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Nature verses science

Design News • 24 Apr 13

Troika's first solo exhibition "The Far Side of Reason" combines new and old works to investigate the tension between perception and reality. >
Makr Shakr: a robotic creation

Design News • 23 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Carlo Ratti's "Makr Shakr" allows people to become their own virtual barman. >
European city

Design News • 22 Apr 13

Bjarke Ingels' "Europacity" will provide the Île-de-France community with a commercial and cultural hotspot. >
Comfortably colourful

Design News • 21 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Colour, colour and more colour, Patricia Urquiola’s latest chair collection brightens any living or working environment. >
Wooden simplicity

Design News • 20 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Naoto Fukasawa extended his "Maruni" furniture collection at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair and paid tribute to traditional Japanese craftsmanship. >
Jungle Jim turns heads in Milan

Design News • 19 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Local pulp-fiction zine takes over windows of popular department store La Rinascente during Milan design week >
Backstage with Nichetto and Nendo

Lookbook • 19 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Here is a look at Nendo and Nichetto's collaboration, from start to finish, for the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Comfort & style

Design News • 19 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Eye-grabbing elegance is just one of the many descriptions for BarberOsgerby's sofa collection for Knoll. >
Tea time

Design News • 18 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Scholten & Baijings' "Tea with Georg" collection interprets characteristics of a traditional Japanese tea ceremony for contemporary Western use. >
Imaginary museum

Design News • 17 Apr 13

Jon Stam's"Imaginary Museum" is an exhibition that can be viewed anywhere and at any time. >
Smooth movements

Design News • 17 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec teamed up with BMW to create an installation that looks to the relaxing experience of a slow and smooth moving mechanism. >
No bad colours

Design News • 16 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Ron Arad's vision for a productive working environment is a colour-changing wall that stimulates the work ethic of employees. >
Dutch DNA

Design News • 16 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Tjep. introduces the first ever DNA-driven furniture collection at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Milan by foot

Design News • 15 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Nendo redesigns the fourth floor of the la Rinascente department store in Milan, providing visitors with a constantly changing spacial experience. >
C-inspired

Design News • 12 Apr 13

Harry Pearce created the identity of the cloisters of the Church of Santa Caterina in Naples, referencing the art, craft, culture and creativity of the area. >
Luxurious paradise

Design News • 12 Apr 13

Using richly coloured wood, leather and velvet, Studioilse transforms a 100-year-old building into a luxurious boutique hotel. >
Italian honour

Design News • 11 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Studio Formafantasma pays homage to great Italian designer and architect Roberto Sambonet at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Awakened curiosity

Design News • 11 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Designed for inquisitiveness, Front will reveal six new furniture pieces at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Futuristic Africa

Design News • 10 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

The past, present and future of African design is explored in the "Afrofuture" exhibition held during the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Mountain as muse

Design News • 10 Apr 13

Harry Pearce's logotype for a museum in Italy can be used in various ways and serves a a metaphor for the museum's physical surroundings. >
Brazilian motifs

Design News • 9 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Humberto and Fernando Campana's "Brazilian Baroque" collection reveals traditional Brazilian style infused in modern and contemporary furniture design. >
Woven shelves

Design News • 9 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Nendo's "Fold" shelving unit is perfect for displaying a variety of decorations in 360-degree view. >
Love local

Design News • 8 Apr 13

Love ZA Buy ZA is a new campaign aimed at creating awareness around the positive impact of buying local clothing. >
Paved with positivity

Design News • 8 Apr 13

The environmental graphics Paula Scher designed for a school in New York reinforce the positive core values of the institution. >

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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