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Design: Intelligence Made Visible

Design heavyweights Terence Conran and Stephen Bayley come together to beautifully package and present this 300-page design encyclopaedia. >
English knows no bounds

The Wonder of Whiffling is a tour of the English language, a plunge into the world of words and a dip into a decidedly interesting lexis. >
Past-life digital dreams

Nadine Botha speaks to Troika whose experiments and installations raise questions about the real function of technology. >
Thomas Thwaites

Interaction Designer • Scientist • Speculative Designer

Thomas Thwaites is a designer whose work examines how technology, science and economics interact with trends. >
Troika

Interaction Designer

Troika is a multi-disciplinary art and design practice founded in 2003 by Conny Freyer, Eva Rucki and Sebastien Noel. >
Tord Boontje

Product Designer

Dutch product designer Tord Boontje founded Studio Tord Boontje in London in 1996. >
Harry Pearce

Graphic Designer

Harry Pearce is a graphic designer and partner at Pentagram's London office. >
Peter  Saville  to  open  major  Alan  Fletcher  retrospective

Alan Fletcher: 50 Years of Graphic Work (and Play) shows at CUBE in Manchester from 21 January to 3 April 2010. >
Solve it all with Harry Pearce at DI2010

Visual puns and typographic riddles have long been a creative addiction for Harry Pearce. >
Tom Dixon launches Utility

British lighting and furniture design maverick Tom Dixon have once again taken steps in innovation with their latest collection, Utility. >
Techno poetry with Troika at DI2010

Founded in 2003, the multi-disciplinary art and design practice have found remarkable outlets for their social interventions. >
Brighton Festival calls on Brian Eno

Iconic culture figure and 1970s glam rocker, Brian Eno has been appointed as guest artistic director for next year’s Brighton Festival. >
A stool for every occasion

Along with his new shop, Tom Dixon launched two new stools at the London Design Festival. >
Super normal shop

The Jasper Morrison Shop is housed in an unused part of his new studio. >
Candy and hotdog rocks

American Chateau features grandiose tongue-in-cheek works by Jaime Hayon and Nienke Klunder. >
Family furniture

Ilse Crawford launches her newest range, Seating for Eating. >
Extreme gardening

The Sahara Forest Project proposes to reverse desertification and turn arid regions into resources of food, fresh water and clean energy. >
Transhuman metamorphosis

Design Indaba speaks to designer Revital Cohen about her design provocations. >
Hard stomach

Julia Lohmann’s work explores the threshold between animal and animal material, probing society’s attitude towards animals. >
Cereal assemblage

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Sascha Pohflepp examined the potential of synthetic biology to be used to grow products. >
Body pharming

Michael Burton’s design projects predict a future scenario where people grow and produce clinical and pharmaceutical products on the body. >
Mould robots

Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first-ever biological robot using mould. >
Spy vs spy

The growing worldwide guerilla gardening subculture comprises people secretly meeting at night to illegally garden. >
Yes, Pet Shop Boys by Mark Farrow

For the limited-edition of the Pet Shop Boys’s latest offering, Yes, Mark Farrow certainly responds in the affirmative. >

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