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A safer and speedier rescue

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Spark Design and Innovation's inflatable raft uses an innovative tilting mechanism that makes it easier to pull rescue victims out of the water. >

13 Nov 14
Tekku stools by Ira Studio

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Teak and brass combine in two stools that exemplify this Chennai-based studio's subtle synthesis of age-old Indian craft and contemporary design. >

12 Nov 14
Matali Crasset on making baskets in Bulawayo

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft

The French designer tells us in her own words about her time spent with Zimbabwean weavers developing baskets based on the gourd. >

11 Nov 14
A next-generation tree harvester

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Like the insect it is named after, the Gerridae harvester is light on its feet and the environment. >

10 Nov 14
BISAZZA Hayón Tiles by Jaime Hayón

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Patterns multiply underfoot in the Spanish designer's new collection of tiles for Bisazza. >

10 Nov 14
Window shopping at the Watershed

Lookbook > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

We popped by the newly opened Watershed at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town to check out some of the gorgeous local design and craft on sale. >

9 Nov 14
Basotho blankets go north

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Emerging fashion designer Thabo Makhetha launched her modern take on the Basotho blanket at Vancouver Fashion Week 2014. >

8 Nov 14
Architecture & Water (Part 3): Water Park

FilmFestFriday > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The final part of this documentary series looks at ideas such as floating islands, which bring the Thames River into the greater urban fabric of London. >

7 Nov 14
Victoria Hayes is ready for battle

Next Generation > Fashion & Jewellery Design

She graduated from Parsons with a collection inspired by samurai armour. Now she’s taking on the New York City fashion world. >

7 Nov 14
The evolution of Taibo Bacar

Lookbook > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Mozambican fashion designer Taibo Bacar's latest colourful collection signals an evolutionary shift in his eponymous label. >

6 Nov 14
"Ama-Rulah" by Roberto

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

This week we look to Lusaka, Zambia, for a head-bobbing track by Afro-R&B artist Roberto. >

6 Nov 14
The tales that monuments tell

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography

Photographer David Goldblatt tells us which post-Apartheid monuments he considers successful and why. >

5 Nov 14
A boot camp for your fingers

Design News > Interaction Design

Masashi Kawamura has some fun designing a series of games to get users' fingers ready for the new Intel-powered tablets. >

4 Nov 14
Replicating the mother's womb

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design / Interaction Design

A new infant care system proposes radically improved incubators that transmit the mother's heartbeat, breathing and voice. >

4 Nov 14
David Tlale's second take on Vlisco

Lookbook > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

The South African fashion designer's latest collection juxtaposes lavish Java prints with tailored structure at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa. >

3 Nov 14
Making a city desired

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

The "City Desired" exhibition explores issues of city making and contemporary urbanism through the lens of Cape Town. >

1 Nov 14
Architecture and Water (Part 2): Gentrification machine?

FilmFestFriday > Architecture & Interiors / Film & Animation

The second of a three-part documentary series explores the gentrification along the Thames driven by desirable riverside living. >

31 Oct 14
"The World's Pain" by Black Vulcanite

Track of the Week > African Design / Music & Sound Design

Track of the Week describes the difficulties of a life dedicated to music in insightful rhymes with back-up from an immaculate jazz sample. >

30 Oct 14
SEA ME by Nienke Hoogvliet

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This Dutch designer trades traditional textiles for yarn made from sea algae woven into a luxurious rug. >

30 Oct 14
City hacks for #makechange

Lookbook > Art & Photography

Our Instagram competition to win a copy of Andrew Shoben's book closes on Friday. Here are some of the entries so far. >

29 Oct 14
Shining a light on workers’ safety

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The new Halo Light is a multi-task light that ensures construction workers are visible from 600 metres away. >

28 Oct 14
Tastes like the Voortrekker Monument

Lookbook > Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration

As an ode to their hometown, a group of designers recreates the city of Pretoria in icing sugar, nougat, coconut and biscuits. >

28 Oct 14
First Smart Highway goes live

Design News > Interaction Design

Daan Roosegaarde’s much-anticipated Smart Highway has been built on a stretch of the R329 in Oss, the Netherlands. >

25 Oct 14
Architecture and Water (Part 1): A River Runs Through It

FilmFestFriday > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The first of a three-part documentary series asserts that water management is as much a political issue as it is an urban planning one. >

24 Oct 14

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