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Oh so hip Bone

Design News • 2 May 10

Sex toys aren’t top pf the list when it comes to designers looking to start their career and make an impact. It is for this reason that... >
Sentient cool

Lookbook • 1 May 10

Fine artist and commercial photographer Leah Hawker sourced everything in this photoshoot from the 2010 Design Indaba Expo. >
Sex is the new yellow

Design News • 1 May 10

According to international trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, sex is gaining importance in society and the bordello is making a comeback. >
Black to the closet

Lookbook • 1 May 10

Photographer Zanele Muholi’s exploration of black female bodies has raised more than a couple of eyebrows. >
Support The Bookery!

Design News • 30 Apr 10

The Bookery sounds like a place that belongs to the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. And it’s working the same kind of magic. >
Seeing is believing

Design News • 30 Apr 10

Yves Béhar has designed a funky collection of eyeglasses to help Mexican school children See Better to Learn Better. >
Matali Crasset in the kitchen

Design News • 29 Apr 10

Alessi recently launched their “Essentiel de pâtisserie” collection by Parisian designer Matali Crasset. >
Clive Rundle impresses at Paris Fashion Week

Design News • 29 Apr 10

Clive Rundle's "Marie Antoinette returns to Paris after attending a lesbian wedding in Africa" was well received at Paris Fashion Week. >
Design an eco-friendly building

Design News • 29 Apr 10

Sustainability is important in the built environment so here's a chance to show off your eco-friendly building designs. >
Welcome to Hotel Yeoville

Design News • 29 Apr 10

Hotel Yeoville utilises the internet to make people feel at home, wherever they are in the world. >
It's about the bike

Design News • 29 Apr 10

Bicycling enthusiasts Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler have started a project that looks at South Africa’s bicycle culture. >
1... 2... 3... Cuckoo Clock

Design News • 28 Apr 10

Cuckoo clocks are all but fully revived yet. Italian designer Raffaele Darra brings them back with stripes. >
Stools are cool

Design News • 28 Apr 10

Put the "fun" in "functional" with an original, eco-friendly stool design for the Habari Stool Competition. >
Franschhoek Literary Festival coming up

Design News • 26 Apr 10

Engage your mind in a beautiful setting at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. >
Urban Africa exhibition by David Adjaye

Design News • 26 Apr 10

Architect David Adjaye’s Urban Africa photographic journey is on display at the Design Museum in London until 5 September 2010. >
Made in China

Design News • 24 Apr 10

Tom Price spent time in China, working with different materials, learning new manufacturing techniques and dealing with extreme heat. >
Waste not, want not

Design News • 23 Apr 10

Niels Craens is using old cardboard drinking packages to create beautiful lampshades. One drink, double the fun. >
Design competition for the new big Mini

Design News • 23 Apr 10

Design functions for the Centre Rail in the new Mini Countryman and win a trip to the Paris Motor Show. >
Time is but a fleeting VUE

Design News • 22 Apr 10

Yves Behar and Issey Miyake have sensualised the mystery of time with a new VUE of the future. >
Design competition using the Golden Ratio

Design News • 22 Apr 10

Calling all design students: Can you design the "store of the future" using the Golden Ratio? >
Laikingland’s kinetic sculptures at Milan 2010

Design News • 19 Apr 10

Miniature collapsing chairs, a storytelling time-piece, tea cups full of mechanical storms and a machine that goes off with a bang… >
Chandelier grown from crystals at Milan 2010

Design News • 15 Apr 10

Tokujin Yoshioka’s Living Crystal Chandelier was grown in a mineral bath mixed with Swarovski crystals. >
Maarten Baas launches iPhone app at Milan 2010

Design News • 14 Apr 10

Maarten Baas introduces the Analog Digital Clock as one-dollar iPhone app at the 2010 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Time for Guixé at Milan 2010

Design News • 13 Apr 10

Nap o'clock? Snack o'clock? Slog o'clock? Martí Guixé's new clocks for Alessi let the user write the time. >
Ferran Adrià to teach at Harvard

Design News • 12 Apr 10

Culinary genius and past Design Indaba speaker, Ferran Adrià will soon swop his apron for a lab coat. >
RCA get Neville Brody

Design News • 11 Apr 10

Internationally renowned designer Neville Brody has been named the new Head of Communication Art and Design at the Royal College of Art. >
A juicy legacy

Design News • 11 Apr 10

The time has come to recognise one of our own as Garth Walker and the Rooke Gallery launch the iJusi Portfolio. >
Afridoctor diagnosing direct from your handset

Design News • 10 Apr 10

Africa’s first personal mobile health clinic took first place in the Nokia Africa Calling All Innovators application competition. >
Skyscraper for peace

Design News • 10 Apr 10

Polish architect could have solved the conflict in Sudan with this design of a water tower skyscraper. >
The Earth Awards

Design News • 8 Apr 10

The Earth Awards are looking for your innovative design solutions for the 21st century. >

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