Marcel Wanders has designed more than a lifetime’s worth of knotted chairs – he’s designed himself. >

Heineken have added a new dimension to its marketing by opening a unique, ultramodern concept store designed by Frank Tjepkema. >

The SOLVE 2008 design competition announced a three-way tie in their challenge to design an environmentally and culturally sensitive table. >

Spawned by a passion to create quality design at affordable costs, Design Indaba launches its Free Range at the 2009 Design Indaba Expo. >

Carrol Boyes has announced the winners of her METAL 2008 New Designer Search, which was themed “Frame”. >

Constantin and Laurene Boym’s newest miniature celebrates Barack Obama in lieu of the time-honoured tradition of inauguration souvenirs. >

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. >