Design News

  • Parallel experiences
    Design News • 24 Dec 11
    Science fiction or social media? The Quantum Parallelograph offers you a glimpse of your parallel life - the one you have online. >
  • Christmas countdown
    Design News • 23 Dec 11
    Eyal Burstein used a variety of vintage teacups, bowls and trinkets to create an advent calendar of different a creative calibre. >
  • Like what?
    Design News • 23 Dec 11
    Brightly coloured and made with knotted fabric. "I like it. What is it?" you may ask... >
  • Quick fix
    Design News • 22 Dec 11
    The Repair It Yourself kit makes it easy to fix your own shoes, drawing attention to the way we relate to the material world and consumer products. >
  • Bag it
    Design News • 22 Dec 11
    Nendo's new ONB. collection of bags takes its name for the Japanese terms for "piggyback". >
  • Smile for the camera
    Design News • 21 Dec 11
    "Follow Me" and you'll be in the picture! A new camera mount for use in adventure sport makes it easy for the photographer to be in the shot. >
  • Storing house
    Design News • 21 Dec 11
    The "Under My Roof" storage system highlights the connection between iconic architectural pieces and industrial design. >
  • Lamp like
    Design News • 20 Dec 11
    The MyLamp by Danish designers Madebywho involves the user in the process of constructing the lamp. >
  • 10 for 1
    Design News • 20 Dec 11
    This car-shaped bicycle rack highlights the fact that ten bicycles can be safely parked in a space that can only be used by one car. >
  • Cupnoodle Urushi. Photo: Hiroshi Iwasaki.
    Nice for noodles
    Design News • 19 Dec 11
    Nendo's "Cupnoodle Urushi" is a souvenir product that adds new creative value to the packaging of instant "cup" noodles. >
  • Brain food
    Design News • 19 Dec 11
    Sara Asnaghi's brain sculptures, made from edible materials, encourages thinking about what we eat and explores notions of materiality. >
  • Art to eat
    Design News • 18 Dec 11
    Think gingerbread is only for gingerbread men? Think again. And think domes, skulls and Bauhaus replications. >
  • Illustrative interactions
    Design News • 18 Dec 11
    The wise old owl is given a quirky makeover by Melissa Maloney in her illustrations. >
  • Close ties
    Design News • 17 Dec 11
    Keeping it simple: The Almohadilla Chair is consists of nothing more than six wooden planes and cable ties. >
  • Collection of Light. Photo: Tim Meier.
    Illuminated versions
    Design News • 17 Dec 11
    Humans Since 1982's "Collection of Light" is an LED lamp that resembles an illuminated drawer for keeping insects. >
  • Tough as nails
    Design News • 16 Dec 11
    Sharp sharp: The Nail Cloud is an interior lamp made with magnets and nails. >
  • Everybody smile
    Design News • 16 Dec 11
    Smile! The "face" atop the lighthouse is watching you. >
  • Cultural pioneering
    Design News • 16 Dec 11
    The Pan-African publication Chimurenga was awarded the Prince Claus Award for cultural pioneering earlier this week. >
  • Displaced fragments
    Design News • 15 Dec 11
    Olivia de Gouveia's "Apocalyptopia" project considers the consequences of present displacement in a fictional future. >
  • Festive flavours
    Design News • 15 Dec 11
    Music, food, design and craft retail, experience it all at Freeworld's Designer-Make Artisan Market. Great place to get your Christmas shopping done. >
  • Love and mystery
    Design News • 14 Dec 11
    Mister Handsome is Jason Wishnow's short film about love, imagination and some of the dark sides of human nature. >
  • Intelligent craft
    Design News • 14 Dec 11
    Haptic Intelligentia is a system that makes provision for traditional craftsmanship in the age of digital technology and 3D printing. >
  • Sheets of colour
    Design News • 14 Dec 11 • Sponsored Content
    Artist Tyree Callahan's Chromatic Typewriter "types" paintings, with the machine's keys as different colours. >
  • Quirky cauliflower
    Design News • 13 Dec 11
    Meet Doris. She's a great-tasting, long-lasting cauliflower. Then also meet her siblings: Doug, Shirl and Bob. >

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From the Archives

  • Fresh air
    Design News • 27 Jun 23
    This public tower in New Delhi purifies polluted air. >
  • Tectonic forces
    Design Frontiers • 27 Jun 23
    This massive museum emulates the forms created by shifting tectonic plates. >
  • Clothes minded
    Q&A • 27 Jun 23
    2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Nokukhanya Justine Zungu is the founder of a brand that specialises in African contemporary women’s wear. >
  • Decolonising architecture
    Design News • 27 Jun 23
    The Applied Arts pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale explores the colonial roots and evolution of Tropical Modernist architecture. >