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Behind the bars

Design News • 27 May 10

A creative project in Pollsmoor Prison is teaching valuable social and developmental skills to youths. >
Setting sail

Design News • 26 May 10

Yinka Shonibare's delicately crafted ship in a bottle is on public display in London and is bound to have children and adults fascinated. >
Beyond tomorrow

Design News • 26 May 10

Sustainability is all the rage. Check out how designers are contributing to the global objective. >
Brazil's got the solar power tower

Design News • 26 May 10

It might look like something that belongs to a futuristic movie, but it may well become a symbol of Brazil’s commitment to a sustainability. >
Bruce Marks at the Edge Glass Gallery

Design News • 25 May 10

Renowned South African-born glass artist, Bruce Marks will be exhibiting his work at the Edge Glass Gallery in Cape Town. >
Comic relief

Design News • 24 May 10

Sometimes South Africans need to sit back and have a good ol' laugh at themselves. The group exhibition Foul! helps the laughing along. >
The Synthetic Kingdom

Design News • 24 May 10

The Synthetic Kingdom by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg considers how natural or unnatural life will be classified when life is built by humans. >
Bedroom Biology for Teenagers

Design News • 24 May 10

Dearbhaile Heaney’s Bedroom Biology for Teenagers is a guide to biological experimentation within the home using engineered bacteria. >
Cellularity

Design News • 24 May 10

Cellularity by James King explores the development of cell-like structures, or “chells” that mimic the features of biological cells. >
Softest words

Design News • 24 May 10

Softest Words by Kevin Grennan proposes a private love letter written in unique ink made of the saliva of two lovers. >
The Gaia Corporation

Design News • 24 May 10

The Gaia Corporation by J Paul Neeley explores the implications of synthetic biology by imagining the world in 2023. >
(In)visible membrane

Design News • 24 May 10

Sonja Bäumel’s (In)visible Membrane is about life on the human body and its design applications. >
Venter creates synthetic life

Design News • 21 May 10

We finally know why Dr J Craig Venter could not attend the 2010 Design Indaba Conference in person. Yesterday he announced his breakthrough. >
Three other designs from Milan 2010

Design News • 21 May 10

The Green Trace umbrella stand by Innovo, Forte musical furniture by 45 Kilo and Laikingland’s nonsensical machines. >
Swarovski at Milan 2010

Design News • 21 May 10

“1 crystal + 1 low energy LED light + a faceted paper shade = AMPLIFY” asserted Yves Béhar at this year’s Swarovski Crystal Palace. >
Four upcycled designs at Milan2010

Design News • 21 May 10

Bottleformball by Heath Nash, Saved by Droog, 380 Tiles by Vicolo Paglia Corta and Cuisine d'Objets by 5.5 designers. >
Six chairs from Milan 2010

Design News • 21 May 10

Alejandro Aravena, Tokujin Yoshioko, Patricia Urquiola, Marcel Wanders, Thomas Heatherwick and François Azambourg take a seat. >
The “Proef” is in the pudding

Design News • 20 May 10

And not just the pudding… The beautifully designed food and festive ambiance at the new Proef restaurant will have you trying everything. >
Youth mag drives social change

Design News • 20 May 10

Gavin Weale, winner of the UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur Award, is showing disadvantaged youths that creativity can change the world. >
Putting the fun in filing

Design News • 20 May 10

Orgafile is not another boring storage solution. It's as much fun as playing with Lego blocks and has won the coveted Red Dot Award. >
The power of solar systems

Design News • 19 May 10

Nadine Botha reviews the annual Freewheeling Festival, which ran from 19 to 22 March 2010 at the Stanford Valley Guest Farm near Hermanus. >
Give a little sun love

Design News • 18 May 10

Ross Lovegrove's Velux Sun Tunnel can channel direct sunlight into the heart of any room. >
Monumental fashion

Design News • 18 May 10

A collaboration between photographer Guido Schwarz and designer Lara Klawikowski was bound to be different. >
“Come on. I’m talking to you. Come on.”

Design News • 17 May 10

Musicians Danny K and Kabelo Mabalane have revived the lyrics of "Shout" to call on South Africans to join the fight against crime. >

From the Archives

Come home again

Design News • 17 Oct 22

British designer Es Devlin created a cathedral-like structure illustrated with pencil drawings of London’s 243 endangered flora and fauna species. >
Tulip fever

Design News • 17 Oct 22

The biggest design event in Northern Europe is taking place in Eindhoven between 22 and 30 October 2022. >
Babe in arms

Design News • 17 Oct 22

Ogilvy Africa, RotoTanks and the Ministry of Health Kenya partnered on a project aimed at educating young mothers to prevent malnutrition. >
Dressed to the nines

Q&A • 17 Oct 22

SAFW award-winning menswear designer Samkelo Boyde Xaba is a Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022. >

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