Design News

  • Pichulik Spring/Summer 2014 Collection
    Lookbook • 8 Jan 14
    Pichulik's 2014 Spring/Summer collection celebrates the seaside glamour of the golden age on the French Riviera in the 50s and 60s. >
  • MARBLES interactive installation by Daan Roosegaarde.
    Marbles of light
    Design News • 6 Jan 14
    Daan Roosegaarde's eye-catching MARBLES installation will illuminate the 2014 Route du Nord Light exhibition with bright and bold colours. >
  • Beat Brass lamp by Tom Dixon.
    Brass vessels
    Design News • 6 Jan 14
    Tom Dixon takes inspiration from traditional vessels used to carry water for his latest collection of authentic brass pendant lamps. >
  • Frozen Garden by Marcel Wanders for Bisazza. Image: Bisazza.
    Vertical garden
    Design News • 6 Jan 14
    Dutch designer Marcel Wanders creates an interior garden of ceramic flowers with his wall cladding design, Frozen Garden, for Bisazza’s 2014 collection. >
  • The Hanataba chopsticks by Nendo. Image: Akihiro Yoshida
    Pick-up sticks
    Design News • 5 Jan 14 • Sponsored Content
    Japan-based Nendo redesigns an ancient traditional eating utensil, the chopstick, transforming people’s interaction with this everyday object. >
  • Jaime Hayon's New York is Miami cabinet. Image: Jaime Hayon.
    Fun and fantastical
    Design News • 4 Jan 14
    Spanish designer Jaime Hayón reflects on the past ten years’ worth of work in his retrospective exhibition Funtastico. >
  • T Table by Woltemade. Image: Woltemade
    Emerging Creative Q&A: Woltemade
    Design News • 2 Jan 14
    The Emerging Creatives programme provides up-and-coming designers with a wonderful launch pad. We chat to Woltemade to find out what they have been up to. >
  • PRISM mirror by Tokujin Yoshioka. Image: Glas Italia; Tommaso Sartori.
    Through the looking glass
    Design News • 30 Dec 13
    Tokujin Yoshioka's PRISM mirror collection for Glas Italia creates a mysterious presence through its dazzling refraction of light. >
  • The new Axel Springer Campus by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).
    Winning BIG
    Design News • 29 Dec 13
    Here is a look at Danish architect Bjarke Ingels's winning proposal for the Axel Springer new media campus in Berlin, Germany. >
  • Graphic work by Lazi Mathebula.
    Emerging Creative catch-up: Lazi Mathebula
    Design News • 26 Dec 13
    2013 Emerging Creative Lazi Mathebula, aka Greiispaces, is one of 50 international illustrators currently exhibiting at .M Contemporary gallery in Australia. >
  • Animated Christmas Card by Paula Scher for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
    Ho Ho Ho!
    Design News • 25 Dec 13
    A very merry Christmas from Paula Scher and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. >
  • Maarten Baas' chaise longe for Berluti. Images: Berluti and Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
    Modelled by hand
    Design News • 22 Dec 13
    Dutch artist-designer Maarten Baas unveils four new Clay pieces for luxury menswear brand, Berluti. >
  • Illustration created by Eddie Opara for Wired that renders the issue number 21.12 in its binary configuration of 1s and 0s.
    Binary numbers
    Design News • 21 Dec 13
    Designer Eddie Opara creates a striking illustration, which expresses a digital concept in analogue form, for the December 2013 issue of "Wired" magazine. >
  • Design Souq cardboard pavilion by Shigeru Ban for the Abu Dhabi Art Festival.
    Cardboard marketplace
    Design News • 19 Dec 13
    Shigeru Ban has created a temporary, mobile pavilion in his signature material, cardboard, for the Abu Dhabi Art Festival. >
  • Walter Battiss artwork on ceramic by Mervyn Gers.
    Artfully plated
    Design News • 19 Dec 13
    The work of Walter Battiss, South Africa’s foremost abstract painter, has found a new expression on ceramics by Mervyn Gers who tells us about the project. >
  • Tree of Light by Droog.
    Christmas tree, O Christmas tree
    Design News • 17 Dec 13 • Sponsored Content
    Dutch conceptual design studio Droog has unveiled an enormous holographic Christmas tree in the entrance hall of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. >
  • Sonolith by Joe Paine, Ross Drakes and Richard Jenks. Image by Greg Cox for Southern Guild.
    Wired for sound
    Design News • 17 Dec 13
    Sonolith, a new audio system by a South African design trio, breaks all the stereo types. >
  • Orolog watch collection by Jaime Hayón.
    Stylish timekeeping
    Design News • 17 Dec 13
    Jaime Hayón's collection of Orolog wristwatches combine classical elements with modern details. >
  • Visual identity for the Crouch End Festival Chorus by Harry Pearce.
    Music from the heart
    Design News • 16 Dec 13
    Harry Pearce has designed a new visual identity for the Crouch End Festival Chorus in North London. >
  • Christoph Niemann — Petting Zoo Memo Game, copyright Gestalten 2013.
    Memorising animals
    Design News • 16 Dec 13
    The quirky characters from Christoph Niemann's highly-acclaimed digital Petting Zoo app now make their debut in a tactile, analogue memory game. >
  • Michael Bierut for Cathedral Church of Saint John
    Spreading the word
    Design News • 14 Dec 13
    Michael Bierut has redesigned the website for the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine to suit the needs of a 21st century congregation. >
  • Yuri Suzuki's Juke Box Meets Tate Britain installation
    Juke Box beats
    Design News • 14 Dec 13
    Yuri Suzuki's latest installation allows visitors of Tate Britain to capture their impressions of the art in musical form. >
  • Karim Rashid for Purho.
    Glass acts
    Design News • 12 Dec 13
    New Italian design company Purho teams up with the ever-fabulous Karim Rashid for a launch collection of contemporary glassware. >
  • Natural Areas Conservancy of New York City identity by Paula Scher.
    Ode to nature
    Design News • 11 Dec 13 • Sponsored Content
    Paula Scher's new identity for the Natural Areas Conservancy in New York City promotes a message of conservation and restoration. >

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  • Laying the foundations
    Design News • 11 Apr 23
    This school in Tanzania is designed to respond to site-specific climatic conditions. >
  • Naturally synthetic
    Design News • 11 Apr 23
    This low-carbon biomaterial created from plant waste and microbes is an alternative to traditional clothing fabrics. >
  • Making sense
    Design News • 11 Apr 23
    Design Indaba alum Ai Weiwei’s new exhibition includes a piece made from 650 000 Legos. >
  • Face value
    Q&A • 11 Apr 23
    Cape Town-based 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Naledi Modupi is obsessed with faces. >