Articles

  • Cocoon Plan sofa - bamboo.
    Perfect harmony
    Design News • 9 Sep 10
    A 100% silk covered chair sounds like the ultimate luxury. That, and it’s promoting traditional Taiwanese craft. >
  • Inside Out by Joe Paine.
    Creeping out
    Design News • 9 Sep 10
    Joe Paine's solo exhibition Inside Out showcases a variety of interesting products, suitable for indoors and outdoors. >
  • Another Country launch collection.
    International influence
    Design News • 9 Sep 10
    The Tramshed Event is hoping to add some international flair to the London Design Festival through a collaborative show. >
  • Chicken to Change. Photo: Jonx Pillemer.
    Challenging chickens
    Design News • 7 Sep 10
    Chicken to Change is a brilliant collaboration between Freshlyground and ZA News, commenting on the leadership of Robert Mugabe. >
  • Jimmyjane Form 3 vibrator.
    Pleasurable plaything
    Design News • 7 Sep 10
    Touch and play. It’s that simple to maximise pleasure with Yves Béhar’s new Form 3 vibrator. >
  • Mind-Sets by Ineke Hans.
    Of one mind
    Design News • 6 Sep 10
    Mind-Sets, a solo exhibition by Ineke Hans, is a look at what happens when a designer sets her mind to it. >
  • "Detached" against urban background.
    Dis-engaged
    Design News • 6 Sep 10
    “Detached” is an examination of the architectural tension between context and object. >
  • Bob's Your Uncle logo.
    Bob's your uncle
    Design News • 6 Sep 10
    Wine in a beer bottle? We'll say cheers to that! >
  • Trame mirror system.
    Private preview
    Design News • 6 Sep 10
    Inga Sempé’s new mirror system allows for a bit of voyeurism, if you will. >
  • Ceramic Vase 2010 by Clementina van der Walt.
    By hand and with heart
    Design News • 5 Sep 10
    Designers, artists, crafters: It's time to start thinking of the handmade designs you want to submit to the Cape Craft and Design Institute. >
  • Hoola Hoop 1 from Childhood Series.
    Feelings in plastic
    Design News • 5 Sep 10
    Mbongeni Buthelezi's latest exhibition of melted plastic "paintings" explore the feelings that have characterised his life. >
  • Boderline, Hungary Pavilion. Photo: Tamás Bujnovszky.
    All lined up
    Design News • 2 Sep 10
    The Hungary Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale illustrated how straight lines can be translated into architecture. >
  • Hero Pin by Marcel Wanders.
    Small pin, big heart
    Design News • 2 Sep 10
    Marcel Wanders’s latest project explores the values that matter most in life, like love. >
  • Women of the Sun Film Festival invitation.
    Females making films
    Design News • 1 Sep 10
    The Women of the Sun Film Festival recognises the contribution African women are making to the continent's emerging film industry. >
  • The Pravda Royal Collection.
    Fit for royalty
    Design News • 1 Sep 10
    It's time to put your creative and edgy jewellery designs onto paper and submit it for Pravda Vodka's royal collection. >
  • Apen Art Museum. Photo via designboom.
    Natural agreement
    Design News • 31 Aug 10
    Ensuring harmony between the existing architecture and the natural landscape is Shigeru Ban’s key objective with a new design in Aspen. >
  • Collector's Loft. Photo: Iwan Baan.
    Lofty aims
    Design News • 31 Aug 10
    The design of a new loft in downtown Manhattan explores the interaction between gallery and living space. >
  • Park Sujin's "Time" series.
    Time and evolution
    Design News • 31 Aug 10
    A collection of furniture by a Korean designer considers aspects of time, evolution and surrealism. >
  • Primitive Future House. Photo via designboom.
    Built on tension
    Design News • 31 Aug 10
    "Primitive Future House" at the Venice Architecture Biennale recently explored various spaces, created by instinct. >
  • Custom-shaped solar iPhone charger.
    Shaped for solar success
    Design News • 30 Aug 10
    Custom-shaped solar panels are helping to popularise the use of solar panels because of their flexibility and versatility. >
  • Solar streetlight. Photo via designboom.
    Enlightening Cambodia
    Design News • 29 Aug 10
    A solar-powered streetlight project in Cambodia is helping to improve the country's image. >
  • Art of Farming.
    Food or fine art?
    Design News • 25 Aug 10
    Art of Farming is a new kind of auction that celebrates edible heirlooms and the art involved in their creation. >
  • Tom Dixon Etch light.
    Shop till you drop
    Design News • 25 Aug 10
    The launch of the Tom Dixon Shop during the London Design Festival is definitely a highlight on the 2010 design calendar. >
  • 12 Decades Art Hotel. Photo via designboom.
    Through the years
    Design News • 24 Aug 10
    A new hotel in downtown Jo'burg traces the history of the city with its edgy and original locally-inspired designs. >
  • Aircruise by Seymourpowell.
    Slow it down
    Design News • 24 Aug 10
    It’s interesting to wonder about the future of (air) travel but its not often that we think of slowing it down. The Aircruise might do that. >
  • Light Sanctuary. Photo: Decker Yeadon LLC.
    Mirage-like solar power
    Design News • 23 Aug 10
    It looks like a maze but it could simply be a mirage. Or is it both, and a solar power station? >
  • Gumtree TV ad.
    Gumtree makes TV debut
    Design News • 22 Aug 10
    Everybody's favourite classified ads website, Gumtree has made its debut on the small screen. >
  • The Giant.
    All for one
    Design News • 20 Aug 10
    "One world one voice" is the message that a giant New York mural is hoping to convey. >
  • The Discography Tablets.
    Love, language, lettering
    Design News • 20 Aug 10
    Richard Hart's latest solo exhibition intimately engages the viewer with his passion for words, type and creativity. >
  • Transformation by Tjep.
    True to form
    Design News • 19 Aug 10
    Transformation is a Dutch installation that pays tribute to the aesthetics of vernacular architecture. >

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