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It's about the bike

Design News

Bicycling enthusiasts Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler have started a project that looks at South Africa’s bicycle culture.

29 Apr 10
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1... 2... 3... Cuckoo Clock

Design News > Product Design

Cuckoo clocks are all but fully revived yet. Italian designer Raffaele Darra brings them back with stripes.

28 Apr 10
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Stools are cool

Design News > Product Design

Put the "fun" in "functional" with an original, eco-friendly stool design for the Habari Stool Competition.

28 Apr 10
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Franschhoek Literary Festival coming up

Design News > Creative Economy

Engage your mind in a beautiful setting at the Franschhoek Literary Festival.

26 Apr 10
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Urban Africa exhibition by David Adjaye

Design News > African Design

Architect David Adjaye’s Urban Africa photographic journey is on display at the Design Museum in London until 5 September 2010.

26 Apr 10
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Made in China

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Tom Price spent time in China, working with different materials, learning new manufacturing techniques and dealing with extreme heat.

24 Apr 10
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Waste not, want not

Design News > Design Thinking

Niels Craens is using old cardboard drinking packages to create beautiful lampshades. One drink, double the fun.

23 Apr 10
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Design competition for the new big Mini

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Design functions for the Centre Rail in the new Mini Countryman and win a trip to the Paris Motor Show.

23 Apr 10
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Time is but a fleeting VUE

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Yves Behar and Issey Miyake have sensualised the mystery of time with a new VUE of the future.

22 Apr 10
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Design competition using the Golden Ratio

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Calling all design students: Can you design the "store of the future" using the Golden Ratio?

22 Apr 10
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Laikingland’s kinetic sculptures at Milan 2010

Design News > Interaction Design

Miniature collapsing chairs, a storytelling time-piece, tea cups full of mechanical storms and a machine that goes off with a bang…

19 Apr 10
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Chandelier grown from crystals at Milan 2010

Design News > Product Design

Tokujin Yoshioka’s Living Crystal Chandelier was grown in a mineral bath mixed with Swarovski crystals.

15 Apr 10
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Maarten Baas launches iPhone app at Milan 2010

Design News > Product Design

Maarten Baas introduces the Analog Digital Clock as one-dollar iPhone app at the 2010 Milan Furniture Fair.

14 Apr 10
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Time for Guixé at Milan 2010

Design News > Product Design

Nap o'clock? Snack o'clock? Slog o'clock? Martí Guixé's new clocks for Alessi let the user write the time.

13 Apr 10
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Ferran Adrià to teach at Harvard

Design News > Food Design

Culinary genius and past Design Indaba speaker, Ferran Adrià will soon swop his apron for a lab coat.

12 Apr 10
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RCA get Neville Brody

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Internationally renowned designer Neville Brody has been named the new Head of Communication Art and Design at the Royal College of Art.

11 Apr 10
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A juicy legacy

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The time has come to recognise one of our own as Garth Walker and the Rooke Gallery launch the iJusi Portfolio.

11 Apr 10
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Afridoctor diagnosing direct from your handset

Design News > Interaction Design

Africa’s first personal mobile health clinic took first place in the Nokia Africa Calling All Innovators application competition.

10 Apr 10
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Skyscraper for peace

Design News > Design Thinking

Polish architect could have solved the conflict in Sudan with this design of a water tower skyscraper.

10 Apr 10
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The Earth Awards

Design News > Design Thinking

The Earth Awards are looking for your innovative design solutions for the 21st century.

8 Apr 10
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W+K Delhi open art gallery

Design News > Creative Economy

Indian advertising agency W+K Delhi have expanded to launch an art gallery, W+K Experience, which aims to make art accessible to everyone.

6 Apr 10
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World architecture gets Rich

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Peter Rich’s Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre was recognised as World Building of the Year 2009 at the World Architecture Festival.

5 Apr 10
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Step into an art director’s shoes

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Renowned creatives were asked to customise a pair of Toms Shoes as part of the Art Directors Club’s Designism 4.0 annual forum.

3 Apr 10
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Heatherwick redefines the power station

Design News > Design Thinking

Never content to be categorised, Thomas Heatherwick has turned his architectural hand to a biomass-fuelled station and created a masterpiece

2 Apr 10

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