January 2016 Archive

Engineering Solar Shade: Should we manipulate the climate?

Design Frontiers • 26 Jan 16

Researchers believe that the large-scale manipulation of the climate could be our best hope. >
Volunteers on the Greek Island of Lesbos upcycle lifejackets into mattresses

Design News • 26 Jan 16

Volunteers on the Greek Island of Lesbos are taking the neon-orange lifejackets left by migrants and turning them into temporary mattresses. >
Local jazz musician Kyle Shepherd is inspired by the local music legacy

Q&A • 26 Jan 16

At age 29, Kyle Shepherd has released five acclaimed albums, performed globally and collaborated with local and international jazz masters. >
The delightful and disobedient design of Jaime Hayón

Design News • 26 Jan 16

Quirky Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has become well known for his curious pieces. >
Gideon Roos: Architect, designer-maker, father

Product Spotlight • 26 Jan 16

South African Gideon Roos manages to hold down a job as a landscape architect in the Middle East while making furniture and raising his son in SA. >
Harvesting energy from the wind using plastic grass

Design News • 26 Jan 16

University researchers present a possible alternative to solar panels and bulky wind turbines. >
Paul Raas uses optical tricks and photography to investigate and interpret existence

Design News • 26 Jan 16

German photographer and artist Paul Raas turned his bathroom into a darkroom and is searching for ways to put his thoughts and philosophies into complex images. >
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin 1979-1989

Design News • 26 Jan 16

The documentary film is a first-hand account of West Berlin’s decadent and chaotic nightlife from before the curtain fell. >
Hilary Cottam on how design can fix social services

Inside View • 25 Jan 16

Social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam is working to help fix some of the biggest social problems of our time, using design as a tool for deep systemic change. >
Beatenberg: The three freshest faces of South African pop

Q&A • 25 Jan 16

We talk to South African pop band Beatenberg about playing with Mumford and Sons, girls they date and the aesthetics of Cape Town suburbia. >
Pierre-Félix So replaces push notifications with bubbles and balloons

Design News • 25 Jan 16

Pierre-Féliz So has designed Push Revolution, three devices that reinvent our relationship with push notifications through bubbles and balloons. >
Nedbank presents Beatenberg & Kyle Shepherd Trio at Design Indaba Festival 2016

Festival News • 25 Jan 16

Smooth, old-soul jazz meets vibrant, new-world pop in this only at Design Indaba collaboration. >
Four tech-savvy African creators launch a solution to high shipping costs

Design News • 25 Jan 16

Shypmate cuts the costs of international deliveries and provides income opportunities for travellers. >
Heart of a dog

Design News • 25 Jan 16

Inspired by her beloved dog Lolabelle, American artist Laurie Anderson directed “Heart of a Dog”, a documentary exploring love and loss. >
Ecoalf turns trash into high style fashion

Design News • 25 Jan 16

Spanish brand Ecoalf recycles coffee, plastic, ocean waste and tyres to create its clothing lines. >
FAROS drone: The flying firefighting sidekick

Design News • 25 Jan 16

KAIST researchers developed a wall-climbing quadcopter that can identify people and the source of a fire in a building. >
And what of the African Diaspora in India?

Design News • 22 Jan 16

Indian photographer Ketaki Sheth has captured a series of black-and-white images of the unseen people of African descent living in India and Pakistan. >
Plant Bag purifies air in a backpack

Design News • 22 Jan 16

Delft University students put a living plant in a backpack to act as a portable air purifier. >
Wai Architects: Architecture as a tool for addressing social issues

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:01 • 22 Jan 16

According to WAI Architects, architecture might not save the world but it has the power to make people’s lives miserable. >
Kites could harness power from the wind

Design Frontiers • 22 Jan 16

Soon high-flying kites could be harnessing the potential power from the wind as a cheaper alternative to wind turbines. >
This ski slope might be built on a 21-storey apartment block

Design Frontiers • 22 Jan 16

Kazakhstan’s next architectural feat could see a ski slope constructed atop a residential apartment block. >
Malaika Honey aims to alleviate poverty in Uganda with bees

Design Frontiers • 22 Jan 16

The Malaika Honey programme is providing skills training and education to allow poor communities in Uganda to make a steady income through beekeeping. >
Studio [D] Tale: A building isn’t always the solution

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:44 • 22 Jan 16

Studio [D] Tale founders Maxwell Mutanda and Safia Qureshi look beyond the traditional distinctions of architectural practice. >
These colourful mini libraries are revitalising a forgotten corner of Seoul

Design News • 22 Jan 16

ArchiWorkshop designed four mini libraries in Seoul to revitalise a forgotten corner, which was previously occupied by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. >

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