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  • Benefit bus
    Design News • 15 Nov 11
    The Do Good Bus and Indie-pop band Foster the People recently toured North America, volunteering services as they went along. >
  • Beautiful boards
    Design News • 15 Nov 11
    Loyal Dean's longboards are inspired by shapes and forms found in nature and crafted using reclaimed lumber. >
  • Mapping the graphic route
    Design News • 15 Nov 11 • Sponsored Content
    “What. How. Why?” was the theme of the 2011 AGI Open, which took place in Barcelona from 3 to 4 October. Design Indaba was there. >
  • Food fight: Richard Carstens
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Multi-award winning Cape Town chef Richard Carstens says that ethical eating has rightly become a form of political expression. >
  • Food fight: Anelde Greeff
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Eat In and Eat Out editor Anelde Greeff thinks that eating design is more about the act associated with it than the final product. >
  • Food fight: David Cope
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Unfortunately, says David Cope, the wealth divide is going to keep a healthy food culture out of the reach of many as long as it exists. >
  • Food fight: Neil Jewell
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Chef and charcuterie expert Neil Jewell doubts whether those who get rich from mass production eat the food they make. >
  • Food fight: Richard Bosman
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Cured meat artisan Richard Bosman insists that designers should not be feeding the world! >
  • Food fight: Maranda Engelbrecht
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Food stylist and chef Maranda Engelbrecht says that home-grown and home cooked is the ultimate luxury. >
  • Food fight: Andy Fenner
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Although eating has become a form of political expression, Andy Fenner doesn’t think it needs to be forced on anyone. >
  • Food fight: Reuben Riffel
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Reuben Riffel emphasises that food culture brings us closer to nature and teaches us that food is more than just a necessity for existence. >
  • Food fight: Neil Stemmet
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Restaurant designer and consultant Neil Stemmet idealistically proclaims that there is a way for designers to feed the world. >
  • Food fight: Jason Drew
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Author, entrepreneur and environmentalist Jason Drew says that the biggest problem with the food system is an over-taxed ecosystem. >
  • Food fight: Justine Drake
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Justine Drake wonders at Westerners who eat fois gras, prawns and added vitamins, but not poodle, cockroaches or fresh produce. >
  • Food fight: Eric Bulpitt
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Eric Bulpitt says that although we are all eating designers to some degree, there are certainly some that are better than others. >
  • Food fight: Kathryn White
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Kathryn White thinks that, considering the world's obesity and poverty problem, the food system really needs to address bad bread. >
  • Photo: Daici Ano.
    Indulgent
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Nendo have used a variety of doors as shielding elements to create a surprise experience for customers in a new clothing shop in Japan. >
  • Food fight: Matt Allison
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    Industrialised farming methods has stripped fresh produce of its vitamins and minerals says urban farmer Matt Allison. >
  • Urban intersections
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    BIG Architects have won a competition to turn a large concrete warehouse in Basel, Switzerland, into a mixed-use arts district. >
  • Eat me data
    Design News • 14 Nov 11
    How would you visually depict two years worth of meals? Take a look at how Lauren Manning did it. >
  • Scholten & Baijings.
    Fabric greens
    Design News • 13 Nov 11 • Sponsored Content
    Not everything always needs to be functional, take Scholten & Baijings's whimsical veggies as an example... >
  • Sewn up sausages
    Design News • 12 Nov 11
    Meat lover's delight, the Aufschnitt boutique's range of cushions resemble different cuts of meat. >
  • Informal city. Photo: Tanya Zack.
    Issues of informality
    Design News • 11 Nov 11
    The South African Informal City exhibition in Johannesburg, during COP17, aims to encourage dialogue around urban development. >
  • Worthy Abbey. Photo: Edmund Sumner.
    Worthy creation
    Design News • 11 Nov 11
    Thomas Heatherwick has designed the furniture for the Worth Abbey Church in England, using solid American black walnut wood. >

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From the Archives

  • Signs of life
    Design News • 20 Feb 23
    Giant spiderweb-like installations are symbolic of the world's shared knowledge. >
  • In his bones
    Design News • 20 Feb 23
    A Cape Town-based artist has created a flute made from a replica of his leg bone. >
  • Life after death
    Design News • 20 Feb 23
    An American startup is returning the burial process to the earth. >
  • Way of the worm
    Design News • 20 Feb 23
    Architects took inspiration from worms tunnelling underground for the design of the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre. >