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The 21st Century Economy Will Be Urban, High Tech, and Green

Opinion • 1 May 13

Alex Steffen on three facts business leaders tend to misunderstand when thinking about climate change. >
Woven wood

Design News • 1 May 13

Bearing resemblance to African furniture design, Patricia Urquiola designs a wooden chair for Moroso. >
Lifelong timber

Design News • 30 Apr 13

The "Architecture and Humanitarian Activities" exhibition highlights the lifelong work and career of renowned architect Shigeru Ban. >
Full Moon

Design News • 30 Apr 13

Nika Zupanc unveils her first creation for Sé, a lamp inspired by sport motifs and 1950s furniture. >
Balaclava bear

Design News • 29 Apr 13

Sootcookie ceramics and Alex Goldberg have collaborated to design a range of characters who create havoc in the woods. >
Elizabeth Galloway at Design Indaba 2013

Festival News • 28 Apr 13

Cape Town’s Design Indaba Expo is a cultural mix of all things design related in South Africa. >
Comfort zone

Design News • 27 Apr 13

Jaime Hayón's "Ro" armchair means "tranquility" in Danish and resembles just that. >
Petting Zoo now on Android

Do Tank News • 26 Apr 13

We're excited to announce that the hand-illustrated app Petting Zoo by Christoph Niemann is now available on Android. >
Keeping time

Design News • 26 Apr 13

Marcel Wanders has extended his "Dressed" collection with a series of wristwatches, each being unique to its wearer. >
Take flight

Design News • 25 Apr 13

Spilt Milk's Autumn/Winter 2013 collection takes inspiration from the beauty of birds in flight. >
Honeycomb jewels

Design News • 25 Apr 13

Benjamin Hubert's latest jewellery collection takes inspiration from bees and natural patterns. >
Nature verses science

Design News • 24 Apr 13

Troika's first solo exhibition "The Far Side of Reason" combines new and old works to investigate the tension between perception and reality. >
Makr Shakr: a robotic creation

Design News • 23 Apr 13

Carlo Ratti's "Makr Shakr" allows people to become their own virtual barman. >
European city

Design News • 22 Apr 13

Bjarke Ingels' "Europacity" will provide the Île-de-France community with a commercial and cultural hotspot. >
Comfortably colourful

Design News • 21 Apr 13

Colour, colour and more colour, Patricia Urquiola’s latest chair collection brightens any living or working environment. >
Design Indaba Expo 2013 – In Review

Festival News • 20 Apr 13

It has taken a while to get this post out because frankly, I procrastinate... >
Wooden simplicity

Design News • 20 Apr 13

Naoto Fukasawa extended his "Maruni" furniture collection at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair and paid tribute to traditional Japanese craftsmanship. >
Jungle Jim turns heads in Milan

Design News • 19 Apr 13

Local pulp-fiction zine takes over windows of popular department store La Rinascente during Milan design week >
Think tanks

Festival News • 19 Apr 13

La créativité prend le pouvoir! – Ideat magazine (France) features leading conferences TED Talks and Design Indaba Conference. >
Backstage with Nichetto and Nendo

Lookbook • 19 Apr 13

Here is a look at Nendo and Nichetto's collaboration, from start to finish, for the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Comfort & style

Design News • 19 Apr 13

Eye-grabbing elegance is just one of the many descriptions for BarberOsgerby's sofa collection for Knoll. >
Tea time

Design News • 18 Apr 13

Scholten & Baijings' "Tea with Georg" collection interprets characteristics of a traditional Japanese tea ceremony for contemporary Western use. >
Design portraits

Design Indaba Campaigns • 17 Apr 13

Designboom photographer Adriano Mauri eloquently captured Design Indaba 2013 conference speakers in this poignant series of photographs. >
Imaginary museum

Design News • 17 Apr 13

Jon Stam's"Imaginary Museum" is an exhibition that can be viewed anywhere and at any time. >
Smooth movements

Design News • 17 Apr 13

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec teamed up with BMW to create an installation that looks to the relaxing experience of a slow and smooth moving mechanism. >
Design Indaba 2013: Through Rose-Tinted Glasses | The Design Tabloid

Festival News • 16 Apr 13

Time flashes past so unbelievably fast. It’s almost scary. Right now, to me, it feels as if Design Indaba 2013 was long ago, instead of a month ago. >
No bad colours

Design News • 16 Apr 13

Ron Arad's vision for a productive working environment is a colour-changing wall that stimulates the work ethic of employees. >
Dutch DNA

Design News • 16 Apr 13

Tjep. introduces the first ever DNA-driven furniture collection at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Milan by foot

Design News • 15 Apr 13

Nendo redesigns the fourth floor of the la Rinascente department store in Milan, providing visitors with a constantly changing spacial experience. >
Experiencing design: Design Indaba 2013

Festival News • 14 Apr 13

Imogene Tudor wraps up her experience at last month’s Design Indaba Conference, discovering a fertile architecture & design scene in South Africa in the process >

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