Articles

  • Metamorphosis
    Design News • 10 Aug 22
    Design Indaba alumnus Shaakira Jassat created a collection of trick glasses inspired by social distancing and caterpillars for the Nationaal Glasmuseum >
  • A march through time
    Design News • 1 Aug 22
    London design studio and Design Indaba alumnus NB Studio created stamps celebrating 50 years since the first Pride march in London >
  • Rhythm and hues
    Design News • 1 Aug 22
    Tobias Bolliger of Studio Bollo turns typefaces into distorted patterns that resemble rhythmic beats >
  • Building sustainability
    Design News • 1 Aug 22
    Coburg University Master’s students designed a tiny house made entirely of renewable materials that adopts cradle-to-cradle principles >
  • Rock of ages
    Design News • 26 Jul 22
    Michel Rojkind presents his immersive piece "Yoltic Seat" at Lisbon museum >
  • Hope floats
    Design News • 26 Jul 22
    A floating wire sculpture in Prague is an ode to Ukrainian mothers >
  • Mother of mankind
    Design News • 18 Jul 22
    MaXhosa Africa presents a new collection inspired by the late rapper and ‘muse’ Riky Rick >
  • Jewel In The Crown
    Design News • 18 Jul 22
    Heatherwick Studio unveils a unique kinetic greenhouse in West Sussex >
  • Portraits in plastic
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    Established artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad >
  • Weathering the storms
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    Bangladeshi architect and recent Soane Medal recipient Marina Tabassum’s modular houses are built to survive monsoon season >
  • Life through the lens
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    A Russian photographer is awarded for documenting the social transformation of the traditional ‘reindeer people’ >
  • Design World Mourns
    Design News • 7 Jul 22
    Pioneering Marcus Fairs “changed the landscape of design journalism” >
  • Straw men
    Design News • 3 Jul 22
    A sustainable model with houses made of straw is coming to the Netherlands >
  • A great catch for fashion
    Design News • 3 Jul 22
    A start-up is harnessing invasive species to supply the fashion industry with fish leather >
  • Skyfall
    Design News • 1 Jul 22
    Frank Gehry reveals a striking addition to the skyline of his home city, Toronto >
  • The shape of water
    Design News • 29 Jun 22
    Maya Lin’s sprawling installations pay homage to – and ask questions about – watery ecologies >
  • The presence of absence
    Design News • 29 Jun 22
    The Bamiyan Cultural Centre in the Bamiyan Valley meditates on the complex history and uncertain future of Afghanistan >
  • It takes a village
    Design News • 29 Jun 22
    Intrepid designer Lani Adeoye is inspired by the organic rhythms of the traditional society, adapting them for modern audiences >
  • Arbour days
    Design News • 21 Jun 22
    Stefano Boeri x Timberland have created a multisensory installation to bring the scents and sensations of being in a forest into an urban waterway >
  • Home and away
    Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 22
    The new Africa Centre in Southwark is poised to unveil a permanent collection of contemporary African art, following a much-anticipated refurbishment >
  • Dream, explore, discover
    Design News • 21 Jun 22
    Take a seat on a Bofred masterpiece and be transported to a world where all you need do is actively observe >
  • Future compostable
    Design News • 13 Jun 22
    Furniture designer Jonsara Ruth restores disabled pieces of furniture so they are both ecologically and ergonomically healthier >
  • Hold my beer
    Design News • 13 Jun 22
    Daniel Ting Chong’s partnership with Local Brewery & Co. brings inclusivity and fashionable fun to craft beer >
  • Fast track to a modern Senegal
    Design News • 13 Jun 22
    Renowned Senegalese architect Fatiya Diene Mazza, who is founder of the firm ID+EA, has been instrumental in refreshing the infrastructure of her nation >
  • Photographic memory
    Design News • 6 Jun 22
    Influential post-war Japanese photographer’s solo exhibition highlights the pathos of the past >
  • Just beachy
    Design News • 6 Jun 22
    Tosin Oshinowo’s Coral Pavilion embraces the traditions of tropical modernism in West Africa >
  • For the birds
    Design News • 6 Jun 22
    Treehotel and BIG make a case for species co-habitation with their new collaboration, Biosphere >
  • Heightened play
    Design News • 30 May 22
    Francesco Nassimbeni’s film, ‘AEIOU’ has scooped the prestigious Jury Award for Best Experimental Short at this year’s Cannes Short Film Festival. Here’s why >
  • What happens at the salone…
    Design News • 30 May 22
    The 60th edition of the world’s biggest furniture fair, Salone del Mobile.Milano – scheduled for June this year – is a vibrant subsidiary of Milan Design Week >
  • Reimagination is the new disruption
    Design News • 30 May 22
    Disruption’s “softer” cousin, Reimagination, is a survival tool for brands, and leads the way to a better world through creativity >

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