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Evolving creation

Design News > Information Design

Sonja Bäumel's own bacteria is the fundamental element in her "Expanded Self" creation.

26 Sep 12
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Nostalgic sweetness

Design News > Craft

Cute, quirky and with a touch of nostalgia, Sootcookie's range of ceramics contrasts the old and familiar with things that are new and unusual.

25 Sep 12
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Pick up sticks

Design News > Craft

Inspired by the ancient game of Spillikans, PearsonLloyd contributed a playful piece to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Conran Shop.

25 Sep 12
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Joy. Love. Life

Design News > Product Design

PearsonLloyd customises a chair to remind us that love is part of the joy of living.

23 Sep 12
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Rhinos, remembered

Design News

In recognition of World Rhino Day, Faith47 pays tribute to this majestic, but endangered animal, with a mural against a Shanghai wall.

22 Sep 12
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Raw sketches

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec gave the green light to showcase their raw hand-drawn sketches revealing their unique design process.

21 Sep 12
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Handspring Puppet Company at AZA 2012

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

For Handspring Puppet Company there are many similarities between architecture and puppetry – they elaborated on this at AZA 2012.

21 Sep 12
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David Adjaye at AZA 2012

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

As a discipline architecture needs to rethink what it does best, and how it serves people, David Adjaye believes.

21 Sep 12
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Violet's Walk, Woodstock

Video Interviews > Urban & Landscape Design

Violet's Walk, one of the winners in the Cape Town leg of the Your Street Challenge, has been fully implemented in Woodstock.

21 Sep 12
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Art in Miniature

Design News > Art & Photography

The "Art in Miniature" exhibition celebrates the creativity and artistry often found on the humble postage stamp.

21 Sep 12
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Switched on

Design News > Product Design

Inga Sempé's new range of electrical accessories takes the shock out of these everyday household objects, and switches it on - aesthetically!

21 Sep 12
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Buried in time

Design News > Product Design

Some of the world's foremost architects and designers selected objects to bury in a time capsule! Take a look inside...

20 Sep 12
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Drawings of origin

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Inspired by the oldest intact human fossil, Drawing on Origins is a body of creative work at the intersection of architecture and archeology.

20 Sep 12
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Carly Berger on sustainable housing solutions

Talks > Design Activism

Carly Berger investigates how green housing solutions can successfully be implemented in neighbourhoods.

19 Sep 12
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Tables & chairs

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Ineke Hans's new collection of tables and chairs can be seen at the London Design Festival this week.

19 Sep 12
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Renée Rossouw on finding her own identity through design

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

Renée Rossouw reveals how her inspiration from urban environments plays a fundamental role in her unique design process.

19 Sep 12
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Integrated hospitality

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Eat, drink, sleep, browse, pamper and be inspired at Hôtel Droog, a new cultural hub in the heart of Amsterdam.

19 Sep 12
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Design awarded

Design News > Design Thinking

Innovation, design, technology and creativity gets awarded at the A'Design Awards, which celebrates "superior designs for a better future".

18 Sep 12/ Advertorial
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Wild life

Design News > Craft

Inspired by the Big Five, Cath Price Ceramics are quirky, original and getting much love.

18 Sep 12
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Just About Now

Design News > Product Design

Maarten Baas's timepiece, Just About Now, for Laikingland can be seen at the London Design Festival.

18 Sep 12
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Lolita

Design News > Interaction Design

Ron Arad's "Lolita" installation looks to the sharing of personal memories.

18 Sep 12
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Seats for seeing

Design News > Product Design

Nendo's Mimicry Chairs bring a new kind of "funky" to museum seating. Take a look at what they did for the V&A in London.

17 Sep 12
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Casual form

Design News > Product Design

Karim Rashid's new Juga chair is the ideal fit for the human form, and speaks to the needs of the contemporary, "casual" age.

17 Sep 12
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Through the lens of Satyendra Pakhalé

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors

Imaginative, insightful and culturally diverse, designindaba.com will be publishing a monthly contribution by award-winning designer Satyendra Pakhalé.

17 Sep 12

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Design News • 24 Apr 22

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Design News • 17 Apr 22

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