Design News

  • Rapa Chair III.
    Complex natures at Miami 2011
    Design News • 29 Nov 11
    Ayala Serfaty's creations at Design Miami explore the use of ancient materials in contemporary design. >
  • Crazy carpets
    Design News • 29 Nov 11
    Whoever said that carpets can't be made from plastic forks, balloons or pasta? We Make Carpets use alternative materials for this purpose. >
  • Like a shadow
    Design News • 29 Nov 11
    Nendo's new stand for iPhones and iPad resembles the shadow of a single flower in a vase. >
  • Crystal Matrix II by Erwin Redl for Swarovski Crystal Palace.
    Crystal clear
    Design News • 28 Nov 11
    Light, sound and crystals work together to create a multisensory installation at Design Miami. >
  • Garden explorations
    Design News • 28 Nov 11
    Matali Crasset's Le Blobterre de Matali is an installation that serves as a space of exploration for children. >
  • Tiles for smiles
    Design News • 27 Nov 11
    The Anda Project in Argentina is a creative urban initiative to fix broken tiles on the pavements with more colourful replacements. >
  • Lyrical cuisine
    Design News • 27 Nov 11
    Ever felt that food is so good that you want to sing and dance to it? The Recipe Project contains a collection of "song-recipes". Yes, really. >
  • Framed for famine
    Design News • 26 Nov 11
    Posterity is a collection of posters that draw attention to the famine in East Africa, while also raising funds for the cause. >
  • Wild walk
    Design News • 26 Nov 11
    Tiger & Turtle, Magic Mountain is a roller coaster-like walkway for appreciating the surrounding landscape. >
  • Lego for life
    Design News • 24 Nov 11
    The UNICEF Brick serves the dual purpose of providing food and water for victims of natural disasters, and can be used for constructing temporary shelters. >
  • Cherry lane
    Design News • 24 Nov 11
    Tom Price has created an installation of cherry trees with industrialised materials to comment on the ephemeral nature of their natural counterparts. >
  • Funky footwear
    Design News • 24 Nov 11
    Forget fashion and trends, Kobi Levi's Footwear Art turns shoes into sculptural artworks resembling flowers, slides and even Madonna. >
  • Poster designed by Richard Hart.
    Design Indabar in Durban
    Design News • 24 Nov 11
    In the lead-up to COP17, Design Indabar - presented by Dube TradePort - will look at how a (sustainable) world is possible through creativity. >
  • Urban benefits
    Design News • 23 Nov 11
    The Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award calls for ideas that address issues of mass urbanisation in Cape Town. >
  • Local adornments
    Design News • 23 Nov 11
    The Africa Adorned exhibition taking place in Cape Town is a feast of high quality local designs. >
  • Photo: Jannes Frubel.
    Clothes made of milk
    Design News • 23 Nov 11
    Is it silk, or could it be milk? Anke Domaske has created a new material from milk protein. >
  • Analyse this
    Design News • 23 Nov 11
    The Laboratory of Food Analysis assesses your health and then gives you a report card to eat, containing all the nutrients that are lacking in your diet. >
  • The meal of all meals
    Design News • 22 Nov 11
    The Last Meal project looks at the last meal prisoners on death row chose to have. >
  • Functions for green
    Design News • 22 Nov 11
    Functional Green is an installation that looks at ways of making urban farming really accessible. >
  • Visual recordings
    Design News • 22 Nov 11
    South African photographer Marc Shoul's collection of photographs about life in Brakpan has earned him an international award. >
  • Looks like Lego
    Design News • 21 Nov 11
    Flussocreativo's Leco containers look like giant Lego blocks. They're ideal for sorting your recycling. >
  • Climate can-do
    Design News • 21 Nov 11
    The Goethe-Institut presents a diverse cultural programme during COP17, which includes workshops, exhibitions, performances and more. >
  • Home for fashion
    Design News • 21 Nov 11
    Mungo & Jemima's second retail space is also a showcase for budding South African fashion designers. >
  • Nutritious labelling
    Design News • 21 Nov 11
    Renée Walker's food labels rethink how we receive nutritional information. >

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From the Archives

  • Hollywood calling
    Q&A • 16 Aug 22
    This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking >
  • Community living
    Design News • 16 Aug 22
    Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum >
  • Star quality
    Design News • 16 Aug 22
    Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022 >
  • Mr Sandman
    Design News • 16 Aug 22
    Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions >