October 2010 Archive

  • Balancing Barn.
    Well balanced
    Design News • 1 Oct 10
    The "Balancing Barn" sounds like a playroom for children, and is colourful too, but its allowing Joe Soap to enjoy top-notch architecture. >
  • Residence 2.0.
    Welcome to Residence 2.0
    Design News • 1 Oct 10
    Residence 2.0 might be the most energy-efficient home ever. It's setting the pace for green homes, and its rather beautiful. >
  • Frits Philips Concert Hall.
    Music makeover
    Design News • 1 Oct 10
    The Frits Philips Concert Hall in Eindhoven has undergone a transformation: Introducing the music centre of the future! >
  • Needle & thread
    Design News • 2 Oct 10
    Simple yet effective. Pentagram designed the identity for the new Fashion Law Institute. >
  • Long Live the Dead Queen by Mary Sibande. Photo: 2point8photo/Nadine Hutton and Delwyn Verasamy.
    Now and forever
    Design News • 2 Oct 10
    Victorian lady or South African house maid? Mary Sibande's mixing of the two results is powerful social commentary. >
  • Thoms Heatherwick. Photo via dezeen.
    Hail to Heatherwick
    Design News • 3 Oct 10
    Thomas Heatherwick is the latest recipient of the coveted London Design Medal. >
  • Punkt by Jasper Morrison.
    Pick up the phone!
    Design News • 3 Oct 10
    The Punkt DP 01 is a funky new phone design by Jasper Morrison for a Swiss consumer electronics band. >
  • Southern Right Vessel.
    Swimming success
    Design News • 4 Oct 10
    A whale design out of Cape Town’s FabLab has wooed the crowds and impressed the judges at an international FabLab conference in Amsterdam. >
  • Zulu Mama chair by Haldane Martin. Photo: Justin Patrick.
    Haldane Martin now in Jozi
    Design News • 5 Oct 10
    Brace yourselves Joburg design lovers. Haldane Martin has opened a showroom in Parktown North. >
  • Free sneakers!
    Design News • 5 Oct 10
    Get a free pair of really funky sneakers when you purchase your cassette tape copy of Animal Collective's unreleased songs. Now! >
  • Bottle Form Ball by Heath Nash.
    Friends with business benefits
    Design News • 5 Oct 10
    A new non-profit initiative is empowering local craft and design businesses for commercial success by teaching them valuable skills. >
  • Beer crate pavilion. Photo: Serge Brison.
    Built from beer (crates)
    Design News • 6 Oct 10
    Architects SHSH used beer crates for a temporary pavilion celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1958 Universal World Exhibition. >
  • Containing hope
    Design News • 7 Oct 10
    Tsai Design Studio's repurposed freight containers are bringing joy to poor communities in the Western Cape. >
  • Weapons for shovels.
    Gun free, tree rich
    Design News • 7 Oct 10
    A design campaign in Mexico called for the voluntary donation of weapons, and turned them into useful shovels with which to plant trees. >
  • Domestic Ponds.
    Ponds for ecosystems
    Design News • 7 Oct 10
    Domestic Ponds explores the benefits of ecosystems and looks at creative ways of bringing them into the home. >
  • Cardborigami shelter.
    Cardboard shelter
    Design News • 8 Oct 10
    An origami-inspired corrugated cardboard shelter is a great temporary solution for the urban homeless and victims of disaster. >
  • Zwartkop High School: The winning team.
    Be the difference
    Design News • 8 Oct 10
    The Making a Difference Through Design competition teaches high school learners about the value of design in our everyday lives. >
  • The Country Trainer. Photo: Camper.
    Camping out
    Design News • 8 Oct 10
    Camper and Jasper. It evens sounds comfortable. Now see the shoe that resulted from the collaboration. >
  • City Bowl by Maria van Rooyen.
    Homeward bound
    Design News • 9 Oct 10
    With coin rubbings as the medium for large drawings, Maria van Rooyen explores issues of homesickness in her exhibition. >
  • Wall panels by Anne Kyyrö Quinn.
    Whispering walls
    Design News • 9 Oct 10
    Anne Kyyrö Quinn’s unique designs may qualify as the world’s most beautiful sound-proof wall panels. >
  • Diamant coffin by Jacob Jensen Design.
    For eternity
    Design News • 10 Oct 10
    The new Diamant series of coffins and urns: For a more dignified farewell... >
  • Off-Axis Watch by Eric Janssen.
    Watch with a twist
    Design News • 11 Oct 10
    The Off-Axis Watch removes the need to bend one's elbow when looking at the time. >
  • Freak Show: Kueng Caputo.
    Freaks of design
    Design News • 11 Oct 10
    Freak Show is an exhibition of selected designers that challenge the system and consider strategies for design (dis)engagement. >
  • The One Room Hotel by JAMESPLUMB (www.jamesplumb.co.uk), photo by Gisela Torres (www.giselatorres.co.uk).
    One of a kind
    Design News • 12 Oct 10
    A showcase of gorgeous interior design by day, a customised hotel room by night. The One Room Hotel is a unique design experience. >

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