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In the heart of the forest

Design News > African Design

Boogertman + Partners Architects have won an architectural competition to design the Karura Forest Environmental Education Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.

30 Apr 14
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Shaded from the sun

Design News > Product Design

Nendo and Camper have once again collaborated, this time for a stylish sunglasses range.

30 Apr 14
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Ancient Rome

Design News > Product Design

Jaime Hayón has designed a collection referencing the legendary pottery and architecture of Ancient Rome.

29 Apr 14
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Focus On: Cultural influences in design

Focus On > Product Design

What is the relationship between culture and design? Valerie Steele, Chris de Beer, Massoud Hassani, Carla Fernandez explore this question.

29 Apr 14
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Competition for ideas with impact

Design News > Design Thinking

Rado has launched the Rado Star Prize, which gives one talented designer living in South Africa the chance to win R100 000 and a blog on Rado's website.

29 Apr 14
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Mud brick by mud brick

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Architect Francis Kéré is fundraising for the latest addition to the Gando development – an atelier for research and knowledge exchange.

28 Apr 14
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Organic embrace

Design News > Product Design

The Bouroullec Brothers have unveiled a minimalist chair collection using wood and metal.

28 Apr 14
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Life in technicolour

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Schwarzie sisters have launched a new stationery and jewellery collection, both highlighting their love for colour and pattern.

27 Apr 14
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On the cover

Design News > Creative Economy

Karim Rashid's professional and personal life is exposed in the biography "Karim Rashid From the Beginning".

27 Apr 14
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Archive update

Design News > Product Design

Hella Jongerius adds a fresh and playful edge to the archive of Finnish furniture company Artek.

26 Apr 14
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Woven in Africa

Design News > African Design

Designers without Borders have collaborated with Mozambican basket weavers to create an African-inspired armchair.

26 Apr 14
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A sense of Africa in the air

Q&A > African Design

Leading global travel and transport design consultancy Priestmangoode has designed a new interior identity for South African Airways.

25 Apr 14
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A green oasis

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Thomas Heatherwick has created a garden out of a desert in the heart of Abu Dhabi.

25 Apr 14
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Seoul Counterpoint: Piri

FilmFestFriday > Music & Sound Design

In this week's #FilmFestFriday we turn musical with a new music video from Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky entitled "Seoul Counterpoint: Piri".

25 Apr 14
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Designing for social good

Inside View > Design Thinking

According to Tom Hulme, founder of OpenIDEO, the only way to produce relevant and meaningful work as a designer is to address a real human need.

24 Apr 14
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Volcanic eruption

Design News > Product Design

Studio Formafantasma experiment with volcanic lava in the creation of a new product collection.

24 Apr 14
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Communicating with aliens

Design News > Interaction Design

Marguerite Humeau latest project looks at designing new communication devices that allow people to communicate with otherworldly creatures.

24 Apr 14
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2014 winners announced

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Design Museum has announced the Designs of the Year 2014 category winners.

23 Apr 14
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Turning to fashion

Design News > African Design

Architect Sindiso Khumalo's debut Spring/Summer 2013 fashion collection reveals the beauty in Zulu traditions.

23 Apr 14
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Collaborative couture

Design News > Interaction Design

Bart Hess once again invited visitors to Salone del Mobile to take part in the making of his extravagant fashion couture pieces.

23 Apr 14
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Seated in style

Design News > Product Design

For his first collaboration with Finnish furniture company Artek, Konstantin Grcic has designed a modern armchair for contemporary living.

22 Apr 14
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New Rugo Social Housing

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

New Rugo, designed by George Periclès Creative Think-Tank, is a low-cost housing project that draws its inspiration from the Rwandan vernacular.

22 Apr 14
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Africa under construction

Video Interviews > Design Activism

Zimbabwe to Burkina Faso; South Africa to Nigeria, four architects across the continent share their insights on designing and building in Africa.

22 Apr 14
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Handle with care

Lookbook > Product Design

Would you be comfortable sitting on a bench made entirely of glass? Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec challenge you to try out their latest 'Diapositive' furniture.

21 Apr 14

From the Archives

Future compostable

Design News • 13 Jun 22

Furniture designer Jonsara Ruth restores disabled pieces of furniture so they are both ecologically and ergonomically healthier >
Hold my beer

Design News • 13 Jun 22

Daniel Ting Chong’s partnership with Local Brewery & Co. brings inclusivity and fashionable fun to craft beer >
A continental visionary

Q&A • 13 Jun 22

Nkululeko Mthembu’s design thinking helps to solve uniquely African challenges >
Fast track to a modern Senegal

Design News • 13 Jun 22

Renowned Senegalese architect Fatiya Diene Mazza, who is founder of the firm ID+EA, has been instrumental in refreshing the infrastructure of her nation >

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