Design News

  • Marble monolith
    Design News • 5 Nov 12 • Sponsored Content
    Taking inspiration from the WWII shrapnel damage still seen on walls around London, BarberOsgerby have designed an interesting piece of street furniture. >
  • Spring into summer
    Design News • 3 Nov 12
    Flower Safari, an exhibition of work by Cape Town designers, celebrates all that is pretty and inspiring about summer. >
  • Creative overview
    Design News • 2 Nov 12
    Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec showcase their collaborative process of the past 15 years at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. >
  • People, passion, pride
    Design News • 2 Nov 12
    With their bead and wire creations, Streetwires brings a little bit of African wildlife into the home. >
  • Through the lens of Satyendra Pakhalé
    Design News • 1 Nov 12
    Satyendra Pakhalé looks to the moon, and beyond, in discussing why we should worry about the moon when there are enough issues on Earth. >
  • Cardboard construction
    Design News • 31 Oct 12
    Shigeru Ban has created a temporary pavilion out of cardboard to host the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow. >
  • Advanced in design
    Design News • 30 Oct 12
    Gavin Rooke's "Stand 47" project seeks to build a house that adapts to changing needs while maintaining an intrinsic value. >
  • Pedro Reyes, Imagine, 2012. Photography Cannon Bernáldez. Commissioned by Alumnos47. Images courtesy of the artist and Alumnos47
    Sounds of redemption
    Design News • 29 Oct 12
    Pedro Reyes transformed destroyed weapons into liberating musical instruments in his latest work "Imagine". >
  • History meets science
    Design News • 29 Oct 12
    Ross Lovegrove's latest creation calls for a moment where scientific endeavour and human consciousness meet. >
  • Urban rainbow
    Design News • 26 Oct 12
    Copenhagen sees an urban installation bringing together the city's ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighbourhood. >
  • Multiples of X
    Design News • 25 Oct 12
    The XTable by KiBiSi is sleek, efficient and height-adjustable. >
  • Light in weight
    Design News • 25 Oct 12
    Tord Boontje uses bamboo, paper shades and rocks to create lamps that resemble a traditional Japanese garden, while highlighting material issues. >
  • Exclusive craftsmanship
    Design News • 24 Oct 12
    From hand-illustrated fabric to furniture, Wolf & Maiden's co-owner Gilles Pretorius is dedicated to conscious, sustainable and responsible design. >
  • Symbols of wine
    Design News • 24 Oct 12
    Marti Guixé has put together a symbolic representation of the winemaking process. >
  • Melting ice
    Design News • 23 Oct 12
    Nendo redesigns glassware for Baccarat and creates beauty that mirrors the clarity and delicacy of an ice block. >
  • Science arcade
    Design News • 23 Oct 12
    Troika's "Arcades" installation explores the seemingly impossible phenomena of bending light. >
  • Dutch Design Award Winners 2012
    Design News • 22 Oct 12
    The winners of the 2012 Dutch Design Awards were announced in Eindhoven in the Netherlands on Sunday 21 October 2012. >
  • Rocket relaunch
    Design News • 22 Oct 12
    With his latest project Paul Sahre takes a shot at travelling through space and back in time to recreate a childhood memory, which involves a model rocket. >
  • Mobile movement
    Design News • 22 Oct 12
    Urban-Think Tank's Urban Parangolé project proposes seamless loops of connectivity for more dynamic movement and mobility within the urban space. >
  • X marks the spot
    Design News • 22 Oct 12
    Xanita designs eco-friendly exhibition stands that add a taste of individual creativity and design. >
  • Packing in the power
    Design News • 19 Oct 12
    PowerPac, a human-generated energy producing device by Ideso, has been awarded a Red Dot award. >
  • Graffiti rug
    Design News • 18 Oct 12
    An Eastern European painting technique inspires Martí Guixé to design a rug in graffiti style. >
  • A furniture show
    Design News • 18 Oct 12
    Nature, music and ethnicities inspire furniture designers Casamento, and is seen in their latest exhibition "Show and Tell". >
  • Concrete Collection by Matali Crasset for Concrete by LCDA. Photo: Simon Bouisson.
    Concrete by Crasset
    Design News • 18 Oct 12
    Matali Crasset's latest work is a collection that includes a table, lamp and bookshelf - all made in concrete. >

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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. >