Articles

  • Alejandro Aravena: Elemental housing solution in Santa Catarina, Mexico. Photo: Ramiro Ramirez.
    The good half house
    Profiling • 1 Nov 10
    Elemental in Chile is doing more than half-heartedly answering the question of social housing. Alejandro Aravena talks to Nadine Botha. >
  • I can
    Design News • 1 Nov 10
    What would happen if school children in India started designing solutions to social problems? Something very significant... >
  • Backyard design
    Design News • 1 Nov 10
    Emily Pilloton is enlisting a new generation of design activists through her work as a high school teacher in North Carolina. >
  • Kurukuru-maki
    Design News • 1 Nov 10
    A Heath Nash chair design that you can make at home. >
  • Bos Ice Tea. Packaging design by The President.
    Going bos
    Design News • 1 Nov 10
    Tea in a can has never been this cool... and refreshing, and tasty. And have you checked out the packaging? >
  • The bespoke comeback
    Design News • 1 Nov 10
    A splurge of second generation bicycles have recently flooded the design wires. >
  • Afronaut
    Profiling • 1 Nov 10
    If Apple won us over with the power of design, could design bring Ubuntu to the masses? Guy Bedford gets geeky with Mark Shuttleworth. >
  • Google this
    Inside View • 1 Nov 10
    “Get the genius out the building”, is Robert Wong’s brief as creative director of Google Creative Lab. >
  • Afterfacts
    Design News • 1 Nov 10
    In the future gallery of now, photographer Guido Schwarz turns the gaze to nostalgic artefacts that inspirit a second life. >
  • The wing surface of the Morpho butterfly. Courtesy of the Biomimicry Institute.
    Second nature
    Opinion • 1 Nov 10
    Whatever we need to do to sustain our lives, nature already does, writes Beth Peterson. >
  • Game on
    Opinion • 1 Nov 10
    A fascinating and emerging design field, a game is one of the most collaborative projects a designer can take on, writes Michael Edwards. >
  • Die Antwoord. Photo: Sean Meterlerkamp.
    From the Zef Side to the Guggenheim
    Design News • 1 Nov 10
    It's not every day that a zef band from South Africa makes it big in the Guggenheim... >
  • Martela Koop egg chair by Karim Rashid.
    Egg-static
    Design News • 31 Oct 10
    All we want is an egg chair... by Karim Rashid! >
  • © SOUTH AFRICA by Michael Poliza & Friends, www.teneues.com, Photo © 2010 Michael Poliza. All rights reserved. www.michaelpoliza
    Simply South Africa
    Reviews • 31 Oct 10
    Sometimes we need to be reminded of the things that make South Africa special. Michael Poliza and friends have captured the magic in a book. >
  • Bike Shelf by Chris Brigham.
    Sensible shelving
    Design News • 31 Oct 10
    Cycling is great but storing your bike can be a hassle so take a look at this clever solution. >
  • Dalton Private Game Reserve: View from the barn.
    Green game farm
    Design News • 30 Oct 10
    Dalton Private Game Reserve in KZN wins top award for sustainable architecture. >
  • Vac from the Sea by Electrolux.
    Saving our seas
    Design News • 30 Oct 10
    A brilliant initiative by Electrolux is using plastic debris salvaged from the ocean to create sustainable vacuum cleaners. >
  • Crate Series by Studio Makkink & Bey. Photo: Stijn Brakkee.
    Stacked up
    Design News • 29 Oct 10
    Studio Makkink & Bey's Crate Series is an inquiry into the many functions of crates, both in public and private spaces. >
  • I was shot in Joburg.
    Shooting in Jo'burg
    Design News • 29 Oct 10
    "I Was Shot in Joburg" is an edgy creative experiment that's enriching the lives of street kids and generating an income. >
  • Mohair designs by Laduma Ngxokolo. Photo: Vusumzi Peter.
    Modern mohair
    Design News • 28 Oct 10
    Port Elizabeth student Laduma Ngxokolo's mohair fashion collection won top prize in London. >
  • Interspeces Collaboration by Built By.
    Busy bees
    Design News • 28 Oct 10
    Cross-disciplinary collaborations are nothing new in design, but what about an interspecies collaboration? Meet a trio that made it work. >
  • Wine Vases by Liam Mooney.
    From vine to vase
    Design News • 28 Oct 10
    Using reclaimed wine bottles and local labour, Liam Mooney is creating some rather interesting vases. >
  • Troy Chair by Marcel Wanders.
    Stylish and stackable
    Design News • 27 Oct 10
    The Troy Chair by Marcel Wanders brings together elegance, comfort and practicality. >
  • Issey Miyake for Mechanical Couture.
    Machine made
    Design News • 27 Oct 10
    Mechanical Couture, an exhibition at the Design Musuem Holon examines the relationship between craftmanship and mass production. >
  • Imaginary Museum. Photo: Kristof Vrancken/Design Platform Limburg.
    Digital view
    Design News • 27 Oct 10
    Jon Stam’s Imaginary Museum prototype project explores the ways in which we ascribe meaning to our virtual experiences. >
  • Mingo Lamberti Sci-Fi range.
    May the force be with you
    Design News • 26 Oct 10
    Inspired by space, designed on Earth, Mingo Lamberti’s new range of T-shirts brings a strong force with it. >
  • MyScreen by Sanserif Creatius.
    Wall wonder
    Design News • 26 Oct 10
    It's almost hard to believe that something made of corrugated cardboard can look this good... >
  • Antonio, Karl Lagerfeld, Vogue France.1972.
    Crayon couture
    Design News • 25 Oct 10
    High-end fashion and couture experienced as drawings and illustrations evoke a unique understanding of style. >
  • InfoLadies, Bangladesh.
    Open access
    Design News • 25 Oct 10
    Women on bicycles, armed with a netbook and medical supplies, are helping to improve the lives of many people in rural Bangladesh. >
  • Pieter Hugo. Courtesy of Michael Stevenson, Cape Town & Yossi Milo, New York.
    Techno wasteland
    Design News • 24 Oct 10
    Pieter Hugo's latest solo exhibition explores the connection between third world poverty and first world electronic waste. >

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