2022 Archive

  • Future compostable
    Design News • 13 Jun 22
    Furniture designer Jonsara Ruth restores disabled pieces of furniture so they are both ecologically and ergonomically healthier >
  • Dream, explore, discover
    Design News • 21 Jun 22
    Take a seat on a Bofred masterpiece and be transported to a world where all you need do is actively observe >
  • Home and away
    Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 22
    The new Africa Centre in Southwark is poised to unveil a permanent collection of contemporary African art, following a much-anticipated refurbishment >
  • Arbour days
    Design News • 21 Jun 22
    Stefano Boeri x Timberland have created a multisensory installation to bring the scents and sensations of being in a forest into an urban waterway >
  • It takes a village
    Design News • 29 Jun 22
    Intrepid designer Lani Adeoye is inspired by the organic rhythms of the traditional society, adapting them for modern audiences >
  • The presence of absence
    Design News • 29 Jun 22
    The Bamiyan Cultural Centre in the Bamiyan Valley meditates on the complex history and uncertain future of Afghanistan >
  • The shape of water
    Design News • 29 Jun 22
    Maya Lin’s sprawling installations pay homage to – and ask questions about – watery ecologies >
  • Skyfall
    Design News • 1 Jul 22
    Frank Gehry reveals a striking addition to the skyline of his home city, Toronto >
  • A great catch for fashion
    Design News • 3 Jul 22
    A start-up is harnessing invasive species to supply the fashion industry with fish leather >
  • Straw men
    Design News • 3 Jul 22
    A sustainable model with houses made of straw is coming to the Netherlands >
  • Design World Mourns
    Design News • 7 Jul 22
    Pioneering Marcus Fairs “changed the landscape of design journalism” >
  • Life through the lens
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    A Russian photographer is awarded for documenting the social transformation of the traditional ‘reindeer people’ >
  • Weathering the storms
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    Bangladeshi architect and recent Soane Medal recipient Marina Tabassum’s modular houses are built to survive monsoon season >
  • Portraits in plastic
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    Established artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad >
  • Jewel In The Crown
    Design News • 18 Jul 22
    Heatherwick Studio unveils a unique kinetic greenhouse in West Sussex >
  • Mother of mankind
    Design News • 18 Jul 22
    MaXhosa Africa presents a new collection inspired by the late rapper and ‘muse’ Riky Rick >
  • Hope floats
    Design News • 26 Jul 22
    A floating wire sculpture in Prague is an ode to Ukrainian mothers >
  • Rock of ages
    Design News • 26 Jul 22
    Michel Rojkind presents his immersive piece "Yoltic Seat" at Lisbon museum >
  • Building sustainability
    Design News • 1 Aug 22
    Coburg University Master’s students designed a tiny house made entirely of renewable materials that adopts cradle-to-cradle principles >
  • Rhythm and hues
    Design News • 1 Aug 22
    Tobias Bolliger of Studio Bollo turns typefaces into distorted patterns that resemble rhythmic beats >
  • A march through time
    Design News • 1 Aug 22
    London design studio and Design Indaba alumnus NB Studio created stamps celebrating 50 years since the first Pride march in London >
  • Metamorphosis
    Design News • 10 Aug 22
    Design Indaba alumnus Shaakira Jassat created a collection of trick glasses inspired by social distancing and caterpillars for the Nationaal Glasmuseum >
  • Invented reality
    Design News • 10 Aug 22
    Design Indaba alumnus Nicolás Kisic Aguirre’s latest project turns linguistic disobedience into an immersive experience >
  • Mr Sandman
    Design News • 16 Aug 22
    Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions >

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