Articles

  • Kevlar skin
    Design News • 30 Sep 11
    The Bulletproof Skin concept takes personal safety to a whole new level with a bulletproof superhuman skin. >
  • Pop gallery
    Design News • 29 Sep 11
    A pop-up gallery and shop in Franschhoek presents the work of top local designers, including Heath Nash, Zizamele Ceramics, Urban Africa and more. >
  • Leaf rug
    Design News • 29 Sep 11
    Matali Crasset's Big Leaf rug is hand-knitted and made of 100% wool. >
  • Doodlers
    Design News • 29 Sep 11
    Calling all doodlers - Spend a fun afternoon in the park doing drawings for a good cause. >
  • Hats for objects
    Design News • 29 Sep 11
    Tomas Kral's latest series of lamps are inspired by traditional hat-making processes. >
  • Decadent Pigeons at Studio Kiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk
    Avian anxieties
    Design News • 28 Sep 11
    Holding a mirror up to human nature, Decadent Pigeons asks whether the quest for prosperity and freedom is making us like grey, bored and scandalous birds. >
  • 56 Rings
    Design News • 28 Sep 11
    56 Rings is an exhibition of fine handmade jewellery by South African designers. >
  • Rooikop. Photo: Marijke Willems.
    Feisty red heads
    Design News • 28 Sep 11
    Rooikop, with their gorgeous upcycled bags, is a creative redhead to be reckoned with. >
  • Pick-up truck bicycle
    Design News • 27 Sep 11
    fuseproject's LOCAL bike is the ideal way to commute around your neighbourhood and there's lots of space for your groceries, kids and more. >
  • To the rescue
    Design News • 27 Sep 11
    Being creative, resourceful and making technology work for you is what Technology Will Save Us aims for with their DIY kits. >
  • Design without use at EXD2011
    Design News • 27 Sep 11
    "Useless" is the theme of the Open Talks at Experimentadesign 2011 in Lisbon from 28 September to 2 October. >
  • 256 Pairs of shoes
    Design News • 26 Sep 11
    Shoe fetish delight - MyShoe256 is a playful system whereby 16 modular parts can be turned into 256 pairs of shoes. >
  • Melting illusions at London2011
    Design News • 26 Sep 11
    Philipp Aduatz’s Melting Chair looks like it's melting away, capturing that fleeting moment of transition into a useable object. >
  • Wanders-ful surprise
    Design News • 26 Sep 11
    The “Marcel Wanders for M&S” collection is a new range of luxurious accessories for the British retailer Marks & Spencer. >
  • Dyed In The Wool by Not Tom.
    Wool dyed
    Design News • 26 Sep 11
    Not Tom's Dyed In The Wool installation in London is a colourful demonstration of the wool dyeing process. >
  • Garden charm
    Design News • 26 Sep 11
    An indoor garden concept uses the soil below the house to bring a bit of greenery into the living space. >
  • Non-slip birdhouse by Nendo. Photo: Hiroshi Iwasaki.
    Just imagine
    Design News • 26 Sep 11
    Nendo have created a range of birdhouses that use a non-slip material for the Can You Imagine exhibition in Rome. >
  • From Russia with investments
    Design News • 25 Sep 11
    Droog Lab's Fantastical Investments projects explores the contradicting consumption habits of Russians. >
  • Ever young
    Design News • 25 Sep 11
    James Barnor's portraits speak to his passionate interest in people and societies in transition. >
  • Partners at London2011
    Design News • 23 Sep 11
    Ilse Crawford's Sidekicks and Companions are the ideal home partners and great in a support role for daily life. >
  • Post digital at London2011
    Design News • 22 Sep 11
    From digital to post-digital, Alpha-ville at the London Design Festival explores the social and cultural effects of the humanising of technology. >
  • Local Collection by Maxim Velčovský.
    Local collection at London2011
    Design News • 22 Sep 11
    Maxim Velčovský's "Local Collection" of vessels at the London Design Festival is inspired by the local identities of his native Czech Republic. >
  • Abstract retrospective
    Design News • 22 Sep 11
    “Colour, stripes, planes and curves” celebrates the 50-year career of abstract artist Bridget Riley. >
  • Silver linings at London2011
    Design News • 22 Sep 11
    Silver-where? at the London Design Festival looks to finding the silver amid a "mass of stuff". >
  • Art engagement
    Design News • 22 Sep 11
    The FNB Joburg Art Fair celebrates the work of established artists and newcomers from Africa. >
  • City ceramics at London2011
    Design News • 22 Sep 11
    From delicate porcelain pieces to functional objects in earthy stoneware, Ceramics in the City presents the work of the UK's foremost potters. >
  • Gothic colour at London2011
    Design News • 21 Sep 11
    Studio Job's Gothic Chairs at the London Design Festival are decidedly un-Gothic, rather bright and colourful. >
  • Nendo's design of the Established & Sons showroom, London.
    Interior tracings at London2011
    Design News • 21 Sep 11
    Nendo’s installation for Established & Sons uses copies of London maps to interpret the brand’s vision of a creative London. >
  • Elegantly wasted at London2011
    Design News • 21 Sep 11
    The Enlightened Waste exhibition at the London Design Festival shows how plastic waste can be turned into luxury designs. >
  • Urban suspension
    Design News • 21 Sep 11
    A colourful urban "spiderweb" in New York City was made using more than 4000 laser-cut panels. >

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