November 2011 Archive

  • Story of an African farm
    Opinion • 16 Nov 11
    The untapped natural resources of the African continent are not easily assimilated into global food security issues. >
  • Surplus food truck
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    The Lucky Mi Fortune Cooking project is a mobile truck that collects food nearing their supermarket sell-by date and uses it in culinary experiments. >
  • Compost truck
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Compost Mobile is a Miami-based initiative that collects household food scraps and turns it into compost for community gardens. >
  • Sounds for eating
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Every month Turntable Kitchen sends their subscribers a "Pairings Box" of recipe and music combinations to try at home. >
  • Conviviality collective
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Arabeschi di Latte is a group of Italian women designers who use design concepts and food to explore situations and relationships. >
  • Multiplying meals
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Lucy and Jorge Orta's 70 x 7 The Meal takes its cue from an ancestral ritual and encourages networking, socialising and discussions around food. >
  • The waterprint of food
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    The Wonderwater Cafe was a pop-up restaurant that aimed to raise awareness about global water issues. >
  • Food treatment
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    The Chronic Facility is an alternative system for treating people with chronic disease. >
  • Draw your food
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Using acrylic, collage, watercolour, ink and pen, illustrator David Meldrum documented everything he ate for a year. >
  • Must-read food books
    Reviews • 16 Nov 11
    There's more than a little food for thought in these six must-read food books. >
  • Party time
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Daniel Ting Chong created the visual elements for the "Together" Bacardi Party campaign. >
  • Food for freedom
    Reviews • 16 Nov 11
    Hunger for Freedom is more than a book with recipes, it captures Nelson Mandela's life journey through the perspective of food. >
  • 12 Great food apps
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Here's a selection of 12 food apps that will help you make more informed and interesting culinary choices. >
  • City networks
    Design News • 17 Nov 11
    The Post-It exhibition in Madrid looks at the informal ways in which public city spaces are being occupied and what this means for architecture. >
  • Flexible wood
    Design News • 17 Nov 11
    Could wood be used as textiles? Lenneke Langenhuijsen explores, taking her cue from the locals in Tonga. >
  • Flip series. Photo: Patrick Hauri.
    Able to flip
    Design News • 17 Nov 11
    Now it's a stool, now it's a rocking chair, the Flip series of chairs turn into dual-function seating by simply flipping it. >
  • Kiss and make up
    Design News • 17 Nov 11
    It's not every day that one gets to see the president of the USA, Barack Obama, kissing one of his rivals. The Benetton UNHATE campaign promotes love, not hate. >
  • "Fleur de Glace" by Kiki van Eijk
    Tasty flower
    Design News • 18 Nov 11
    Kiki van Eijk's first edible design is an ice cream cake called "Fleur de Glace". >
  • Who's the man?
    Design News • 18 Nov 11
    Dangerous but romantic, Afrikaans rapper Jack Parow's latest album will make you want to "get down". >
  • Infinities
    Design News • 18 Nov 11
    Paul Senyol, Justin Southey and Bruce Mackay's Vast animation plays with infinitely tiny objects. >
  • Symbol of creation
    Design News • 18 Nov 11
    Inspired by the cube form, Tokujin Yoshioka has designed a new logo for the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. >
  • Bountiful balloons
    Design News • 19 Nov 11
    Balloons of Bhutan is a project that visually represents the last Himalayan kingdom's Gross National Happiness, using colourful balloons. >
  • Your Street Gauteng Challenge.
    Your Street Gauteng Challenge
    Do Tank News • 19 Nov 11
    Design Indaba has launched the Your Street Gauteng Challenge, in aid of effecting positive social change in your immediate surroundings. >
  • Flash furniture
    Design News • 19 Nov 11
    The Crates is a collection of mobile furniture, ideal for the modern urbanite. >

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