• Smog consumption
    Design News • 25 May 11
    Since buildings account for so much of energy use, wouldn’t it be nice if they could help clean the air? >
  • Product support
    Design News • 25 May 11
    The Cape Craft and Design Institute now has a Product Support Space with a range of new machinery. >
  • Second skin
    Design News • 24 May 11
    Safe sex is made sexy with the Second Skin. Check out urban africa’s condom pouch. >
  • Over the rainbow
    Design News • 24 May 11
    Creations this colourful can't not make one smile. And what makes it even better is that it removes plastic pollution from beaches. >
  • Photo: Erik Saillet, courtesy Granville Gallery.
    Natural cuttings
    Design News • 24 May 11
    Matali Crasset’s Cuttings range of objects is the result of a collaboration with Dutch glass blower Vincent Breed. >
  • Abilities of design
    Design News • 23 May 11
    The What Design Can Do conference in Amsterdam brings together creatives thinking about design as a mindset for addressing social issues. >
  • Hidden earphones
    Design News • 22 May 11
    Nendo's new Otokurage earphones for Elecom is reminiscent of a jellyfish. >
  • Paula Scher mural
    Paula Scher mural
    Design News • 22 May 11
    Paula Scher's new murals at the Queens Metropolitan Campus creates a world in one room. >
  • Made to fit
    Design News • 21 May 11
    Vivian Chiu’s Inception Chair comprises 10 chair frames that all fit together to form one, very interesting, seat. >
  • Kerstin Eser and Christopher Strong.
    Possibilities
    Design News • 21 May 11
    Openness to Explore at Freeworld Design Centre features the second series of room-size exhibitions by top creatives. >
  • Photograph by David Heerde
    Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré repurposes European techniques for his native country
    Festival News • 19 May 11
    African-born architect Francis Kéré gets big results by mixing a little mud with a lot of heart, writes Fast Company's Linda Tischler. >
  • Cups of cocoa
    Design News • 19 May 11
    fuseproject's Talamanca Cocoa project raises awareness about the positive aspects of organic cocoa farming in Costa Rica. >
  • Quilted
    Design News • 18 May 11
    The honeycomb-like Quilt series of sofas and chairs by the Bouroullec Brothers now comes in a new colourway. >
  • Cathedral moods
    Design News • 17 May 11
    Anish Kapoor's cathedral-like installation in Paris reflects on the transitive nature of instants. >
  • Light bulb moment
    Design News • 17 May 11
    Google have launched an LED light bulb which can be controlled by any Android device, paving the way for a new type of energy efficiency. >
  • Pattern people
    Design News • 16 May 11
    Renée Rossouw and Laduma Ngxokolo take abstract patterns from school-day simplicity to allusions about personal identity. >
  • Handling pressure
    Design News • 16 May 11
    A new innovation allows people to monitor their blood pressure using their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. >
  • Mesh-merised
    Design News • 16 May 11
    Tom Dixon's Mesh chair aspires to be almost invisible. >
  • A material world
    Design News • 15 May 11
    The four young partners of Fibra Design Sustentável are rethinking our material world. Theirs is no small goal, nor easy task. >
  • Considered design space
    Design News • 15 May 11
    The Milan Furniture Fair celebrateed its golden jubilee this year, drawing some 320 000 visitors. >
  • 20Q: Danielle Ehrlich
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    LIV is Danielle Ehrlich's design company. She is passionate about design that is environmentally, culturally and socially sensitive. >
  • 20Q: Thingking
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Marc Nicolson and Lyall Sprong of Thingking would like to contribute towards ideas and objects that have a meaningful impact on people. >
  • Maarten Baas + Christien Meindertsma
    Dialogues • 15 May 11
    Maarten Baas and Christien Meindertsma have known each other since their Design Academy Eindhoven student days. >
  • 20Q: Pedersen + Lennard
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    James Lennard and Luke Pedersen use a combination of handmade and machine-made techniqies to make functional and beautiful designs. >
  • 20Q: John Edwards
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Architect by day, designer by night. John Edwards is currently working on a new modular furniture range for small spaces. >
  • 20Q: Katie Thompson
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Using discarded junk, each item of Katie Thompson's Recreate range of furniture, lighting and interiors is infused with character. >
  • 20Q: Aram Lello
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Italian architect and designer Aram Lello won the Western Cape Furniture Design Competition at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo. >
  • 20Q: Ian Kelynack
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Ian Kelynack of Isle of Trees made his Design Indaba Expo debut this year. His sustainable work won him the Most Creative Stand Award. >

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