Articles

  • 'a letter to the city of cape town from blikkiesdorp - land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, peace.' by Faith47
    Letter
    Design News • 19 Jul 12
    Faith47 created a mural in Blikkiesdorp for Mandela Day, calling for peace, justice, shelter... >
  • Copy right
    Design News • 19 Jul 12
    Frost* Design have created a clever new logo for the Copyright Agency. >
  • The Mini-Golf Open. Photo: Brian Fountain.
    Mini golf
    Design News • 19 Jul 12
    Improv Everywhere’s latest mission involved turning a mini golf course into a major golf championship, with an ESPN camera crew, caddies and all. >
  • REACH for the sky
    Design News • 16 Jul 12
    Dror Benshetrit's Reach sculpture in Brazil represents an open stairway that reaches to the heavens, highlighting the power of art and creativity. >
  • Adam Court for OKHA Interiors
    Design News • 16 Jul 12
    Adam Court’s interior designs for OKHA Interiors create an ambience of calmness and composure. >
  • Looking to the past
    Design News • 16 Jul 12
    "The Weather Yesterday", an installation by Troika, considers our fascination with progress and making conversation about the weather. >
  • Sweet spot
    Design News • 13 Jul 12
    The Papabubble artisan candy shop is a place where one can experience the making of sweets - almost like in a Roald Dahl story. >
  • Urban Capital
    Design News • 12 Jul 12
    The new Capital headphones by KiBiSi are a sleek and durable must-have for on-the-go urbanites. >
  • Luna Light
    Design News • 11 Jul 12
    Light up your workspace with the environmentally friendly, and rather funky, Luna Light by Kraftisan. >
  • Man of Men
    Design News • 10 Jul 12
    Prostate Cancer UK has been given a new identity in the form of a "Man of Men" icon, thanks to Hat-trick. >
  • Do you know Canada?
    Design News • 10 Jul 12
    Did you know that Ryan Gosling, the Blackberry phone, Arcade Fire and Trivial Pursuit are all Canadian exports? Now you Know Canada! >
  • Woven dreams
    Design News • 9 Jul 12
    With his range of fine woven jewellery Songezo Baleni is establishing himself as a design force to be reckoned with. >
  • Connected
    Design News • 6 Jul 12
    Technology and design make great partners in a new urban project in Paris, with creative input and vision from Mathieu Lehanneur. >
  • Triangle Ties
    Design News • 4 Jul 12
    "Triangulate" by Dirk van der Kooij is a simple geometric shape with countless applications and functions. >
  • Way OK
    Design News • 3 Jul 12
    The OKO bicycle is the sleek, urban friendly result of Biomega and KiBiSi's latest collaboration. >
  • Road to Méca
    Design News • 27 Jun 12
    BIG Architects' new Méca building in Bordeaux, France, allows for cultural interactions and enjoyment in a public urban space. >
  • DJ Spooky.
    Architecture auction
    Design News • 26 Jun 12
    Architecture for Humanity's Charity Auction is using the power of design to build a more sustainable future, with contributions from top designers. >
  • Docked
    Design News • 22 Jun 12
    Docklands is a modular office workstation that allows for private, concentrated spaces in open-plan offices. It’s designed by PearsonLloyd. >
  • Design Indaba solar jar
    By the light of the jar
    Design News • 18 Jun 12
    Have a bottle of sunshine with Consol's Solar Jar, a solar-powered light that combines energy efficiency with aesthetic pleasure. >
  • No pretending
    Design News • 18 Jun 12
    A selection of images from an installation Faith47 recently did in Stockholm... >
  • At the window
    Design News • 16 Jun 12
    Caspar David Friedrich's Woman at the Window painting inspired Christoph Niemann's artwork for the cover of a German art magazine. >
  • Craftica by Formafantasma. Photo: Luisa Zanzani.
    The experience of leather
    Design News • 12 Jun 12
    Leather gets reimagined at an installation at Design Miami/Basel 2012, with both a tactile and visual investigation into the possibilities of the material. >
  • Curious conversations
    Design News • 8 Jun 12
    Abbott Miller created an exhibition catalogue that captures the unique affinities between two of the most iconic Italian designers of the past century. >
  • Stud entrance
    Design News • 7 Jun 12
    Lorenzo Nassimbeni recently completed a mural for the entrance of a stud farm in the Western Cape. >
  • Shift/change
    Design News • 5 Jun 12
    Change becomes a playful concept in Eddie Opara's designs for an exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, which includes invites, a catalogue and graphics. >
  • Museum rebrand
    Design News • 5 Jun 12
    Hat-trick's rebranding of the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London takes its visual cue from the idea of a "collection of collections". >
  • Walk on the moon
    Design News • 31 May 12
    The "moonwaka" by Satyendra Pakhalé is a hiking gauge for Moon travellers! >
  • Antenna Garden
    Design News • 31 May 12
    Faith47 and DAL East wove together different materials and found objects for their first joint exhibition, which took place in Australia recently. >
  • 1836
    Design News • 29 May 12
    Batavian 1836 is a new cabinet by Egg Designs, taking its inspiration from the kists brought to South Africa by the early settlers. >
  • Lift-off
    Design News • 25 May 12
    Frank Tjepkema's redesign of Lounge 4 at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam brings a street feel to the space. >

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