Design News

  • Digital library
    Design News • 25 Jan 12
    The Digital Library in Sao Paulo, Brazil, combines high-tech with analogue to create a comfortable look and feel for a family home. >
  • Gravity Stool by Jólan van der Wiel.
    Forces of gravity
    Design News • 25 Jan 12
    The Gravity Stool uses the natural forces of gravity and magnetism in the production process. >
  • Sabi's Vitality Line by Yves Béhar.
    Easy does it
    Design News • 24 Jan 12
    Vitality Line is a new range of products, designed by Yves Béhar, aimed at making medication management products look less sterile and cheap. >
  • Final feasts
    Lookbook • 23 Jan 12 • Sponsored Content
    Photographer Melanie Dunea was curious about the last meal the world's top chefs would want to have. She documented it in a collection of visual delight. >
  • Trade Union by Studio Earnest.
    Profiles in plastic
    Design News • 23 Jan 12
    The Trade Union project uses a starch-based plastic to create biodegradable vessels that explore the correlation between industrial processes and craft. >
  • For the love of paper
    Design News • 19 Jan 12
    Yulia Brodskaya's love of paper inspires her to transform the material into elaborate 3-D artworks that shed a new light on the possibilities of paper craft. >
  • Wonderbag: Cooking for cleaner air
    Design News • 17 Jan 12 • Sponsored Content
    Innovation firm Frog teamed up with SA company Wonderbag to create a mobile app that can track energy and CO2 savings gained from using their heat-retention bag >
  • Order to print
    Design News • 17 Jan 12
    Silicone, chocolate, cheese and concrete are just some of the materials the Imagine 3D printer can use to print shapes. >
  • Patched works
    Design News • 17 Jan 12
    Dutch designers Herso's range of "patchwork" furniture is made with reclaimed wood, non-toxic glue and all their by-products are recycled. >
  • Barcelona Rock: Bringing the mountain to the city
    Design News • 15 Jan 12
    Barcelona Rock is a proposed new landmark on the Spanish city's skyline made from the rock of Montserrat. If you can't bring Mohammed to the mountain... >
  • Varied objects
    Design News • 14 Jan 12
    From "weak furniture" to new molten glass forms and transformed agricultural nets, Nendo presents a range of new designs at Maison et Objet. >
  • Studio FormaFantasma's "Botanica".
    Ode to plastic
    Design News • 13 Jan 12 • Sponsored Content
    FormaFantasma's "Botanica" project pays homage to works of art and design produced with plastic, while also commenting on the need for plastic alternatives. >
  • Quick print
    Design News • 12 Jan 12
    Black boxes are known to know everything. This BlackBox is a portable device for printing text messages from your phone, so you'll remember everything! >
  • Hanging balance
    Design News • 11 Jan 12
    This see-saw table is more than a fun place to eat your dinners. It's also designed to encourage good table etiquette. >
  • Skating 80s
    Design News • 11 Jan 12
    Rolling Back the Years is an exhibition showcasing custom designed skate decks in celebration of the glory of 80s skateboarding. >
  • Bookshelf bike rack
    Design News • 11 Jan 12
    Store your bicycle, books and other gadgets all on the same shelf. The Bookbike shelving solution is ideal for urban spaces. >
  • Pro chair by Konstantin Grcic.
    Free to move
    Design News • 11 Jan 12
    Pro is a versatile new chair design, ideal for use in schools, by the German designer Konstantin Grcic. >
  • Dark visualisations
    Design News • 10 Jan 12
    Graphic designer Stewart Scott-Curan designed a poster visually depicting each of the songs on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album. >
  • One Laptop Per Child, Yves Behar.
    Tablets for learning
    Design News • 10 Jan 12 • Sponsored Content
    The One Laptop Per Child initiative have just launched the XO-3 tablet, with the vision to distribute it to children in developing nations. >
  • Song for the road
    Design News • 10 Jan 12
    From the Highway to Hell to Penny Lane, the Song Map is a litho print featuring the names of songs about streets and landmarks. >
  • Trained naturally
    Design News • 9 Jan 12
    Studio Tjep designed elements of the new Fabbrica restaurant in The Netherlands. They made it less shiny and more natural. >
  • Say hello
    Design News • 9 Jan 12
    "Hello World!" is an installation consisting of some 5000 individual video diaries taken from the internet. >
  • Reading list
    Design News • 9 Jan 12 • Sponsored Content
    A Turkish designer's "TarGetBook Shelf" makes it easy to organise your books according to those that have been read and those that must still be read. >
  • Era of coffee
    Design News • 8 Jan 12
    Norwegian designer Katrine Austgulen created a series of colourful and vibrant covers for coffee tumblers, inspired by historical time periods. >

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From the Archives

  • Hopeful romantic
    Q&A • 24 Oct 22
    Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series. >
  • Head above water
    Design News • 24 Oct 22
    Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October. >
  • Parking off
    Design News • 24 Oct 22
    Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet. >
  • Modern classics
    Design News • 24 Oct 22
    Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection. >