May 2011 Archive

  • Less is more at Milan2011
    Design News • 8 May 11
    New Life is an exhibition that challenges viewers to consider the value of the resources behind materials. >
  • Blog: The Sustainable City at NY Festival of Ideas
    Inside View • 8 May 11
    What does it really entail to ensure a city is sustainable. A mayoral panel discussion at the NY Festival of Ideas considers this question. >
  • Untitled 201,1 Mixed media on canvas. Photo: Guy Woueté.
    Meaning of the world
    Design News • 9 May 11
    My New World is a body of work by Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo that mirrors the negative effects of the contemporary world >
  • Cut and paste
    Design News • 9 May 11
    Bianca Chang’s beautiful works of paper art are inspired by the simplicity of tone-on-tone signage and the shadows of 3D letterforms. >
  • Photo: Daici Ano.
    Space optimisation
    Design News • 9 May 11
    The Puma House Tokyo is a press room and event space in the city, designed by Nendo. >
  • From the Bog
    Design News • 10 May 11
    Straight from The Bog, brought here by The Blackheart Gang and now, yours to own! >
  • Hoarder's delight
    Design News • 10 May 11
    Overwhelmed by clutter? Snowed in by stuff? The Comfy Cargo Chair may be just what you need. >
  • Africa-inspired
    Design News • 10 May 11
    Diallo Design is using design to promote economic development in Mali. And the creations inspire a new perspective on African creativity. >
  • Front at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 10 May 11
    Design collective Front talk about redefining the relationship between industrial production and craft. >
  • Alberto Alessi at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 10 May 11
    Design is a new form of art and poetry, says Alberto Alessi. >
  • 20Q: Daniel Ting Chong
    Q&A • 11 May 11
    Cape Town creative Daniel Ting-Chong is excited about the local design industry and would fancy having lunch with Megatron. Yes. Really. >
  • Bac for good
    Design News • 11 May 11
    Jasper Morrison’s Bac family of chairs welcomes two new addition to the fold. >
  • Droog at Milan2011
    Video Interviews • 11 May 11
    Renny Ramakers is committed to seeing how design can move in a different direction with more focus on models and concepts. >
  • Silent and sustainable
    Design News • 11 May 11
    Land Rover has quietly introduced their new electric Defender which minimises environmental and noise pollution. >
  • Stop hating, start creating
    Design News • 12 May 11
    The early bird catches the worm. But luckily the Loeries have extended their deadline, giving the slow coaches a steady nudge. >
  • O my
    Design News • 12 May 11
    The new “O” watch by Issey Miyake reflects the environmental surroundings of the wearer. >
  • Animal gestures
    Design News • 13 May 11
    The Horse Marionette and Rocking Springbuck are two of Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest creations, both designed with CAD software. >
  • Photo: Bruno Alder.
    Trucker style
    Design News • 13 May 11
    Used tarpaulins from trucks have never been as stylish as in Freitag's Fake Snake Collection of limited edition handbags. >
  • Photo: Simon Bouisson.
    Internet hotel
    Design News • 13 May 11
    Devoid of concierge and staff, the Hi Matic in Paris is a 100% internet-based hotel >
  • Colourful cuckoos
    Design News • 14 May 11
    Coulourful and whimsical but also very functional, this little cuckoo clock is a real lust-have. >
  • Cinematic experience
    Design News • 14 May 11
    Naço Architecture has worked to once again make the Heng Shan cinema in Shanghai the place to be. >
  • Design evolution at Milan2011
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Superfarm proposes a new way of cultivating and consuming food, looking to the urban environments of 2050. >
  • Wanders forever
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Marcel Wanders's designs are pretty desirable. So desirable, in fact, that you might want it tattooed onto your body. Now you can! >
  • Conviction en masse
    Conviction en masse
    Opinion • 15 May 11
    Susie Hunt writes about China's emerging class of creative entrepreneurs who are leapfrogging the traditional agency model. >

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