the Hudson River in New York. >
  • Flower power
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Comprising 15 solar panelled sunflowers, the Electric Garden in Austin, Texas, is literally what its name says. >
  • Hard stomach
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Julia Lohmann’s work explores the threshold between animal and animal material, probing society’s attitude towards animals. >
  • Farm footprint
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Crowd Farm draws energy through a flooring system that responds to human footsteps. >
  • Readymade oasis
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Evan Gant’s RainDrops system allows people to adapt standard plastic bottles to an existing gutter system to collect rainwater. >
  • Barrel o’ rain
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Designed to look like a giant water drop, Bas van der Veer’s A Drop of Water collects rainwater by filling a watering can and rain barrel. >
  • Rain harvesting
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Cista is a rainwater harvesting system designed to be attractive and easy to use. >
  • Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen.
    Singing in the rain
    Design News • 1 Nov 09 • Sponsored Content
    The Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen provides protection while collecting and filtering rainwater to make it safe to drink. >

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