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Treasure chest

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Kist is an interesting new online design studio to showcase the work of South African creatives.

2 Nov 10
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Basket case

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Cycling is the ideal alternative in car-crowded cities. And with a new design, you can carry cargo on the bike too.

2 Nov 10
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Design by the other 90%

Design News > Design Thinking

The streets of Brazil are full of startling design solutions by ordinary people driven by pure human need.

1 Nov 10
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Stick in the mud

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors

Add water to soil. Mix. Build house. Architect Malcolm Worby crusades the benefits of mud brick building, writes Delia de Villiers.

1 Nov 10
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Penny wise

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

They're called classics for a reason, because they're elegant, timeless and oh-so desirable, like the Penny Farthing bicycle.

1 Nov 10
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The good half house

Profiling > Architecture & Interiors

Elemental in Chile is doing more than half-heartedly answering the question of social housing. Alejandro Aravena talks to Nadine Botha.

1 Nov 10
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I can

Design News > Design Thinking

What would happen if school children in India started designing solutions to social problems? Something very significant...

1 Nov 10
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Backyard design

Design News > Design Thinking

Emily Pilloton is enlisting a new generation of design activists through her work as a high school teacher in North Carolina.

1 Nov 10
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Kurukuru-maki

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

A Heath Nash chair design that you can make at home.

1 Nov 10
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Going bos

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Tea in a can has never been this cool... and refreshing, and tasty. And have you checked out the packaging?

1 Nov 10
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The bespoke comeback

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A splurge of second generation bicycles have recently flooded the design wires.

1 Nov 10
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Afronaut

Profiling > Information Design

If Apple won us over with the power of design, could design bring Ubuntu to the masses? Guy Bedford gets geeky with Mark Shuttleworth.

1 Nov 10
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Google this

Inside View > Creative Economy

“Get the genius out the building”, is Robert Wong’s brief as creative director of Google Creative Lab.

1 Nov 10
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Afterfacts

Design News

In the future gallery of now, photographer Guido Schwarz turns the gaze to nostalgic artefacts that inspirit a second life.

1 Nov 10
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Second nature

Opinion > Design Thinking

Whatever we need to do to sustain our lives, nature already does, writes Beth Peterson.

1 Nov 10
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Game on

Opinion

A fascinating and emerging design field, a game is one of the most collaborative projects a designer can take on, writes Michael Edwards.

1 Nov 10
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From the Zef Side to the Guggenheim

Design News > Music & Sound Design

It's not every day that a zef band from South Africa makes it big in the Guggenheim...

1 Nov 10
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Egg-static

Design News > Product Design

All we want is an egg chair... by Karim Rashid!

31 Oct 10
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Simply South Africa

Reviews

Sometimes we need to be reminded of the things that make South Africa special. Michael Poliza and friends have captured the magic in a book.

31 Oct 10
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Sensible shelving

Design News > Product Design

Cycling is great but storing your bike can be a hassle so take a look at this clever solution.

31 Oct 10
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Green game farm

Design News > Design Thinking

Dalton Private Game Reserve in KZN wins top award for sustainable architecture.

30 Oct 10
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Saving our seas

Design News > Design Thinking

A brilliant initiative by Electrolux is using plastic debris salvaged from the ocean to create sustainable vacuum cleaners.

30 Oct 10
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Stacked up

Design News > Product Design

Studio Makkink & Bey's Crate Series is an inquiry into the many functions of crates, both in public and private spaces.

29 Oct 10
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Shooting in Jo'burg

Design News

"I Was Shot in Joburg" is an edgy creative experiment that's enriching the lives of street kids and generating an income.

29 Oct 10

From the Archives

Eye on the prize

Design News • 22 May 22

Mariam Issoufou Kamara, founder of the award-winning Atelier Masōmī, will lead the design of a new museum and cultural centre – Bët-bi – in southwestern Senegal >
Stylin’

Q&A • 22 May 22

Riyaadh Ismail’s sustainable, gender-neutral luxury streetwear redefines Johannesburg street culture >
Story of my life

Q&A • 16 May 22

Njabulo Maseko is on a mission to open doors for the youth to express the power of their inner creativity >
Walking, talking chair

Design News • 16 May 22

A Lithuanian exhibition is inviting heart-to-hearts between historical furniture items and modern-day design objects >

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