Design News

  • Bios Urn.
    Circle of life
    Design News • 31 Aug 11
    A tad depressing but ingenious: The Bios Urn provides a sustainable way of dealing with human remains. >
  • Open Book festival, Cape Town.
    Open book
    Design News • 31 Aug 11
    The inaugural Open Book literary festival taking place in Cape Town in September aims to promote a reading culture among local youth. >
  • Hello Helsinki
    Design News • 30 Aug 11
    The Helsinki Design Week, happening from 9 to 18 September 2011, considers ways of embedding design into life. >
  • Sticky story
    Design News • 30 Aug 11
    A crowdsourced stop-motion animation recreates a scene from the film Tron, using duct tape. >
  • Dancing Squares by Nendo. Photos: Masayuki Hayashi.
    Dancing squares
    Design News • 30 Aug 11
    Nendo has added an interesting variety of products and effects to their "Dancing Squares" collection. >
  • Toffie Food Festival.
    Tasty Toffie
    Design News • 29 Aug 11
    The first Toffie Food Festival takes place in Cape Town this weekend. With food tastings, talks, workshops and a good ol' braai, you don't want to miss out. >
  • Axor Bouroullec 2010. Photo: Tahon & Bouroullec.
    Splish splash
    Design News • 29 Aug 11
    Bathrooms are often the most uninspired space in a home. Luckily the Bouroullec Brothers are coming to our rescue. Now also in Jozi. >
  • Images by Jeff Metal courtesy of JaguarShoes Collective.
    Red green blue
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Italian design duo Carnovsky takes their RGB technique to London with La Selva, exploring the jungle environment. >
  • Basic reality
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Basic Reality explores notions of the “real” as perceived by art students, recent graduates and independent creatives. >
  • Scatter Shelf by Nendo. Photo: Masayuki Hayashi.
    Scatter effect
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Nendo's Scatter Shelf is a design concept that creates a kaleidoscopic visual effect, almost like being caught in a spider's web. >
  • Tabletto typographical game.
    Game types
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    The Tabletto stencil-toy is a great way to learn about typography and have a trace of fun along the way. >
  • Softshelter by Molo.
    Private space
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Softshelter is a flexible and simple paper solution for creating private spaces within shelters in disaster-stricken areas. >
  • Scenes from Baby Marx by Pedro Reyes.
    Puppet masters
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Pedro Reyes's Baby Marx installation uses puppets of Che Guevera and Karl Marx to examination socialism versus communism in a humourous way. >
  • Bee friendly
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    The outdoor furniture in the urban garden of the National Theatre in London is specifically designed to be welcome to bees. >
  • Thrive hive
    Design News • 25 Aug 11
    Thrive Hive is a natural, well-insulated home for bees. >
  • Nendo Solo Exhibition. Photo: Daici Ano.
    Going solo
    Design News • 25 Aug 11
    Nendo's Solo Exhibition in Taiwan plays with different manifestations of black and white. >
  • Pop or not
    Design News • 25 Aug 11
    This is Not a Pop-Up in London is a design experiment, giving various designers the chance to make their creative mark. >
  • Big Yellow Rabbit
    Design News • 24 Aug 11
    The Big Yellow Rabbit installation is a fun gesture that encourages people to rethink the purpose of public space. >
  • Screen dance
    Design News • 24 Aug 11
    Film and Dance, this weekend, is an event exploring the intersection between dance and film with a screening of Wim Wenders's Pina. >
  • Furniture fair
    Design News • 23 Aug 11
    The Western Cape Furniture Initiative presents an exhibition featuring the work of Haldane Martin, Heath Nash, Liam Mooney, Tsai and more. >
  • Topthorn (left) and Joey in the West End in the London production of War Horse.
    War Horse at BASA Awards
    Design News • 22 Aug 11
    Topthorn from War Horse will be making a special appearance at the Business Day BASA Awards next week. >
  • NET by For Use/Numen.
    Net works
    Design News • 22 Aug 11
    A large net installation encourages child-like exploration while also hoping to help re-integrate communities. >
  • Skypak.
    From the sky
    Design News • 19 Aug 11
    Airline trolleys as covetable storage spaces for your home and office. Yes, take a look! >
  • Camp van
    Design News • 19 Aug 11
    Old camper vans are transformed into funky live/work spaces (complete with surf racks) by Jay Nelson. >

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  • Pitch, please
    Design News • 30 Jan 23
    Zaha Hadid Architects created a structure that offers safe, versatile and sustainable spaces for refugees. >
  • Typing it up
    Design News • 30 Jan 23
    Design Indaba alum Paul Sahre’s typing has been nominated for a Grammy. >
  • Cunning stunts
    Q&A • 30 Jan 23
    South African artist Frank van Reenen’s latest solo exhibition explores human folly. >
  • Stockholm syndrome
    Design News • 30 Jan 23
    The annual Swedish event showcases the latest design trends and innovations. >