2015 Archive

Darb 1718: A place of exchange for Egypt’s artists

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:04 • 25 Jun 15

Reem Hatem fills us in on Darb 1718, the Cairo centre that is fostering the North African country’s art scene. >
Regenerating Accra's forgotten areas

African Report • 25 Jun 15

How do you breathe new life into Jamestown, one of Accra's poorest but most historic areas? Slowly and with art, says British-Ghanaian architect Elsie Owusu. >
Joe Public awarded a Bronze at Cannes Lion

Design News • 24 Jun 15

Joe Public took home a Bronze Cannes Lion with the Cinemark “Vote SA” activation, a campaign set on inspiring social change. >
Trailer: Dan Wieden on why Wieden+Kennedy will never sell out

Trailers • Duration: 00:01:15 • 24 Jun 15

The co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy says the secret of its success lies in its creative culture of chaos. >
Teresa van Dongen nominated for Dutch Young Designer Award

Design News • 24 Jun 15

This year's three contenders in the young talent category of the Dutch Design Awards illustrate the depth and diversity of the county's next design generation. >
Dan Wieden on why Wieden+Kennedy will never sell out

Talks • Duration: 00:28:57 • 24 Jun 15

The co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy says the secret of its success lies in its creative culture of chaos. >
Venture into “The Middle of Nowhere” with illustrator Kirsten Sims

Design News • 24 Jun 15

Kirsten Sims’s first solo exhibition takes us to a place where fantasy and imagination are essential ingredients of life. >
Designing books is like a religion, says Henrik Nygren

Inside View • 24 Jun 15

This award-winning Swedish graphic designer on his obsession with archiving his work and his unconventional path into design. >
A human organ on a microchip wins Design of the Year 2015

Design News • 23 Jun 15

The line between medical science and design just got narrower with London’s Design Museum’s top award going to Human Organs-On-Chips. >
12 standout buildings from the 2015 World Architecture Festival Award finalists

Design News • 23 Jun 15

700 entries from architects and designers across the world were narrowed down to make the World Architecture Festival shortlist. >
Timorous Beasties’ moth design takes to the skies

Design Frontiers • 23 Jun 15

Multi-award winning wallpaper designers tackle a new challenge: the tail-wrap for a new jet. >
Juliana Rotich: Harnessing Africa’s potential with technology

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:00 • 23 Jun 15

Kenyan technologist Juliana Rotich lays out the tangible ways that governments can harness technology’s power to deliver services efficiently. >
A cap to halt hair loss in cancer patients

Design Frontiers • 23 Jun 15

The Embracing Life scalp-cooling cap helps maintain the quality of life for cancer patients facing chemo-induced hair loss. >
India Harris translates photography into textiles

Next Generation • 22 Jun 15

The textures and colours of film photography are the inspiration behind this University of Brighton graduate’s collection. >
A mesmerising time-lapse video shows the painting of a tiny hot dog

Design News • Duration: 00:02:47 • 22 Jun 15

Watch the gradual emergence of a life-like miniature hot dog by artist Lorraine Loots for her new collection, “Potluck 100”. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Jonx Pillemer

Lookbook • 22 Jun 15

Cape Town photographer Jonx Pillemer gives us a masterclass on composition, framing, reportage and empathy (with a little help from Susan Sontag). >
Architects will love Nendo’s new bag for Tod’s

Product Spotlight • 22 Jun 15

The acclaimed Japanese studio designs a multi-purpose bag with architects’ needs in mind for Italian brand Tod’s. >
The classic wooden toy gets a technological twist

Product Spotlight • 22 Jun 15

Avakai embraces the best of both worlds – artisanal children’s toys of the past and the technological advances of today. >
Forget virtual tours. This online gallery is like another dimension.

Lookbook • 19 Jun 15

UCLA’s New Wight Gallery has been replicated online. But the experience of this virtual exhibition space bears no resemblance to any gallery you know. >
Personal tales of Chinese urbanism in Africa

Design News • 19 Jun 15

A new exhibition at New York’s Storefront for Art and Architecture investigates the impact of Chinese development on fast-growing African cities. >
Roy Choi: The food truck revolution that spread like wildfire

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:50 • 19 Jun 15

The LA food truck kickstarted a global movement thanks to Twitter, says Roy Choi. >
You either love it or hate it, say Barbican residents

FilmFestFriday • 19 Jun 15

The Barbican Estate in London has divided opinion ever since it was built after the Second World War. But how do its residents feel about living there? >
Wiid Design launches the world's largest cork pendant

Product Spotlight • 19 Jun 15

South African designer Laurie Wiid van Heerden continues his love affair with cork as he launches the world’s largest Façade grade cork pendant lamp. >
Trailer: Roy Choi on food that tastes like LA

Trailers • Duration: 00:01:06 • 18 Jun 15

What do Twitter and tacos have to do with each other? Meet the chef who took gourmet food onto LA’s streets. >

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