Design News

  • Hero Pin by Marcel Wanders.
    Small pin, big heart
    Design News • 2 Sep 10
    Marcel Wanders’s latest project explores the values that matter most in life, like love. >
  • Women of the Sun Film Festival invitation.
    Females making films
    Design News • 1 Sep 10
    The Women of the Sun Film Festival recognises the contribution African women are making to the continent's emerging film industry. >
  • The Pravda Royal Collection.
    Fit for royalty
    Design News • 1 Sep 10
    It's time to put your creative and edgy jewellery designs onto paper and submit it for Pravda Vodka's royal collection. >
  • Apen Art Museum. Photo via designboom.
    Natural agreement
    Design News • 31 Aug 10
    Ensuring harmony between the existing architecture and the natural landscape is Shigeru Ban’s key objective with a new design in Aspen. >
  • Collector's Loft. Photo: Iwan Baan.
    Lofty aims
    Design News • 31 Aug 10
    The design of a new loft in downtown Manhattan explores the interaction between gallery and living space. >
  • Park Sujin's "Time" series.
    Time and evolution
    Design News • 31 Aug 10
    A collection of furniture by a Korean designer considers aspects of time, evolution and surrealism. >
  • Primitive Future House. Photo via designboom.
    Built on tension
    Design News • 31 Aug 10
    "Primitive Future House" at the Venice Architecture Biennale recently explored various spaces, created by instinct. >
  • Custom-shaped solar iPhone charger.
    Shaped for solar success
    Design News • 30 Aug 10
    Custom-shaped solar panels are helping to popularise the use of solar panels because of their flexibility and versatility. >
  • Solar streetlight. Photo via designboom.
    Enlightening Cambodia
    Design News • 29 Aug 10
    A solar-powered streetlight project in Cambodia is helping to improve the country's image. >
  • Art of Farming.
    Food or fine art?
    Design News • 25 Aug 10
    Art of Farming is a new kind of auction that celebrates edible heirlooms and the art involved in their creation. >
  • Tom Dixon Etch light.
    Shop till you drop
    Design News • 25 Aug 10
    The launch of the Tom Dixon Shop during the London Design Festival is definitely a highlight on the 2010 design calendar. >
  • 12 Decades Art Hotel. Photo via designboom.
    Through the years
    Design News • 24 Aug 10
    A new hotel in downtown Jo'burg traces the history of the city with its edgy and original locally-inspired designs. >
  • Aircruise by Seymourpowell.
    Slow it down
    Design News • 24 Aug 10
    It’s interesting to wonder about the future of (air) travel but its not often that we think of slowing it down. The Aircruise might do that. >
  • Light Sanctuary. Photo: Decker Yeadon LLC.
    Mirage-like solar power
    Design News • 23 Aug 10
    It looks like a maze but it could simply be a mirage. Or is it both, and a solar power station? >
  • Gumtree TV ad.
    Gumtree makes TV debut
    Design News • 22 Aug 10
    Everybody's favourite classified ads website, Gumtree has made its debut on the small screen. >
  • The Giant.
    All for one
    Design News • 20 Aug 10
    "One world one voice" is the message that a giant New York mural is hoping to convey. >
  • The Discography Tablets.
    Love, language, lettering
    Design News • 20 Aug 10
    Richard Hart's latest solo exhibition intimately engages the viewer with his passion for words, type and creativity. >
  • Transformation by Tjep.
    True to form
    Design News • 19 Aug 10
    Transformation is a Dutch installation that pays tribute to the aesthetics of vernacular architecture. >
  • Tag your Mini. Image via minispace.
    From practical to playful
    Design News • 19 Aug 10
    Think again if you thought your car should only take you from A to B. The new Mini Countryman may feature a fireplace or karaoke equipment. >
  • World Cup mosaics. Photo via designboom.
    Mosaic memory lane
    Design News • 19 Aug 10
    The mosaics along a public transport walkway in Cape Town tell stories of the area's rich heritage. >
  • Technocraft.
    Design it yourself (new pics)
    Design News • 18 Aug 10
    With his curatorial debut, Yves Béhar examines the blurring of the creative line between professional and amateur designer. >
  • The Wall Project. Photo via facebook.
    Joy to the wall
    Design News • 15 Aug 10
    There’s nothing like a little paint to jazz things up. Amateur Indian creatives are taking matters, or paintbrushes, into their own hands. >
  • Cubist Vases. Photo via dezeen.
    Happy anniversary to modernism
    Design News • 14 Aug 10
    A new 10-year collectible edition by the Boym Partners celebrates the 100th anniversary of modernism. >
  • Boniswa Pezisa and Mike Schalit.
    For the greater good
    Design News • 14 Aug 10
    South Africa's first non-profit creative agency is aligning smart business practices with a heightened awareness of social responsibility. >

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