February 2016 Archive

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. >
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. >
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. >
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. >
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. >
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. >
A rural South African farmhouse clad in 1000 shimmering CDs

Design News • 8 Feb 16

South African-based artist r1 used 1000 recycled CDs to clad an abandoned farmhouse in Randfontein, a mining city in western Gauteng. >
Inspiring an anti-pollution revolution one brick at a time

Design News • 8 Feb 16

MIT students develop a low-cost, eco-friendly brick made out of industrial waste to reduce pollution in India. >
Design Indaba's Global Graduates – these are the ones to watch

Design News • 8 Feb 16

We'd like to introduce you to the talented Global Graduates who’ll be presenting their work at the Design Indaba Conference 2016. >
Miniature reading gets Brazilians excited about books

Design News • 8 Feb 16

The Leitura de Bolso campaign sends mini-reading instalments to smartphones to get Brazilians excited about reading. >
Photographer looks at history through a feminist lens

Design News • 8 Feb 16

Bristol-based photographer Chloe Massey’s representations of women focus on their heroic contributions to history. >
Uganda’s clay and rice husk water filtration system

Design Frontiers • 8 Feb 16

Access to safe drinking water in rural Uganda is a major health concern, but two graduates may have found a way to help. >
A new home for the fine wines of Babylonstoren

Design News • 8 Feb 16

Babylonstoren have added a modern, purpose-built tasting centre to their Cape winelands estate for visitors to enjoy their wine tasting experience. >
Dutch students 3D print steel frame for Arc Bicycle

Next Generation • 8 Feb 16

A team of students at the Delft University of Technology have printed the first stainless steel bike using a welding-based 3D-printing technique. >
The first survey of the photographic landscape in contemporary Africa

Design News • 5 Feb 16

Based on five years of exhibitions hosted by the LagosPhoto Festival, “Africa Under the Prism” beautifully documents contemporary photography in Africa. >
Tropical utopian city proposed for Malaysian coastline

Design News • 5 Feb 16

Sasaki imagines a thriving mangrove marina, rooftop park network and global hub for Forest City. >
Short film highlights the Cape's wasted spring waters as SA runs dry

Design News • 5 Feb 16

Filmmaker Sven Harding's short film considers South Africa's water crisis in a visually poetic, ethereal manner. >
A burka made from sugar challenges modern perceptions

Design Frontiers • 5 Feb 16

Worn by Muslim women all over the world, the burka has been a controversial topic for centuries. >
Pan-African collective debuts with visuals shot in the Mozambican savannah

FilmFestFriday • 5 Feb 16

Batuk, a Pan-African collective pioneering a new tribal and electronic sound has debuted with a music video shot in the sparse Mozambican savannah. >
Gecko-like grip soon to be within reach of humans

Design Frontiers • 5 Feb 16

Engineers at Stanford University have developed adhesive materials that mimic a gecko’s gripping power. >
Affordable exoskeleton could help paraplegic kids walk, sit or stand

Design Frontiers • 5 Feb 16

The Phoenix, the world’s lightest exoskeleton for the disabled, will be adapted to help disabled children. >
Stickybones: Animation made easy with this intuitive puppet

Product Spotlight • 4 Feb 16

The Stickybones puppet is a revolutionary animation-art figure perfectly calibrated to bring your ideas to life. >
A burial suit to better decompose your body

Product Spotlight • 4 Feb 16

The Infinity Burial Project greens-up your funeral with a suit that devours your corpse. >

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