Adam Becker

The special power of disgust

It's time for aesthetics to reconsider the role of disgust as an emotion, says Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Merel Witteman. >
Put on your internet face

French designer Alix Gallet has a bag of tricks to fool biometric recognition technology. >
A feat of craftsmanship

Meet Martina Lasinger, a graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven, who makes mesmerisingly detailed – and beautiful – work. >
Music to your ears, eyes and nose

Joris Petterson's new-age speaker system emits lights and smells that match the tone of your music playlist. >
"The Thing Under the Tree" by Lily Fang

The attention to detail in this stop-motion animation by recent RCA grad Lily Fang makes for a visually arresting story. >
A next-generation tree harvester

Like the insect it is named after, the Gerridae harvester is light on its feet and the environment. >
Basotho blankets go north

Emerging fashion designer Thabo Makhetha launched her modern take on the Basotho blanket at Vancouver Fashion Week 2014. >
Replicating the mother's womb

A new infant care system proposes radically improved incubators that transmit the mother's heartbeat, breathing and voice. >
Tastes like the Voortrekker Monument

As an ode to their hometown, a group of designers recreates the city of Pretoria in icing sugar, nougat, coconut and biscuits. >
Jessica Hische - Like Knows Like

This short film takes a revealing look at American typographer Jessica Hische's everyday life. >
Nikki Gonnissen: No more rotten tomatoes

The Amsterdam-based graphic designer tells us why she stepped out of her comfort zone to design for the Dutch Socialist Party. >
'Function/Void' by The Bug and Factory Fifteen

This creative collaboration of music and film offers up a dystopian vision of a possible near-future. >
A step up

Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest pieces take her technical proficiencies to new heights – and onto the fashion runway. >
Tyneside lounger by David Irwin

The Irish designer's timber chair for Deadgood began life as cinema seating. >
Eve bench by Frank Böhm Studios

The Cape Town-based architect begins a series of slender, clean-lined benches. >
Aeon Rocket pendant light by Morten Voss

The Danish designer's new light harmoniously marries rigid material and malleable plastic. >
Lullaby pendant lamp by Monica Förster

The Swedish designer's harmonious angular light was inspired by the work of Isamu Noguchi. >
Inspiring Creativity

Poverty, humour, music, delusion – 21 artists tell us what drives their creative impulse. >
Lattice work

Cape Town-based Leg Studios launches a range of decor products inspired by nomadic African patterns. >
Tharsis Sleeps

The embroidery in this animation is the first clue that this is not your average heavy metal music video. >
Hacked notebooks

An exhibition of Moleskine notebooks customised by and containing the sketches of designers is on exhibition in London. >
Battle of the Jazz Guitarist

This short film by Mark Columbus is a twisting but sincere portrayal of the complex relationship between father and son. >
Soft Pots by Lisa Firer

The Cape Town-based ceramicist's latest range experiments with retaining the softness of wet clay. >
Geometric Storm chandelier by Willowlamp

The complex quadrangles and shifting shapes of this new design signal a change of direction for the internationally acclaimed South African lighting brand. >

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