Design News

  • Looking swell
    Design News • 2 Nov 11
    An iPad case by Swell accessories with a bamboo and leather look is rather... well, swell. >
  • Growing, patiently
    Design News • 2 Nov 11
    Patience, we know, is a great virtue. It could also be the key to a more sustainable way of building. Visiondivision explore. >
  • Publically functional
    Design News • 2 Nov 11
    The Western Cape Furniture Design Competition is calling on designers to create beautiful, functional public furniture pieces with alien wood. >
  • Zanele Muholi. Ummeli, 2011. (Image courtesy of the artist and Stevenson Gallery).
    Period pains
    Design News • 2 Nov 11
    Zanele Muholi's "Isilumo siyaluma" collection of work looks at the stigmas and violence black lesbians in South Africa face. >
  • Black again
    Design News • 1 Nov 11
    Black Pearl, a modern reinterpretation of an old property in Rotterdam, was awarded the Public Award at the Dutch Design Awards recently. >
  • A Peace Treaty merchandise.
    Creative freedom
    Design News • 1 Nov 11
    The Freedom to Create Prize Festival, which aims to empower grassroots organisations through the arts, will be taking place in Cape Town this November. >
  • Modular makings
    Design News • 1 Nov 11
    The Clik Lamp and Treze Library bookshelf by Katarq encourages the user to interact with the products by easily assembling it. >
  • Classroom of hope
    Design News • 31 Oct 11
    A school in Klapmuts outside Stellenbosch is more than a place of learning for children. It is a beacon of hope for a community. >
  • Critical mass
    Design News • 31 Oct 11
    What a mass! Ten designers considered the methods, material and manufacturing of mass production. >
  • African roots
    Design News • 31 Oct 11
    Stylish and practical, Quamta's range of leather accessories are ideal for the modern individual. >
  • Paper creations
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    Maverick filmmaker David Lynch's collection of drawings, Works on Paper, reveal something about his creative processes. >
  • Material forms
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    Lorenzo Nassimbeni recently took part in an exhibition that looked at the creative handling of materials for quality and sustainability. >
  • Now trending
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    Head to the Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village in Cape Town for the Design Now! programme, there's exhibitions, workshops, installation, live music and more. >
  • Taxi!
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    A taxi concept for the city of Prague by HJC Design incorporates elements of the city's age-old heritage and culture. >
  • Pick up sticks
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    From stir stick to super-sized sculptures. Artist Jonathan Brilliant takes coffee stirrers and turns them into awe-inspiring installations. >
  • Solar solution
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    The "Eliodomestico" solar-powered water filter could improve access to clean water in parts of the developing world. >
  • Intimacy 2.0. Photo: Daan Roosegaarde.
    Feelings of intimacy
    Design News • 26 Oct 11
    Be still my beating heart... or my feelings will show! The Intimacy 2.0 garments turn less or more transparent in response to the wearer's heartbeat. >
  • All new
    Design News • 26 Oct 11
    Zander Blom's "New Paintings" explore how colour can be used for sculptural effects on canvas. >
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    Are you a real graphic enthusiast? There is only one way to find out – test your knowledge in a Trivial Pursuit-like graphic design game. >
  • Secret space
    Design News • 26 Oct 11
    Matali Crasset's Wigwam for flooring company Tarkett demonstrates the possibilities of flooring materials and colour. >
  • It's all, yellow!
    Design News • 26 Oct 11
    In a first for the African continent, Cape Town has been named the World Design Capital 2014. >
  • Ways of the waves
    Design News • 25 Oct 11
    Colour, curves, waves and total joy. Brazilian designer Tom Veiga's bright designs are inspired by the ocean and the vibrancy of his home country. >
  • Dying alone
    Design News • 25 Oct 11
    What happens to the stories and belongings of people that die alone? Agata Niemkiewicz's Remember Me, but ah, Forget My Fate considers this sad situation. >
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    Yield the signs
    Design News • 25 Oct 11
    Discarded road traffic signs are given a second life by designer Boris Bally who turns it into bold and interesting furniture pieces. >

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From the Archives

  • Come home again
    Design News • 17 Oct 22
    British designer Es Devlin created a cathedral-like structure illustrated with pencil drawings of London’s 243 endangered flora and fauna species. >
  • Tulip fever
    Design News • 17 Oct 22
    The biggest design event in Northern Europe is taking place in Eindhoven between 22 and 30 October 2022. >
  • Babe in arms
    Design News • 17 Oct 22
    Ogilvy Africa, RotoTanks and the Ministry of Health Kenya partnered on a project aimed at educating young mothers to prevent malnutrition. >
  • Dressed to the nines
    Q&A • 17 Oct 22
    SAFW award-winning menswear designer Samkelo Boyde Xaba is a Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022. >