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The possibilities of bioprinting

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Now that 3D bioprinting is becoming a reality, speculative designer Agi Haines explores the possibilities of new and improved replacement organs. >

22 Jul 14
The smell of London

Design News > Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Tom Dixon is bringing the scent of London to Paris with a major installation showcasing the making of his new fragrance. >

22 Jul 14
Kettal Mesh by Patricia Urquiola

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Patricia Urquiola contrasts the texture of expanded metal mesh with the solidity of wood and marble in her latest collection of outdoor furniture for Kettal. >

21 Jul 14
Food for thought

Design News > Food Design

Honey & Bunny's new book, "Eat Design", documents everyday objects such as cutlery that affect not only our food but our actions and lifestyles. >

20 Jul 14
Tuffy by Konstantin Grcic

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Konstantin Grcic's Wild Bunch collection of furniture for Magis gets a new addition. >

19 Jul 14
Face value

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

This Mandela Day, we pay tribute to our home-grown hero with Garth Walker's cover design for the 29th issue of "ijusi" magazine. >

18 Jul 14
Ordinary Love by U2

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

The video for U2's song, written for the movie "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom", uses animated type as an artful tribute to Madiba. >

18 Jul 14
Flip and Sketch by Ryan Frank

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Ryan Frank's eco-sleeve design brand TAPEGear falls for flax. >

17 Jul 14
"Loving You" by Lady X feat. Uhuru (Black Motion Mix)

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

You may need to get up and dance for this infectious track by South African house music dynamos Lady X, Uhuru and Black Motion. >

17 Jul 14
Bright spark

Design Frontiers > African Design / Design Activism / Product Design

Faithless percussionist Sudha Kheterpal wants to shake up the world to create clean energy for people without access to electricity. >

15 Jul 14
Finger ballet

Design News > Product Design

Pentagram's Abbott Miller has designed an app that allows users to choreograph their own ballet sequences. >

15 Jul 14
Lookbook: Rebranding Rwanda

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration / African Design

George Pericles Creative Think-Tank proposes a visual identity for Rwanda's provinces based on traditional patterns. >

14 Jul 14
A Kenyan conundrum

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Kenya’s first pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale – a giant missed opportunity? >

14 Jul 14
Woven vessels by Design Afrika

Product Spotlight > African Design / Craft

Unusual material combinations give these traditional woven vessels a contemporary twist. >

12 Jul 14
Next Generation: Calvin Botha

Next Generation > Industrial Design

Meet the bicycle-mad designer who is one of only three builders of fully customisable carbon frames in the world. >

11 Jul 14
Hello, I am Erik – The German Letterman

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

Gestalten.tv interviews German typographer Erik Spiekermann who is rediscovering his love for letterpress after 30 years of designing fonts. >

11 Jul 14
Gathered together

Design News > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

Lidewij Edelkoort's latest exhibition at the Design Museum Holon in Israel explores the seam of craft and design. >

11 Jul 14
"Safare" by Vieux Farka Touré

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

Guitarist Vieux Farka Touré's composition echoes the vastness and heat of the Malian desert. >

10 Jul 14
Braaitjie by Dieter Zermatten

Product Spotlight > African Design / Industrial Design

A pint-sized ‘braai’ hopes to reinvent South Africa’s obsession with barbecuing meat outdoors. >

10 Jul 14
Lookbook: Over the Rainbow

Lookbook > Product Design

A new exhibition in France shows Scholten & Baijings's creative portfolio from the past 14 years. >

9 Jul 14
A desert in Venice

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Morocco's first-ever pavilion at the Venice Biennale explores the country's experimental approach to 'desert architecture'. >

9 Jul 14
Nabasco

Design Frontiers > Product Design

This future-forward, environmentally friendly material finds an artful application in a project by Dutch designer Ineke Hans. >

8 Jul 14
Lookbook: Department of Design

Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors

We look at Droog's design of a pop-up pavilion to foster Dutch-South African collaboration for Cape Town's reign as 2014 World Design Capital. >

7 Jul 14
Blocks and Grid by Scholten & Baijings

Product Spotlight > Craft

Scholten & Baijings latest fabric collection reinterprets colour blocking as an exercise in subtle colour gradations. >

5 Jul 14

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