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20Q: Ze Frank

Q&A > Interaction Design

Design can't save the world so instead he chooses to obsess about cooking potatoes correctly. And other little-known things about Ze Frank. >

26 Aug 10
20Q: Porky Hefer

Q&A > Interaction Design

At Animal Farm creativity is about making the world a better place and not about the bottom line. Find out what else Porky Hefer believes. >

23 Aug 10
Ilse Crawford on human emotion

Talks > Interaction Design

Ilse Crawford talks about being human and how to tie in our basic emotions with design. >

18 Aug 10
Hand-free drawing

Design News > Interaction Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Now anyone can make interesting drawings and illustrations - all you need is Ze Frank's new Flash web app. >

11 Aug 10
Skype type

Design News > Interaction Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Crowdsourcing is all the rage. And now a new variant of this method is using Skype to create a unique typeface. >

29 Jul 10
Home grown couture

Design News > Interaction Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Design Thinking

Forget haute couture and trend setting. With BioCouture, you can now grow your own fashion and you'll be reducing your carbon footprint. >

22 Jul 10
Tried and tested

Design News > Interaction Design / Design Thinking

The field of design that emulates nature's tried 'n tested ways is gradually gaining momentum. Learn more about biomimicry at a workshop. >

21 Jul 10
Commonwealth on bridging the divide

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Commonwealth talk about the process of bridging the divide between designing and making objects. >

12 Jul 10
Dwayne Spradlin on innovation and solution

Talks > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Humanity is going through unprecedented change, breaking traditional boundaries and designing innovative solutions. >

9 Jul 10
Autonomous considerations

Design News > Craft / Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors

An exhibition of eight designers and artists explores concepts of autonomy and other critical attitudes in design. >

4 Jul 10
Pixel power at Basil2010

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design

A reinterpretation of the pixel creates a new, modular and tangible lighting system. >

28 Jun 10
Making headlines

Design News > Interaction Design / Creative Economy

Nike’s innovate “Write the future” campaign is making bold soccer headlines on the Southern Life Centre in Jo'burg. >

27 Jun 10
Dunne and Raby talk design and science

Talks > Interaction Design

Design is what helps make science accessible, giving it cultural value and aesthetic appeal. >

24 Jun 10
Design, question mark

Design News > Product Design / Interaction Design / Design Thinking

From global warming to overpopulation and food shortages, Why Design Now looks at creative solutions for the contemporary world’s problems. >

20 Jun 10
Green moon power

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The proposed Aluna tidal-powered moon clock plans to illuminate the green power of the moon and tides. >

16 Jun 10
Legends of Echo

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design

The Grid, Vodacom’s Social Mobile Network, recently launched South Africa’s first location-based, multi-player online mobile game. >

12 Jun 10
Green city installations for Seed Cathedral

Design News > Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Some interesting additions have been made to the UK Pavilion's already spectacular Seed Cathedral at the Shanghai Expo. >

28 May 10
Dr J Craig Venter breaks through

Talks > Interaction Design

On the verge of a scientific breakthrough, Dr J Craig Venter presented his work at the 2010 Design Indaba Conference via satellite link. >

27 May 10
The Synthetic Kingdom

Design News > Interaction Design

The Synthetic Kingdom by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg considers how natural or unnatural life will be classified when life is built by humans. >

24 May 10
Bedroom Biology for Teenagers

Design News > Interaction Design

Dearbhaile Heaney’s Bedroom Biology for Teenagers is a guide to biological experimentation within the home using engineered bacteria. >

24 May 10
Cellularity

Design News > Interaction Design

Cellularity by James King explores the development of cell-like structures, or “chells” that mimic the features of biological cells. >

24 May 10
Softest words

Design News > Interaction Design

Softest Words by Kevin Grennan proposes a private love letter written in unique ink made of the saliva of two lovers. >

24 May 10
The Gaia Corporation

Design News > Interaction Design

The Gaia Corporation by J Paul Neeley explores the implications of synthetic biology by imagining the world in 2023. >

24 May 10
(In)visible membrane

Design News > Interaction Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Sonja Bäumel’s (In)visible Membrane is about life on the human body and its design applications. >

24 May 10

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