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Sitting Pretty presents . . .

Design News • 18 Oct 13

South African online retailer Style36 launches its inaugural store within a store on Monday featuring Cape Town label Sitting Pretty. >
Modern attitude

Design News • 18 Oct 13

Tom Dixon has unveiled his "Y" chair after two years of researching and prototyping. >
Sneaker showcase

Design News • 17 Oct 13

Karim Rashid has designed the exhibition space for the "Out of the Box" exhibition, showcasing the history of the sneaker. >
Ceramic lights

Design News • 17 Oct 13

Benjamin Hubert's Container Lamp explores new possibilities in product design. >
Simply seated

Design News • 16 Oct 13

PearsonLloyd has designed a modular seating system that brings a modern touch to any public space. >
A new commandment

Design News • 15 Oct 13

Michael Bierut has designed a series of humorous signs for the annual St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals in New York City. >
Nature's power

Design News • 14 Oct 13

Tokujin Yoshioka’s "Spider's Thread" installation makes use of growing crystals to create a delicate sculpture of a chair. >
Social art

Design News • 14 Oct 13

Faith47 has created two new murals in Puerto Rico, “Marauders” and “Onirico”. >
Maurice Sendak: On Life, Death And Children's Lit

Design News • 14 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

Christoph Niemann illustrates a moving 2011 interview between children's author Maurice Sendak and "Fresh Air" producer Terry Gross. >
Spontaneous interior

Design News • 13 Oct 13

Tom Dixon's studio has redesigned the interior for McCann Erickson Headquarters, transforming the area into an open-plan and spontaneous space. >
Jazzing it up

Design News • 13 Oct 13

Paula Scher has redesigned her graphic identity for Jazz at Lincoln Centre, ten years since its inception. >
Cosy cabin

Design News • 12 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

Studio Tjep. will present their "Il Treno Fuori" piece at this year's Dutch Design Week. >
Creative residency

Design News • 12 Oct 13

Matali Crasset has proposed to create a community centre in Beijing where residents can interact and experiment with creativity. >
Information made visual

Lookbook • 11 Oct 13

Eddie Opara has designed the graphics for a new "friendly science" title, making the book's dense technical information understandable to all. >
Slicing time

Design News • 10 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

A device that "cuts away" time as it passes, here's Nendo's elegant Slice watch. >
The simple life

Design News • 9 Oct 13

Studio Formafantasma's "Autarchy" installation looks to sustainable and uncomplicated solutions for production processes. >
Sensual delight

Design News • 8 Oct 13

Marcel Wanders provides poetic insight into the idea behind his Troy chair, which has recently gone into production. >
Plastic perspective

Design News • 8 Oct 13

Benjamin Hubert's Amass installation provided a unique space divider for the 2013 100% Design event in London. >
Satellite light

Design News • 8 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

Dirk van der Kooij has created a lamp out of recycled CD cases in order to explore the possibilities of 3D printing. >
Virtual display

Design News • 7 Oct 13

Hat-trick has designed a visual identity for the first-ever online virtual gallery. >
Seven sins

Design News • 7 Oct 13

Studio Makkink & Bey establish various connections between 15th century life and the world of today with their "The Seven Sins" exhibition. >
Buried treasure

Design News • 6 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

Nendo's "Oke" collection of drinking vessels are made using 2 000-year-old wood. >
Electrical storm

Design News • 6 Oct 13 • Sponsored Content

United Visual Artists have brought Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine Pavilion to life with an electrical storm. >
Casual time

Design News • 5 Oct 13

Jasper Morrison's Please watch collection for Issey Miyake is a pure reflection of the renowned fashion brand's philosophy. >

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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