Design News

  • Smile for the camera
    Design News • 21 Dec 11
    "Follow Me" and you'll be in the picture! A new camera mount for use in adventure sport makes it easy for the photographer to be in the shot. >
  • Storing house
    Design News • 21 Dec 11
    The "Under My Roof" storage system highlights the connection between iconic architectural pieces and industrial design. >
  • Lamp like
    Design News • 20 Dec 11
    The MyLamp by Danish designers Madebywho involves the user in the process of constructing the lamp. >
  • 10 for 1
    Design News • 20 Dec 11
    This car-shaped bicycle rack highlights the fact that ten bicycles can be safely parked in a space that can only be used by one car. >
  • Cupnoodle Urushi. Photo: Hiroshi Iwasaki.
    Nice for noodles
    Design News • 19 Dec 11
    Nendo's "Cupnoodle Urushi" is a souvenir product that adds new creative value to the packaging of instant "cup" noodles. >
  • Brain food
    Design News • 19 Dec 11
    Sara Asnaghi's brain sculptures, made from edible materials, encourages thinking about what we eat and explores notions of materiality. >
  • Art to eat
    Design News • 18 Dec 11
    Think gingerbread is only for gingerbread men? Think again. And think domes, skulls and Bauhaus replications. >
  • Illustrative interactions
    Design News • 18 Dec 11
    The wise old owl is given a quirky makeover by Melissa Maloney in her illustrations. >
  • Close ties
    Design News • 17 Dec 11
    Keeping it simple: The Almohadilla Chair is consists of nothing more than six wooden planes and cable ties. >
  • Collection of Light. Photo: Tim Meier.
    Illuminated versions
    Design News • 17 Dec 11
    Humans Since 1982's "Collection of Light" is an LED lamp that resembles an illuminated drawer for keeping insects. >
  • Tough as nails
    Design News • 16 Dec 11
    Sharp sharp: The Nail Cloud is an interior lamp made with magnets and nails. >
  • Everybody smile
    Design News • 16 Dec 11
    Smile! The "face" atop the lighthouse is watching you. >
  • Cultural pioneering
    Design News • 16 Dec 11
    The Pan-African publication Chimurenga was awarded the Prince Claus Award for cultural pioneering earlier this week. >
  • Displaced fragments
    Design News • 15 Dec 11
    Olivia de Gouveia's "Apocalyptopia" project considers the consequences of present displacement in a fictional future. >
  • Festive flavours
    Design News • 15 Dec 11
    Music, food, design and craft retail, experience it all at Freeworld's Designer-Make Artisan Market. Great place to get your Christmas shopping done. >
  • Love and mystery
    Design News • 14 Dec 11
    Mister Handsome is Jason Wishnow's short film about love, imagination and some of the dark sides of human nature. >
  • Intelligent craft
    Design News • 14 Dec 11
    Haptic Intelligentia is a system that makes provision for traditional craftsmanship in the age of digital technology and 3D printing. >
  • Sheets of colour
    Design News • 14 Dec 11 • Sponsored Content
    Artist Tyree Callahan's Chromatic Typewriter "types" paintings, with the machine's keys as different colours. >
  • Quirky cauliflower
    Design News • 13 Dec 11
    Meet Doris. She's a great-tasting, long-lasting cauliflower. Then also meet her siblings: Doug, Shirl and Bob. >
  • Fuse by Wim Botha.
    Talking about love
    Design News • 13 Dec 11
    What we talk about when we talk about love is a group exhibition exploring different notions of love and the relationship we have with ourselves. >
  • Pacific Place. Photo: Iwan Baan.
    Place specific
    Design News • 12 Dec 11
    Thomas Heatherwick renovated a luxury shopping and entertainment complex in Hong Kong to give it a more contemporary look and feel. >
  • Urban origami
    Design News • 12 Dec 11
    Spanish street artist Nuria Mora creates large and colourful origami pieces for urban spaces. >
  • Crystal containers
    Design News • 11 Dec 11
    With "Containers II" Studio Job transformed old crystal vessels into a coffee pot, a waste basket and a saucepan. >
  • Widest love
    Design News • 11 Dec 11
    For every artwork in the If You Let Yourself Love a Wild Thing Exhibition at Salon91 in Cape Town, a tree will be planted. >

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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. >