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Concrete lighting

Design News • 31 Oct 13

Benjamin Hubert has extended his award-winning "Heavy Light" collection introducing a pendant light and a new colour. >
Teardrop beauty

Design News • 30 Oct 13

Shigeru Ban has designed a house that allows residents to feel as through they have been removed from the rest of the city. >
Futuristic delight

Design News • 30 Oct 13

Karim Rashid has designed a futuristic vodka bottle and visual identity for American vodka brand Anestasia. >
Life is Music

Design News • 29 Oct 13

Masashi Kawamura and his creative lab PARTY have created a music video for the Japanese band SOUR using actual CDs to make the entire animation. >
Poster celebration

Design News • 28 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

Paula Scher has designed a striking poster in celebration of the National Theatre's 50th anniversary. >
Infinitely beautiful

Design News • 28 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

Faith47's latest mural "Infinitud del Universo" makes a strong statement in Málaga, Spain. >
Photography and the law

Design News • 28 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

British politicians aren’t pleased with Europol’s latest mission: a call to photographers to submit work to decorate its public areas. >
Flagship attraction

Design News • 27 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

With Studio Dror's design for suitcase and bag manufacturer TUMI, on-the-spot monogramming takes the personalised shopping experience to a whole new level. >
A Eurostar makeover

Design News • 26 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

South African-born, London-based designer Christopher Jenner is the new creative director of the high-speed European railway service. >
A ray of colour

Design News • 26 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

"Colour Installation" highlights Scholten & Baijings' skilful approach in combining artisanal and industrial design. >
Art with a view

Design News • 25 Oct 13

The hotly-anticipated Cape Town Art Fair opens at the V&A Waterfront today. At this South African city art show, the walls aren’t the only place to look. >
A design trek from SA to the USA

Design News • 24 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

New York's design goods e-tailer Fab.com has debuted its first South Africa focussed pop-up shop >
Shining bright

Design News • 24 Oct 13

Daan Roosegaarde’s interactive artwork “Crystal” allows people to play and share their stories of light. >
Out of Africa

Design News • 23 Oct 13

The first-ever fair of contemporary African art to be held outside Africa closed on Sunday after a five-day run in London. >
Stone accessories

Design News • 23 Oct 13

The Bouroullec brothers have designed a necklace collection that takes inspiration from primitive jewellery. >
Treetop luxury

Design News • 22 Oct 13

Shigeru Ban has constructed a "tree house" on Yakushima Island made from a selection of paper tubes. >
The Fleet sails into (Cape) Town

Design News • 22 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

Fourteen local designers have set up their wares on Buitengracht Street as a one-stop Christmas-list shop. >
Transformable accessories

Design News • 21 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

Nendo has designed a three-piece accessory collection for dogs. >
Bagging a Banksy

Design News • 21 Oct 13

Three people in New York City got more than they bargained for last week, when controversial street artist Banksy posted an announcement on his website. >
Cape architecture awards

Design News • 21 Oct 13

The Cape Institute for Architecture (CIA) announces the seven winners of its 2013 Award for Architecture. >
Evict Them in 5 Easy Steps

Design News • 20 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

Harry Pearce's "Evict Them in 5 Easy Steps" is a short film that raises awareness around the ever-growing problem of forced eviction. >
Winning Dutch designs

Design News • 19 Oct 13

Tonight in Eindhoven, the 11th edition of the Dutch Design Awards (DDA) named Iris Van Herpen the most successful designer of the last year. >
Less is best

Design News • 19 Oct 13

Paul Smith recently held an exhibition dedicated to Dieter Rams' designs at his United Kingdom store, No. 9 Albemarle Street. >
Modern addition

Design News • 19 Oct 13

Simple, elegant and durable, Stefano Giovannoni's Dressed First chair for Magis adds a statement in any space. >

From the Archives

High Tide

Design News • 26 Sep 22

SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean. >
Sitting pretty

Q&A • 26 Sep 22

The creative director of furniture brand Bōpa Mmuso, Lindiwe Gugushe is a young creative in pursuit of design in all its forms. >
Memento Mori

Design News • 26 Sep 22

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his first glass sculpture exhibition at Venice’s Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore. >
On the dot

Design News • 26 Sep 22

Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks. >

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