Design Indaba Archive

  • Limitless living
    Design News • 4 Jul 11
    Flexible and multifunctional, the Living Tools collection of versatile furniture pieces is ideal for small spaces. >
  • African sounds
    Design News • 4 Jul 11
    The Post Office have released a series of stamps depicting rare, indigenous musical instruments at the National Arts Festival. >
  • Wide Open Walls
    Design News • 4 Jul 11
    A living art project in the villages of The Gambia hopes to promote this West African country as a vibrant tourist destination. >
  • Folding fun
    Design News • 3 Jul 11
    Cut, paste, create and decorate. Paper projects come alive, DIY style, with the Paper Punk kit. >
  • Russian jewel
    Design News • 3 Jul 11
    The Pushkinsky Jewel is a design concept for connecting a landmark theatre to the historic and culturally vibrant Pushkin Square in Moscow. >
  • Mouse trail
    Design News • 2 Jul 11
    Streamlined, safe and functional, Stefano Giovannoni’s Mouse range of luggage is the ideal travelling companion. >
  • Modern company
    Design News • 2 Jul 11
    Battiss & Company at the Goodman Gallery Johannesburg celebrates the work of one of SA's foremost modernists. >
  • Made by man
    Design News • 1 Jul 11
    The Stephen Burks: Man Made exhibition considered the global economy of artisanal craft. >
  • Colonised
    Design News • 1 Jul 11
    Formafantasma’s Colony range of textiles is inspired by topical issues like assimilation and migration. >
  • Adélia Borges and Paula Dib at WDCD 2011
    Video Interviews • 30 Jun 11
    At What Design Can Do 2011 conference Paula Dib and Adélia Borges talk about a commitment to design that can improve lives. >
  • Francis Kéré at Design Indaba 2011
    Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West
    Talks • Duration: 00:32:02 • 30 Jun 11
    African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré. >
  • Sign posted
    Design News • 30 Jun 11
    Matali Crasset’s way finding system for the Royal Fontevraud Abbey adds an element of exploration to a site visit. >
  • Rohan Shivkumar and M P Ranjan at WDCD 2011
    Video Interviews • 29 Jun 11
    Rohan Shivkumar and Professor MP Ranjan look at ways of effecting real change in India. >
  • Photo: West 8, RCR and AldayJover.
    Linear park
    Design News • 29 Jun 11
    A diagonal urban park in Barcelona connects the city to its natural surrounds. >
  • Polar plottings
    Design News • 29 Jun 11
    Sandy Noble uses a primitive robot and a plotting system designed for Arctic maps to sketch out beautiful prints. >
  • Boxes of bamboo
    Design News • 29 Jun 11
    Layered in 80 000 bamboo skewers, your belongings are sure to be safe in the Magistral Cabinet. >
  • 2D/3D
    Design News • 29 Jun 11
    A half chair? Or just the illusion of a chair? Here’s the 2D/3D Chairs for Issey Miyake. >
  • Photo: Daici Ano.
    Hats off
    Design News • 28 Jun 11
    Surrounded by 4 000 hats in an exhibition space, one might be forgiven for feeling mad as a hatter. >
  • Art of music
    Design News • 27 Jun 11
    The clever use of illustration tells an enticing story about the art of music. >
  • Character conversion
    Design News • 27 Jun 11
    Text and type everywhere! Ryo Shimizu’s CNJPUS TEXT installation adapts Chinese characters for a hybrid typography. >
  • Playing with food
    Design News • 26 Jun 11
    Discover your inner gastronomist, with a little help from Designgoat’s Eating Objects. >
  • Dare to wear
    Design News • 26 Jun 11
    What if wearing a cocktail dress really meant having cocktails on tap? The DareDroid does this, but only after you agree to play with it. >
  • 8 House (2010) by Bjarke Ingels Group
    Shapes of eight
    Design News • 25 Jun 11
    The 8 House allows people to bike all the way from the street to the 10th level penthouses. >
  • Good enough to eat
    Design News • 25 Jun 11
    If it's good enough to parade on your body, it should be good enough to eat. de culinaire werkplaats has some edible garments. >

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