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Brazil's got the solar power tower

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

It might look like something that belongs to a futuristic movie, but it may well become a symbol of Brazil’s commitment to a sustainability. >

26 May 10
The walls tell stories

Reviews > Design Thinking / Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

Johannesburg Transition, subtitled “Architecture and Society from 1950”, by Clive M Chipkin is a brilliant biography of Jozi. >

25 May 10
Comic relief

Design News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Sometimes South Africans need to sit back and have a good ol' laugh at themselves. The group exhibition Foul! helps the laughing along. >

24 May 10
Design Indaba 2010

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Highlights from the 15th year of South Africa's premier creative event. >

21 May 10
Three other designs from Milan 2010

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

The Green Trace umbrella stand by Innovo, Forte musical furniture by 45 Kilo and Laikingland’s nonsensical machines. >

21 May 10
Swarovski at Milan 2010

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

“1 crystal + 1 low energy LED light + a faceted paper shade = AMPLIFY” asserted Yves Béhar at this year’s Swarovski Crystal Palace. >

21 May 10
Four upcycled designs at Milan2010

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Bottleformball by Heath Nash, Saved by Droog, 380 Tiles by Vicolo Paglia Corta and Cuisine d'Objets by 5.5 designers. >

21 May 10
Youth mag drives social change

Design News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy

Gavin Weale, winner of the UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur Award, is showing disadvantaged youths that creativity can change the world. >

20 May 10
The power of solar systems

Design News > Design Thinking

Nadine Botha reviews the annual Freewheeling Festival, which ran from 19 to 22 March 2010 at the Stanford Valley Guest Farm near Hermanus. >

19 May 10
Give a little sun love

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Ross Lovegrove's Velux Sun Tunnel can channel direct sunlight into the heart of any room. >

18 May 10
“Come on. I’m talking to you. Come on.”

Design News > Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design

Musicians Danny K and Kabelo Mabalane have revived the lyrics of "Shout" to call on South Africans to join the fight against crime. >

17 May 10
Sound or sci-fi?

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Music & Sound Design / Design Thinking

Speakers that look like washing machines with solar panels attached to them in the middle of the desert? >

13 May 10
Tomato power

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design / Design Thinking

The result of the D-VISION industrial design graduate programme in Israel, the Still Lamp is powered by the juice of tomatoes. >

12 May 10
Seed Cathedral at Shanghai Expo

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

"You ain't see nothing yet" is what you'll be telling people about the Thomas Heatherwick's UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. >

7 May 10
Design Indaba 2010

Festival News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy

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6 May 10
Sex is the new yellow

Design News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy

According to international trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, sex is gaining importance in society and the bordello is making a comeback. >

1 May 10
Designomics

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

At the 2010 Design Indaba Conference, Bruce Nussbaum positioned design at the heart of progressive economics. >

1 May 10
To form and multiply

Inside View > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg asks what traditional design can bring to synthetic biology. >

1 May 10
President love dress

Opinion > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

Odidiva, star of House of Holy Afro and the new face of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, explains the power of wearing a dress. >

1 May 10
Support The Bookery!

Design News > Design Thinking

The Bookery sounds like a place that belongs to the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. And it’s working the same kind of magic. >

30 Apr 10
Design an eco-friendly building

Design News > Design Thinking

Sustainability is important in the built environment so here's a chance to show off your eco-friendly building designs. >

29 Apr 10
Waste not, want not

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

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

23 Apr 10
RCA get Neville Brody

Design News > Design Thinking / 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
Afridoctor diagnosing direct from your handset

Design News > Information Design / Design Thinking / 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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