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One of a kind

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A showcase of gorgeous interior design by day, a customised hotel room by night. The One Room Hotel is a unique design experience.

12 Oct 10
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Freaks of design

Design News > Interaction Design

Freak Show is an exhibition of selected designers that challenge the system and consider strategies for design (dis)engagement.

11 Oct 10
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Watch with a twist

Design News > Product Design

The Off-Axis Watch removes the need to bend one's elbow when looking at the time.

11 Oct 10
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Freshly African

Reviews > Music & Sound Design

Freshlyground's new album Radio Africa is fresh (obviously), fun and fabulously local!

11 Oct 10
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For eternity

Design News > Product Design

The new Diamant series of coffins and urns: For a more dignified farewell...

10 Oct 10
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Whispering walls

Design News > Design Thinking

Anne Kyyrö Quinn’s unique designs may qualify as the world’s most beautiful sound-proof wall panels.

9 Oct 10
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Homeward bound

Design News

With coin rubbings as the medium for large drawings, Maria van Rooyen explores issues of homesickness in her exhibition.

9 Oct 10
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Camping out

Design News > Product Design

Camper and Jasper. It evens sounds comfortable. Now see the shoe that resulted from the collaboration.

8 Oct 10
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Be the difference

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The Making a Difference Through Design competition teaches high school learners about the value of design in our everyday lives.

8 Oct 10
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Cardboard shelter

Design News > Industrial Design

An origami-inspired corrugated cardboard shelter is a great temporary solution for the urban homeless and victims of disaster.

8 Oct 10
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20Q: Haldane Martin

Q&A > Product Design

When he's not designing, Haldane Martin is probably out mountain biking. He also reveals something of his latest project, a bed system.

7 Oct 10
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Ponds for ecosystems

Design News > Design Thinking

Domestic Ponds explores the benefits of ecosystems and looks at creative ways of bringing them into the home.

7 Oct 10
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Gun free, tree rich

Design News > Design Thinking

A design campaign in Mexico called for the voluntary donation of weapons, and turned them into useful shovels with which to plant trees.

7 Oct 10
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Containing hope

Design News > Design Thinking

Tsai Design Studio's repurposed freight containers are bringing joy to poor communities in the Western Cape.

7 Oct 10
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SA Fashion Panel: Gavin Rajah, Amanda Laird Cherry and Nkhensani Nkosi

Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Three top South African fashion designers talk about their work, their influences, the state of the local industry and the discipline’s function.

6 Oct 10
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Built from beer (crates)

Design News > Design Thinking

Architects SHSH used beer crates for a temporary pavilion celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1958 Universal World Exhibition.

6 Oct 10
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BarberOsgerby: experimentation with colour and form

Talks > Product Design

Experimenting is an important part of the creative process for design duo BarberOsgerby.

5 Oct 10
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Friends with business benefits

Design News > Product Design

A new non-profit initiative is empowering local craft and design businesses for commercial success by teaching them valuable skills.

5 Oct 10
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20Q: Heath Nash

Q&A > Product Design

Heath Nash doesn't need much of an introduction. He makes really beautiful things with recycled materials, and often wonders "but why?".

5 Oct 10
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Free sneakers!

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Get a free pair of really funky sneakers when you purchase your cassette tape copy of Animal Collective's unreleased songs. Now!

5 Oct 10
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Haldane Martin now in Jozi

Design News > Product Design

Brace yourselves Joburg design lovers. Haldane Martin has opened a showroom in Parktown North.

5 Oct 10
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Swimming success

Design News > Information Design

A whale design out of Cape Town’s FabLab has wooed the crowds and impressed the judges at an international FabLab conference in Amsterdam.

4 Oct 10
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Pick up the phone!

Design News > Product Design

The Punkt DP 01 is a funky new phone design by Jasper Morrison for a Swiss consumer electronics band.

3 Oct 10
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Hail to Heatherwick

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Thomas Heatherwick is the latest recipient of the coveted London Design Medal.

3 Oct 10

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Story of my life

Q&A • 16 May 22

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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 >
Rebuilding Kharkiv

Design News • 16 May 22

British architect Norman Foster proposes rebuilding the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from the ground up >
Bioplastic fantastic

Design News • 16 May 22

Designer Luke Pearson closes the production loop with the collaborative product bFRIENDS >

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