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A stop-motion film made from 28 000 Moon Landing photos

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

The 28 000 images in the Project Apollo Archive caused a stir when they were released. Now, you can watch the best of them in this charming stop-motion film.

16 Oct 15
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South African designer Haldane Martin launches new furniture range

Design News > Product Design

Established South African furniture and interior designer Haldane Martin launches a new range inspired by his country's coastline.

16 Oct 15
00:06:01

Julien Vallée: Art in motion (Part 2)

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

The cofounder of animation studio Vallée Duhamel talks us through a surreal personal project about a girl dressed in yellow.

15 Oct 15
00:04:58

Julien Vallée: Art in motion (Part 1)

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

Canadian graphic designer and art director Julien Vallée is known for creating lo-fi, humorous animations.

15 Oct 15
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This artist makes all things fair in love and wear

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Kansas City artist Peregrine Honig’s new, elegant lingerie line is designed for the comfort of gender transitioning and non-conforming people.

15 Oct 15
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Thinking about food

Design News > Food Design

This year, the annual food and wine conference at Spier Wine Farm looks at eating insects, sustainable suppers and how music effects your tastebuds.

15 Oct 15
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Selldorf Architects has been chosen to design a non-profit's second school in Zambia

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The New York-based architecture firm envisions a primary school that will inspire learning and sustainable living in the Zambian village of Mwabwindo.

15 Oct 15
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Craftsmen in Malawi make equipment for their hospitals

Design News > Design Thinking

The Care Collection is a low-cost hospital equipment alternative manufactured by Malawian craftsmen.

15 Oct 15
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Projects of Imagination creates a theatre of gastronomy for Melbourne’s foodie scene

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors

Nick Cox and Dion Hall unpack the details of designing spaces for the restaurant industry.

15 Oct 15
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Pollution-free energy could come from the Earth's core

Design News > Product Design

Manoj Bhargava's Limitless Energy project seeks to harness the energy at the Earth's core using a graphene cable.

15 Oct 15
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Graphic artist G&Sans starts every piece with a pencil

Next Generation > Graphic Design & Illustration

Illustrator Girolamo Giannatempo, known as G&Sans, explores the irrational world with his bright, blob-like, humanoids.

14 Oct 15/ Brand Collaboration
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The KNIT by Curver collection celebrates functional, colourful deep-texture design

Design News > Product Design

The KNIT by Curver collection combines a 3D-knitted look with functional, plastic products.

14 Oct 15
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Young Zambian fashion designers: a creative time bomb

African Report > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Zambia has an exciting young fashion scene, even though there are no fashion design schools in the country. Zambian art writer Andrew Mulenga reflects.

14 Oct 15
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Spring-loaded high heels produce fluid, healthy movement

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

A Japanese designer has created a spring-loaded high-heel to take the pressure off poorly treated feet.

14 Oct 15
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Robots build a stone tower with one piece of thread

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A jammed rock structure built by machines is a prelude to the future of sustainable architecture.

14 Oct 15
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Dutch student designs a mobile system to encourage recycling in Nepal

Next Generation > Design Thinking

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pim van Baarsen designed “Holy Crap” – a Nepal-based incentive scheme to promote waste separation, awareness and recycling.

14 Oct 15
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Moringa – the super food that could end hunger in Zambia

Design News > Food Design

Packed with nutritional and healing properties, several reports have named Moringa, a tree indigenous to Africa, "the miracle tree" and "the tree of life".

14 Oct 15
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The Brilliance device treats babies with jaundice

Design News > Product Design

The Brilliance, designed by nonprofit D-Rev, is a phototherapy device designed to treat infants with jaundice in poor communities.

13 Oct 15
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Kalimba Radio is an app designed with Zambian music in mind

Design News > Information Design

Kalimba Radio provides Zambians with unlimited, free local music – old and new. The music is available offline and with no data plan.

13 Oct 15
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Sou Fujimoto challenges perceptions of what could be considered architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto uses potato chips and staples to comment on the notion of “found architecture”.

13 Oct 15
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Mumbai-based Mayur Mengle's illustrations explore the daily commute

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Mayur Mengle takes his daily two-hour commute on Mumbai's railway line and turns it into a doddle-a-day.

13 Oct 15
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Scientists have come up with a design for a real life forcefield

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Researchers at defence company Boeing are working on a futuristic cloaking device to protect vehicles against the hidden battlefield killer: shockwaves.

13 Oct 15
00:02:26

Trailer: Santiago Cirugeda on self-construction

Trailers > Design Activism

Spanish architect Santiago Cirugeda talks architectural activism and self-construction.

13 Oct 15
00:33:12

Santiago Cirugeda on self-construction

Talks > Design Activism

Spanish architect Santiago Cirugeda talks architectural activism and self-construction.

13 Oct 15

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