Design News

  • 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. >
  • 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. >

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From the Archives

  • Print first
    Q&A • 20 Mar 23
    This 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative is a storyteller at heart. >
  • Japanimation
    Q&A • 20 Mar 23
    Wooden puppets come to life in an action-packed stop-motion film about revenge. >
  • Winning formula
    Design News • 20 Mar 23
    David Chipperfield has been selected as the 2023 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. >
  • Shapeshifter
    Design News • 20 Mar 23
    This New York theatre’s new branding changes for each production. >