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How art shaped the Missoni brand

Lookbook > Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design

A new retrospective exhibition explores how art and fashion are closely intertwined in the identity of great Italian fashion house Missoni. >

29 Apr 15
One dress, so many jobs

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Do you know who made your clothes? This short film by Ernst Heusser sheds light on why it’s important to ask. >

28 Apr 15
"Kid Warrior: The Story" by Vanessa Black

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

This short documentary, in celebration of Earth Day this week, tells the remarkable story of a longhaired teen who is taking on the American oil industry. >

24 Apr 15
Who made my clothes?

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Fashion Revolution Day encourages consumers to be more aware of the fashion supply chains they buy into. >

24 Apr 15
Droog's hardware will make you happy

Design News > Industrial Design

The Dutch studio puts the fun into functional with an award-winning range of smile-inducing nuts and bolts. >

23 Apr 15
Judging a bookstore by its cover

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

The newly opened Taschen bookstore in Milan has a luxe interior that combines traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge design. >

23 Apr 15
An encounter between faith and design

Design News > Product Design

Local designer Nawaaz Saldulker is included in "Islamopolitan", a travelling exhibition that is part of Milan 2015. >

22 Apr 15
Argali and Dew by Hella Jongerius

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Hella Jongerius’s two new rug designs will give handmade enthusiasts a reason to celebrate. >

22 Apr 15
Business of Design returns in 2015

Design News > Creative Economy

The two-day seminar programme returns to Johannesburg and Cape Town in May, with a new line up of speakers. >

22 Apr 15 / Advertorial
Memories in watercolour

Design News > Art & Photography / Product Design

Cape Town watercolour artist and designer Euodia Roets talks about her pamper boutique brand Touchee Feelee. >

21 Apr 15
#DITakeover on Instagram: Katherine-Mary Pichulik

Lookbook > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Accessories designer Kat Pichulik took us inside her world as she prepped for the launch of her AW2015 collection last week. >

21 Apr 15
8 illustrators on #NoToXenophobia

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

Local illustrators respond to our call for poster designs speaking out against the xenophobic attacks visited on foreign Africans this past week. >

20 Apr 15
Gong Repeater by Jordi Pla

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This Spanish designer creates a wall clock that forces people to slow down. >

20 Apr 15
Eating and shitting, Milan-style

Design News > Design Thinking / Food Design

Design Academy Eindhoven’s “Eat Shit” exhibition at Ventura Lambrate looks at the myriad ways our lives revolve around human waste. >

17 Apr 15
Bellissimo! Pichulik does it again

Lookbook > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

“Pietra Terra”, the latest collection by Katherine Pichulik, imagines Italy through an African lens. >

17 Apr 15
"Dinosigning" by Max Litvinov

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

In this strange short film by Russian animator Max Litvinov, a woman creates an alternate reality filled with dinosaurs. >

17 Apr 15
Designers breathe new life into Milan

Lookbook > Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

“Liveability” seems to be a common thread among the designs on show at Milan Design Week 2015. >

17 Apr 15
Finding hope in rope

Lookbook > Craft

Sep Verboom's new lamp and stool at Milan Design Week 2015 were inspired by a rope-making community in the Philippines. >

16 Apr 15
“Godwin” by Korede Bello

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

A beat-infused dance track by young Nigerian singer-songwriter Korede Bello, delivered with his trademark Elvis wink. >

16 Apr 15
Satyendra Pahkalé launches two designs in Milan

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

The Amsterdam-based designer’s new extendable glass table for FIAM and contemporary corseted chair for Poltrona Frau. >

16 Apr 15
Self-made Seat by Matali Crasset

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The ever-playful French designer deconstructs the sofa into an endlessly adjustable seating system. >

16 Apr 15
Four social impact winners of A' Design Awards

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

There are hundreds of winners in 89 different design disciplines in the A' Design Awards & Competition. Here are four that could have the greatest impact. >

15 Apr 15 / Advertorial
A lamp you turn over to switch on

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design / Product Design

The Brick lamp by New York City-based HCWD Studio turns on with no power switch or control panel. >

15 Apr 15
Five illustrators contemplate the end of summer

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

“Summer’s End” is the first exhibition at the Drawing Room, a new gallery in Observatory, Cape Town. >

15 Apr 15

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