February 2016 Archive

Issey Miyake collaborates with Finnish brand Iittala to design homeware collection

Product Spotlight • 11 Feb 16

In a collaboration that marks new territory for both brands, Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake and Iittala have released a homeware collection >
Sarah Rosado: Cereal artist, constant creator

Design News • 11 Feb 16

Amongst other things, New York-based artist Sarah Rosado creates celebrity portraits out of crushed cereal flakes. >
Q&A with Naresh Ramchandani

Inside View • 11 Feb 16

The Pentagram partner shares his thoughts on jargon, the power of words and writing as a form of design. >
Origami lantern provides off-grid solar power

Design News • 11 Feb 16

Solarpuff is an eco-friendly solar lantern made for disaster situations and developing countries. >
This feathered jacket flutters when you face north

Design News • 11 Feb 16

This augmented feathered jacket by Birce Ozkan is a smart fashion piece that mimics the innate navigational senses of a bird. >
Design Indaba welcomes Dutch design thinkers

Design News • 11 Feb 16

Five Dutch design thinkers and innovators will be speaking on the Design Indaba Conference stage this year. >
Photographer lends his lens to capturing the daily aesthetics of Lagos

Lookbook • 11 Feb 16

Logor Adeyemi captures the ordinary moments in Lagos, the extraordinary African metropolis known for wall-to-wall people and bumper-to-bumper cars. >
Echosight: Changing the way we retell global stories

Design News • 11 Feb 16

Echosight uses multiple exposure to compare and contrast visual stories from around the world. >
Enter your best designs to the A' Design Awards & Competition

Design News • 11 Feb 16

There’s still time for you to enter your best designs into the prestigious A' Design Awards & Competition 2016. >
Wearable determines health status from your sweat

Product Spotlight • 10 Feb 16

Professors from the University of Berkley, California have developed groundbreaking wearable technology that analyses your sweat for up to date health results. >
Al Hamra is an earth brick farmhouse located away from the buzzing capital of Senegal

Design News • 10 Feb 16

The architects were faced with the challenge of building a livable home in a seemingly hostile environment. >
A sustainable container school designed for isolated areas

Design News • 10 Feb 16

Boxchool uses modular design to create innovative educational facilities for children in rural regions >
Bompas & Parr to launch breathable aphrodisiac

Design News • 10 Feb 16

Mixology, meteorology, and romance collide in Bompas & Parr’s Atmospheric Aphrodisiacs. >
Artist creates sculptural furniture from discarded tyres

Product Spotlight • 10 Feb 16

This Senegalese artist finds scrap tyres to turn into functional pieces of furniture. >
Fashion designer tackles European perceptions of African men

Design News • 10 Feb 16

Ikiré Jones’ new menswear collection, After Migration frames African immigrants in Italy. >
Haute Baso: Collaborating with Rwandan artisans

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:14 • 10 Feb 16

Haute Baso, a boutique brand founded by Candy Basomingera and Linda Mukangoga, is committed to collaboration with Rwandan artisans. >
The evolution of immersive storytelling

Design News • 9 Feb 16

Designer Alex McDowell works with cutting-edge experts to move entertainment into a new, more immersive and participatory experience for the viewer. >
A Michelin star for bobotie and biltong

Design News • 9 Feb 16

Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen is the first South African chef to win a Michelin star for his South African-inspired menu JAN, his restaurant in Nice, France. >
Bold monochromatic illustrious work references artist’s African lineage

Design News • 9 Feb 16

Berlin-based Diana Ejaita illustrates bold, heavily patterned black and white figures. >
The Wellbeing Toilet encourages correct pooping posture

Product Spotlight • 9 Feb 16

A new-generation toilet is designed to support the best loo etiquette for our bowel movements. >
What does temporary housing look like around the world?

Design News • 9 Feb 16

The Shenzhen Biennale – the only exhibition in the world to focus on urbanism – featured an exhibition focusing on temporary housing across the world. >
Worm farm becomes world leader in trash economics

Design Frontiers • 9 Feb 16

A vermiculture project has catapulted Tom Szask into the leader of eco-capitalism. >
A multilingual keyboard promotes the preservation of 12 Nigerian dialects

Design News • 9 Feb 16

Nigerian linguist designs a digital keyboard to address the possible extinction of Nigeria’s multiple dialects. >
World's first automated farm will recycle 98 per cent of its water usage

Design Frontiers • 9 Feb 16

While the seeds at this farm will still be planted by people, SPREAD's automated systems will take care of the rest. >

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