2015 Archive

Droog's hardware will make you happy

Design News • 23 Apr 15

The Dutch studio puts the fun into functional with an award-winning range of smile-inducing nuts and bolts. >
Burning Man founding member Larry Harvey speaks at Design Indaba 2015 – Designboom

Inside View • 23 Apr 15

Larry Harvey reflects on the impact the annual Burning Man festival offers those who experience it. >
Why standardisation is a good thing

Opinion • 23 Apr 15

In this exclusive extract from David Butler and Linda Tischler’s new book, “Design to Grow”, they outline the role standards play in scaling a design. >
Design Indaba Turns 20 – Real Estate Magazine

Festival News • 23 Apr 15

10 of the most memorable design moments at Design Indaba 2015 by Real Estate Magazine >
Judging a bookstore by its cover

Design News • 23 Apr 15

The newly opened Taschen bookstore in Milan has a luxe interior that combines traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge design. >
An encounter between faith and design

Design News • 22 Apr 15

Local designer Nawaaz Saldulker is included in "Islamopolitan", a travelling exhibition that is part of Milan 2015. >
Argali and Dew by Hella Jongerius

Product Spotlight • 22 Apr 15

Hella Jongerius’s two new rug designs will give handmade enthusiasts a reason to celebrate. >
Dan Wieden (Part 1): We started by ignoring the rules of advertising

Video Interviews • 22 Apr 15

How a mutual disregard for traditional advertising kickstarted Wieden + Kennedy and Nike’s success. >
Business of Design returns in 2015

Design News • 22 Apr 15

The two-day seminar programme returns to Johannesburg and Cape Town in May, with a new line up of speakers. >
#cocreateSA calls on designers again

Q&A • 21 Apr 15

The Dutch government goes for impact with a second project linking innovators from South Africa and the Netherlands to solve local challenges. >
Memories in watercolour

Design News • 21 Apr 15

Cape Town watercolour artist and designer Euodia Roets talks about her pamper boutique brand Touchee Feelee. >
#DITakeover on Instagram: Katherine-Mary Pichulik

Lookbook • 21 Apr 15

Accessories designer Kat Pichulik took us inside her world as she prepped for the launch of her AW2015 collection last week. >
8 illustrators on #NoToXenophobia

Lookbook • 20 Apr 15

Local illustrators respond to our call for poster designs speaking out against the xenophobic attacks visited on foreign Africans this past week. >
Gong Repeater by Jordi Pla

Product Spotlight • 20 Apr 15

This Spanish designer creates a wall clock that forces people to slow down. >
Larry Harvey: Artists deserve to make money

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:55 • 20 Apr 15

The founder of Burning Man talks about how the annual arts festival has become an alternative market for art. >
10 product highlights at Milan 2015

Focus On • 19 Apr 15

As Milan Design Week draws to an end, we look back at ten new designs that made an impression. >
Take Five

Take Five • 18 Apr 15

Christoph Niemann’s illustration, made for us in response to the recent spate of xenophobic violence in South Africa, had universal impact. >
Eating and shitting, Milan-style

Design News • 17 Apr 15

Design Academy Eindhoven’s “Eat Shit” exhibition at Ventura Lambrate looks at the myriad ways our lives revolve around human waste. >
Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

Talks • Duration: 00:39:53 • 17 Apr 15

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work. >
Bellissimo! Pichulik does it again

Lookbook • 17 Apr 15

“Pietra Terra”, the latest collection by Katherine Pichulik, imagines Italy through an African lens. >
Trailer: Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

Trailers • Duration: 00:02:04 • 17 Apr 15

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work. >
"Dinosigning" by Max Litvinov

FilmFestFriday • 17 Apr 15

In this strange short film by Russian animator Max Litvinov, a woman creates an alternate reality filled with dinosaurs. >
Designers breathe new life into Milan

Lookbook • 17 Apr 15

“Liveability” seems to be a common thread among the designs on show at Milan Design Week 2015. >
Finding hope in rope

Lookbook • 16 Apr 15

Sep Verboom's new lamp and stool at Milan Design Week 2015 were inspired by a rope-making community in the Philippines. >

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