Design News

  • 8 House (2010) by Bjarke Ingels Group
    Shapes of eight
    Design News • 25 Jun 11
    The 8 House allows people to bike all the way from the street to the 10th level penthouses. >
  • Good enough to eat
    Design News • 25 Jun 11
    If it's good enough to parade on your body, it should be good enough to eat. de culinaire werkplaats has some edible garments. >
  • Fast future
    Design News • 24 Jun 11
    Moving Platforms is Paul Priestman’s concept for the future of rail travel. >
  • Sew simple
    Design News • 24 Jun 11
    What does a bicycle and a sewing machine have in common? When they work together the result is rather unique. >
  • Crazy for cardboard
    Design News • 24 Jun 11
    Vicky Knysh's Cardboard City encourages kids and adults to think out of the box. >
  • Urban connections
    Design News • 23 Jun 11
    Designing an eco-neighbourhood on the banks of the Maas River could help support new development in Liège, Belgium. >
  • Safe move
    Design News • 23 Jun 11
    Join Rick Valicenti in using design to make cities more cycle friendly. >
  • Curtain call
    Design News • 23 Jun 11
    Curtain Call, conceptualised by Ron Arad, is an interactive installation of art and music. >
  • CT shortlisted for World Design Capital
    Design News • 22 Jun 11
    Cape Town is one of three cities shortlisted for the World Design Capital 2014. >
  • Elegant luxury
    Design News • 22 Jun 11
    Marcel Wanders has designed a gorgeous range of suitcases, Saint Jacques, for Italian company Fabbricapelleterirmilano. >
  • Crunchy munchy
    Design News • 22 Jun 11
    Have your cake and eat the dish it is served in too! sugiX’s design will spare you dishes and a thought to the environment. >
  • Bright idea
    Design News • 21 Jun 11
    Edward Chew’s gorgeous lighting designs use recycled Tetra Pak cartons. >
  • Food for thought
    Design News • 21 Jun 11
    Hungry? Solve a conundrum while waiting for your food to cook! >
  • Cycling simplicity
    Design News • 20 Jun 11
    A bicycle made of bent plywood, ideal for the urban cyclist. >
  • Net sustainability
    Design News • 20 Jun 11
    The SafetyNet could go a long way to ensuring that plenty of valuable fish remain in the sea. >
  • Photo: Fabrice Gousset, courtesy of Galerie Kreo.
    Champions
    Design News • 20 Jun 11
    Konstantin Grcic’s Champions range of trestle tables takes its cue from sport, where speed, performance and strength is prioritised. >
  • Laser lines
    Design News • 19 Jun 11
    Here’s a template to create infographics in an instant. >
  • A clear future
    Design News • 19 Jun 11
    The Airbus 2050 concept considers the (transparent) future of air travel. >
  • Super stools
    Design News • 18 Jun 11
    Vietnamese craft plus Scandinavian design equals bright and vibrant “Superheroes” stools by Glimpt. >
  • Design encyclopaedia
    Design News • 18 Jun 11
    Alessi's flagship shop in Milan, designed by Martí Guixé, is still home to the "Alessi Encyclopaedia". >
  • Automated
    Design News • 17 Jun 11
    Ready for personalised public transport? Check out the semi-automated Wi-Fly Pod. >
  • Muchness of love
    Design News • 17 Jun 11
    With his vibrant range of ceramics, Ruan Hoffmann is the first South African to exhibit at the Rockefeller Centre in New York. >
  • Playground senses
    Design News • 17 Jun 11
    “Playground closes at dusk” is Nacho Carbonell’s outdoor installation looking at connections between sense and surrounding. >
  • Creative communities
    Design News • 15 Jun 11
    The Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project has launched RECreative, an online platform for young creatives to showcase their work. >

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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. >