Design News

  • Farm footprint
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Crowd Farm draws energy through a flooring system that responds to human footsteps. >
  • Readymade oasis
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Evan Gant’s RainDrops system allows people to adapt standard plastic bottles to an existing gutter system to collect rainwater. >
  • Barrel o’ rain
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Designed to look like a giant water drop, Bas van der Veer’s A Drop of Water collects rainwater by filling a watering can and rain barrel. >
  • Rain harvesting
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Cista is a rainwater harvesting system designed to be attractive and easy to use. >
  • Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen.
    Singing in the rain
    Design News • 1 Nov 09 • Sponsored Content
    The Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen provides protection while collecting and filtering rainwater to make it safe to drink. >
  • Dust to dust
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Sietch Nevada, by Matsys design studio, projects water-banking as the fundamental factor in future urban infrastructure. >
  • Powerplant tomatoes
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    A collaboration between Great Northern Hydroponics and GE Energy has resulted in a massive greenhouse cogeneration plant. >
  • Jelly fishfarm
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Somewhere between a biodegradable fish farm and a synthetic reef, Microcosmic Aquaculture is a speculative project. >
  • Robotic aquaculture
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The self-sustaining and untethered Oceansphere is powered by a patent-pending hybrid ocean thermal energy conversion system. >
  • Body pharming
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Michael Burton’s design projects predict a future scenario where people grow and produce clinical and pharmaceutical products on the body. >
  • SMS with fish
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface that offers a looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem through SMSes. >
  • Functional food
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Pharmland is a proposal by Nord Architects to redirect 20% of Denmark’s agricultural land to grow medicine instead of food. >
  • Mould robots
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first-ever biological robot using mould. >
  • Food miles
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    WHYBIN/TBWA Sydney has crafted 12 countries’ flags from food typical of the country. >
  • Cereal assemblage
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Sascha Pohflepp examined the potential of synthetic biology to be used to grow products. >
  • Grown tables
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    A tree is a product of its specific time and place. >
  • Ornamental pastures
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Hafsteinn Júlíusson’s Growing Jewellery is a clash of jewellery and gardening, couture and organism. >
  • Pocketful of posies
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Woolly Pockets are soft-sided nests for growing plants. >
  • Suburban spread
    Design News • 1 Nov 09 • Sponsored Content
    Farmadelphia by the Front Studio, proposes to transform the urban environment by introducing bucolic farmlands into the city’s urban fabric. >
  • Social farmwork
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Hyperlocavore.com is a yardsharing social networking site launched by Liz McLellan. >
  • Farm in a box
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The self-watering, self-feeding, weed-resistant EarthBox is a portable, reusable, maintenance-free, organic gardening system. >
  • Lawn attack
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Edible Estates project proposes the replacement of the domestic front lawn with a highly productive edible landscape. >
  • Straight outta SA
    Design News • 31 Oct 09
    Craig Wessels directs the beautiful robotic music video for European pop-rock sensation Tokio Hotel’s Automatic. >
  • Fashion mystery house
    Design News • 30 Oct 09
    ghd Revelations celebrates the craft of South Africa’s leading hair stylists alongside avant-garde local fashion. >

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From the Archives

  • Objets d’art
    Design News • 3 Jan 23
    The Maison&Objet biannual design and decor fair in Paris will host over 700 brands between 19 and 23 January 2023. >
  • In the zone
    Design News • 3 Jan 23
    Dyson tackles both air and noise pollution with a sci-fi-esque set of headphones. >
  • Blossoming creativity
    Design News • 3 Jan 23
    The first contemporary florilegium in Africa is reviving botanical art with the aim of furthering conservation. >
  • Building blocks
    Design News • 3 Jan 23
    The latest project of international architecture company Office for Metropolitan Architecture employs stacked structures to make best use of limited space. >