Articles

  • Beat Brass lamp by Tom Dixon.
    Brass vessels
    Design News • 6 Jan 14
    Tom Dixon takes inspiration from traditional vessels used to carry water for his latest collection of authentic brass pendant lamps. >
  • Frozen Garden by Marcel Wanders for Bisazza. Image: Bisazza.
    Vertical garden
    Design News • 6 Jan 14
    Dutch designer Marcel Wanders creates an interior garden of ceramic flowers with his wall cladding design, Frozen Garden, for Bisazza’s 2014 collection. >
  • The Hanataba chopsticks by Nendo. Image: Akihiro Yoshida
    Pick-up sticks
    Design News • 5 Jan 14
    Japan-based Nendo redesigns an ancient traditional eating utensil, the chopstick, transforming people’s interaction with this everyday object. >
  • Jaime Hayon's New York is Miami cabinet. Image: Jaime Hayon.
    Fun and fantastical
    Design News • 4 Jan 14
    Spanish designer Jaime Hayón reflects on the past ten years’ worth of work in his retrospective exhibition Funtastico. >
  • T Table by Woltemade. Image: Woltemade
    Emerging Creative Q&A: Woltemade
    Design News • 2 Jan 14
    The Emerging Creatives programme provides up-and-coming designers with a wonderful launch pad. We chat to Woltemade to find out what they have been up to. >
  • PRISM mirror by Tokujin Yoshioka. Image: Glas Italia; Tommaso Sartori.
    Through the looking glass
    Design News • 30 Dec 13
    Tokujin Yoshioka's PRISM mirror collection for Glas Italia creates a mysterious presence through its dazzling refraction of light. >
  • The new Axel Springer Campus by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).
    Winning BIG
    Design News • 29 Dec 13
    Here is a look at Danish architect Bjarke Ingels's winning proposal for the Axel Springer new media campus in Berlin, Germany. >
  • Graphic work by Lazi Mathebula.
    Emerging Creative catch-up: Lazi Mathebula
    Design News • 26 Dec 13
    2013 Emerging Creative Lazi Mathebula, aka Greiispaces, is one of 50 international illustrators currently exhibiting at .M Contemporary gallery in Australia. >
  • Geometric platter by Alexia Klompje.
    Clay play
    Q&A • 24 Dec 13
    Cape Town-based stylist Alexia Klompje launched Klomp Ceramics earlier this year. She tells us about Klomp Collection II that celebrates the season. >
  • Maarten Baas' chaise longe for Berluti. Images: Berluti and Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
    Modelled by hand
    Design News • 22 Dec 13
    Dutch artist-designer Maarten Baas unveils four new Clay pieces for luxury menswear brand, Berluti. >
  • Illustration created by Eddie Opara for Wired that renders the issue number 21.12 in its binary configuration of 1s and 0s.
    Binary numbers
    Design News • 21 Dec 13
    Designer Eddie Opara creates a striking illustration, which expresses a digital concept in analogue form, for the December 2013 issue of "Wired" magazine. >
  • Emerging Creatives K&i Design Studio.
    K&i Design Studio: Emerging Creatives Q&A
    Festival News • 20 Dec 13
    This week's featured Emerging Creative is graphic design duo K&i Design Studio, who were part of the programme in 2012. >
  • Design Souq cardboard pavilion by Shigeru Ban for the Abu Dhabi Art Festival.
    Cardboard marketplace
    Design News • 19 Dec 13
    Shigeru Ban has created a temporary, mobile pavilion in his signature material, cardboard, for the Abu Dhabi Art Festival. >
  • Walter Battiss artwork on ceramic by Mervyn Gers.
    Artfully plated
    Design News • 19 Dec 13
    The work of Walter Battiss, South Africa’s foremost abstract painter, has found a new expression on ceramics by Mervyn Gers who tells us about the project. >
  • Design Indaba Simulcast Audience 2013
    Book now for Design Indaba Simulcast 2014
    Festival News • 18 Dec 13
    The Design Indaba Conference will be simulcast live to venues in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and, for the first time, Potchefstroom. >
  • 50 Martin Place by Clive Wilkinson Architects.
    The social agenda of buildings
    Q&A • 17 Dec 13
    Clive Wilkinson, paradigm-defining architect of Googleplex, will speak at Design Indaba 2014. Here he shares insights into his approach to workplace design. >
  • Tree of Light by Droog.
    Christmas tree, O Christmas tree
    Design News • 17 Dec 13
    Dutch conceptual design studio Droog has unveiled an enormous holographic Christmas tree in the entrance hall of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. >
  • Sonolith by Joe Paine, Ross Drakes and Richard Jenks. Image by Greg Cox for Southern Guild.
    Wired for sound
    Design News • 17 Dec 13
    Sonolith, a new audio system by a South African design trio, breaks all the stereo types. >
  • Orolog watch collection by Jaime Hayón.
    Stylish timekeeping
    Design News • 17 Dec 13
    Jaime Hayón's collection of Orolog wristwatches combine classical elements with modern details. >
  • Visual identity for the Crouch End Festival Chorus by Harry Pearce.
    Music from the heart
    Design News • 16 Dec 13
    Harry Pearce has designed a new visual identity for the Crouch End Festival Chorus in North London. >
  • Christoph Niemann — Petting Zoo Memo Game, copyright Gestalten 2013.
    Memorising animals
    Design News • 16 Dec 13
    The quirky characters from Christoph Niemann's highly-acclaimed digital Petting Zoo app now make their debut in a tactile, analogue memory game. >
  • Michael Bierut for Cathedral Church of Saint John
    Spreading the word
    Design News • 14 Dec 13
    Michael Bierut has redesigned the website for the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine to suit the needs of a 21st century congregation. >
  • Yuri Suzuki's Juke Box Meets Tate Britain installation
    Juke Box beats
    Design News • 14 Dec 13
    Yuri Suzuki's latest installation allows visitors of Tate Britain to capture their impressions of the art in musical form. >
  • Emerging creative Nawaaz Saldulker
    Nawaaz Saldulker: Emerging Creatives Q&A
    Festival News • 13 Dec 13
    This week’s featured Emerging Creative is product designer Nawaaz Saldulker, who was part of the programme at Design Indaba Expo in 2013. >
  • iQhina tableware by Sarah Rhodes and Andile Dyalvane.
    Made beyond borders
    Q&A • 12 Dec 13
    For her PhD research London-based designer Sarah Rhodes wanted to explore the nature of collaborative making between designers and craft producers. >
  • Karim Rashid for Purho.
    Glass acts
    Design News • 12 Dec 13
    New Italian design company Purho teams up with the ever-fabulous Karim Rashid for a launch collection of contemporary glassware. >
  • Natural Areas Conservancy of New York City identity by Paula Scher.
    Ode to nature
    Design News • 11 Dec 13
    Paula Scher's new identity for the Natural Areas Conservancy in New York City promotes a message of conservation and restoration. >
  • ChainSofa by Carlo Ratti Associati and Cassina. Image: MyBossWas.
    Redefining furniture manufacturing
    Design News • 11 Dec 13
    Carlo Ratti Associati's digitally fabricated, flexible furniture pieces prove that manufacturing is entering the third industrial revolution. >
  • This Way Up by K&I Design Studio and Henry Thomas.
    Up, up and away
    Design News • 11 Dec 13
    Emerging Creatives K&i Design Studio has collaborated with photographer Henry Thomas to create an installation for the Megaro Bar in London. >
  • Awakening Beauty powder case by Marcel Wanders.
    Bell-shaped beauty
    Design News • 10 Dec 13
    Marcel Wanders has designed a powder case that chimes on opening to indicate the awakening of beauty. >

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