Urban & Landscape Design | Design Indaba

From practical to playful

Design News > Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Think again if you thought your car should only take you from A to B. The new Mini Countryman may feature a fireplace or karaoke equipment. >

19 Aug 10
Mosaic memory lane

Design News > Craft / Urban & Landscape Design

The mosaics along a public transport walkway in Cape Town tell stories of the area's rich heritage. >

19 Aug 10
Joy to the wall

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

There’s nothing like a little paint to jazz things up. Amateur Indian creatives are taking matters, or paintbrushes, into their own hands. >

15 Aug 10
Station transformation

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Durban's recently completed Moses Mabhida Station a design-friendly example of the possibilities for local transport infrastructure. >

10 Aug 10
Below the city surface

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The third installment in Gary Hustwit's design documentary film trilogy, Urbanized, takes a look at cities as dynamic urban spaces. >

9 Aug 10
Forget peace, here's to Goodwill and Fernandes!

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

One is almost tempted to use the old cliché “dynamite comes in small packages” when describing this teeny tiny magazine. >

21 Jul 10
Rock 'n rail

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

A new concept design for a high-speed passenger train reflects something of the nostalgia of compartmental train travel of years gone by. >

19 Jul 10
Pump it up

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

fuseproject’s latest design, the GE WattStation, hopes to popularise electric plug-in vehicles. >

16 Jul 10
The vuvuzela legacy lives on

Design News > Creative Economy / Urban & Landscape Design

Love it or hate it, the vuvuzela was iconic of the World Cup. And now the biggest one of them all has made it into the record books. >

13 Jul 10
Fighting for freedom

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Inspired by the South African Freedom Charter, Faith47's latest body of socially conscious work explores forms of discrimination. >

8 Jul 10
Wonderful water

Design News > Industrial Design / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

They say the best things in life are free and Host City Cape Town is making this adage work for football fans in the city. >

2 Jul 10
Documenting the beautiful game

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Hosting the first World Cup on African soil is a big deal so its important to document the design process and results of this tournament. >

29 Jun 10
Copacabana's stylish streets

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Copacabana was probably made famous by the Barry Manilow song but this beach in Rio also has some pretty grand street art. >

28 Jun 10
See it, it is art

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

One of the best things about hosting the World Cup is that we get to show off our beautiful stadiums, landscapes, cities, "gees" and art. >

25 Jun 10
Water works

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

A solution to the looming world water crisis requires an interdisciplinary design approach. Australia’s been giving it some thought. >

23 Jun 10
Positive painting

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

A coat of paint can go a long way in making a colourful and empowering difference in the lives of poor communities. >

14 Jun 10
Can-do creativity with the Cratefan

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Urban & Landscape Design

It bears a slight resemblance to the Incredible Hulk but the Cratefan in Jozi and Cape Town is no ordinary superhero. >

14 Jun 10
Beyond tomorrow

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

Sustainability is all the rage. Check out how designers are contributing to the global objective. >

26 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 competition for the new big Mini

Design News > Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Design functions for the Centre Rail in the new Mini Countryman and win a trip to the Paris Motor Show. >

23 Apr 10
Wooster Collective answers all at DI2010

Design News > Creative Economy / Urban & Landscape Design

“Why would an artist risk arrest in order to create?” asked Mark and Sara Schiller of the Wooster Collective. >

30 Mar 10
Faith47 answers all at DI2010

Design News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Urban & Landscape Design

Evocative street artist and social activist Faith47 cast a meditative spell on the conference delegates with her exquisitely sensitive work. >

11 Mar 10
Mokena Makeka

Mokena Makeka is principal and founder of Makeka Design Lab. >

18 Feb 10
Oona Scheepers interview

Video Interviews > Urban & Landscape Design

As a lead interior designer for Porsche, then Audi and now Volkswagen, Oona Scheepers offers a glimpse into the world of automotive design. >

10 Feb 10

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