What do 5.5’s Clean, IDEO’s Aqueduct Concept Bicycle, Kenya Hara’s Designing Design book and the 10x10 Project all have in common? >

Michael Souter is adding to the 2010 fever with his “makarabas” (sculpted hard hats) that fuse urban culture, design and sporting passion. >

“Pure design proposes a cocktail of sensations,” reads the introduction to Pure Design: Objects of Desire, published by Monsa. >

Joe Paine’s continually diversifying range of outdoor products embody an oxymoronic notion of structuralist organics. >

Don't miss the opportunity to meet the 5.5 designers in person at Design Indaba from February 25 to 27, 2009. >

Commonwealth is uncovering a new kind of beauty by reapplying architectural rigour to smaller scale cross-disciplinary design. >

Matali Crasset's new project In Vino Veritas, about wine, is showing at the Gandy Gallery in Slovakia. >

The inaugural Western Cape Furniture Design competition has announced its theme: EAT. To inspire furniture design for eating environments. >

An exploration of design inspired by the natural world, the release of Fabiola Reyes’s Nature, by Spanish publishing house Monso is timely. >