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Wow Woo

Design News • 15 Jun 11

Woo-men Plush Toys will be making their debut at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, along with Zapiro and Anton Kannemeyer. >
Mastering materials

Design News • 15 Jun 11

An exploration of materials and processes, Materiality is Benjamin Hubert’s exhibition of industrial design. >
For safekeeping

Design News • 15 Jun 11

South African artists at Art 42 Basel explore issues around security and volatile social conditions. >
Urban experiences

Design News • 14 Jun 11

Dencity, a collaborative exhibition by André Clements and Daniel Hirschmann, explores the city ebb and flow of London and Jo’burg. >
Italian influence

Design News • 14 Jun 11

An exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum celebrates the work of Italian-South African artists. >
Blood ties

Design News • 14 Jun 11

Kim Lieberman’s Tribe is a handmade sculpture made in bronze and lace. >
Paper fantasy

Design News • 13 Jun 11

Early Morning Life is an animation film project and installation about poverty, childhood, ambition, dreams and class divisions. >
Three times

Design News • 12 Jun 11

3Beirut is a new development by Foster + Partners in Lebanon, which hopes to promote urban renewal in the capital. >
City sketches

Design News • 11 Jun 11

Here’s a look at 72 hours at the Venice Art Biennale, as sketched by Christoph Niemann. >
Walk in the park

Design News • 11 Jun 11

Paula Scher has created a new visual identity for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. >
Bicycle bench

Design News • 10 Jun 11

The Mishmash Bench might not win votes for its comfort but it does have a fun aesthetic appeal. >
Outlined

Design News • 10 Jun 11

Rinkak is a quirky new computer mouse designed by Nendo. >
Embrace

Design News • 9 Jun 11

A concept worth embracing: Jaime Hayón’s new Favn sofa for Danish furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen. >
Gifts of paper

Design News • 9 Jun 11

Shigeru Ban’s Paper Concert Hall in Italy serves as a symbol of solidarity and support between two countries. >
Without footprints

Design News • 8 Jun 11

Have ideas of how to retrofit an existing building to be more energy efficient? Enter the Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Awards. >
Giddy up

Design News • 8 Jun 11

Made with love in Cape Town, Dark Horse is a new designer furniture and apparel shop. >
Tea time

Design News • 8 Jun 11

Tokujin Yoshioka’s Kou-An Glass Teahouse reflects the cultural value of Japanese tea ceremony practices. >
Future ready

Design News • 7 Jun 11

Seymourpowell and the V&A Museum in London are facilitating workshops to educate scholars about the possibilities of design. >
Encounters with demons and icons

Design News • 7 Jun 11

The Encounters Documentary Festival is full of surprises, promising to entertain and make you think. >
The sound of bells

Design News • 6 Jun 11

Nendo’s Bell-Orgel music box encourages interaction, while also promoting the protection of forests. >
Blog from Festarch festival: The Stargate machine - revolt!

Design News • 6 Jun 11

“Vomit the space out of your mind”, insightful parting words on the last day of the Festarch festival. >
Blog from Festarch festival: A real human comedy

Design News • 5 Jun 11

A one-man show, a “coalition of amateurs” and real human comedy at the Festarch festival. >
Blog from Festarch festival: Urban age meets Babel Tower

Design News • 4 Jun 11

The dark urban age meets the Babel Tower in a wrestling ring on top of a skyline building at the Festarch festival. >
Blog from Venice Biennale: From Venice, with love

Design News • 4 Jun 11

At the Venice Biennale, the presence of artists from Africa is very refreshing. >

From the Archives

High Tide

Design News • 26 Sep 22

SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean. >
Sitting pretty

Q&A • 26 Sep 22

The creative director of furniture brand Bōpa Mmuso, Lindiwe Gugushe is a young creative in pursuit of design in all its forms. >
Memento Mori

Design News • 26 Sep 22

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his first glass sculpture exhibition at Venice’s Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore. >
On the dot

Design News • 26 Sep 22

Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks. >

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