Design News

  • The Natalie Collection.
    Breathing life
    Design News • 27 Aug 13
    The Natalie Collection is a trio of highly effective, low-cost solutions for birth related mortality. >
  • Raspberry Pi by Eben Upton.
    Take a byte
    Design News • 27 Aug 13
    The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card size computer that teaches people the ins and outs of programming. >
  • Alas! how pitiful by Faith47.
    Pity... alas
    Lookbook • 27 Aug 13
    Faith47's new mural in the Netherlands is titled "Alas! how pitiful". >
  • The Collected Knitwork of Loes Veenstra by Christien Meindertsma.
    Flash of colour
    Design News • 27 Aug 13
    550 knitted jerseys, one flash mob, an explosion of colour... its all in Christien Meindertsma's new project, The Collected Knitworks of Loes Veenstra. >
  • Unisex Urinal by Design Without Borders.
    Sanitary solutions
    Design News • 27 Aug 13
    Design Without Borders has developed an ecological urinal for home use in slums and remote areas. >
  • Greener city
    Design News • 27 Aug 13
    The city of Copenhagen in Denmark has developed a Climate Adaptation Plan to address issues of climate change. >
  • Tyde by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
    Turning Tydes
    Design News • 26 Aug 13 • Sponsored Content
    The Bouroullec brothers have designed a family of adjustable tables that address the challenges of workspace noise. >
  • D.light S1 by Robin Chilton.
    A brighter future
    Design News • 26 Aug 13
    The D.light S1, a no-risk solar lamp, is providing children with bright and reliable electricity to study at night. >
  • Marcel Wanders for Marks & Spencer 2013.
    Stylish additions
    Design News • 25 Aug 13
    Introducing Marcel Wanders' homeware and accessory collection for Marks & Spencer Spring/Summer 2013. >
  • Looks Like Music by Yuri Suzuki.
    Drawing sounds
    Design News • 25 Aug 13
    "Looks Like Music" is an interactive installation that brings drawing and sound together with the help of miniature robots. >
  • Sundance Institute identity by Paula Scher.
    Bright sunshine
    Design News • 24 Aug 13 • Sponsored Content
    Paula Scher has created a new identity for the Sundance Institute and the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. >
  • All Out social campaign.
    Out side
    Design News • 24 Aug 13
    All Out is the world's first transnational online gay rights organisation that promotes love and equality everywhere. >
  • Solar Power Laptop by Wewi.
    Solar power
    Design News • 23 Aug 13
    WeWi has designed the world's first truly solar powered laptop that seeks to make education available in the most remote areas. >
  • "In Context" exhibition by Western Cape Furniture Initiative.
    Context & insight
    Design News • 23 Aug 13
    The Western Cape Furniture Initiative's exhibition and trade show consider the state of contemporary furniture and lighting design in South Africa. >
  • SodaStream Source bottle by Yves Béhar.
    Water drop
    Design News • 22 Aug 13
    A new bottle for the SodaStream Source, designed by Yves Béhar, draws inspiration from a drop motif. >
  • Trees by Hella Jongerius. Photo: Maharam.
    Changing colour
    Design News • 22 Aug 13
    Hella Jongerius takes inspiration from the seasonal colour change in leaves for her latest textile collection for Maharam. >
  • Leaf Ring by Ashley Heather.
    Beautiful waste
    Design News • 21 Aug 13
    Ashley Heather creates a range of jewellery drawing on sustainable and socially conscious principles. >
  • Bespoke Fairings by Scott Summit.
    Walking proud
    Design News • 21 Aug 13
    Bespoke Fairings offers a range of custom prostheses that sees the wearer taking part in the creation of their beautiful limbs. >
  • Splay salad servers by Snapp Design.
    Thinking & design
    Design News • 20 Aug 13
    The "Thinking Design" exhibition at the University of Johannesburg considers the concept of design thinking and how it leads to the solving of a design problem. >
  • Makoko Floating School by NLÉ. Photo: cmapping.net.
    Staying afloat
    Design News • 20 Aug 13
    The Makoko Floating School prototype is an innovative solution to the challenges of both rapid urbanisation and climate change. >
  • ABC's: A Behaviour Changing Syringe by Dr David Swann.
    Syringe saving
    Design News • 20 Aug 13
    The use of non-sterile syringes lead to many unnecessary deaths each year. Here's a concept that gives patients the power to know when a syringe is unsafe. >
  • Kew Bridge Steel Museum installation by Harry Pearce.
    Water story
    Design News • 19 Aug 13
    Harry Pearce created a typographic installation presenting visitors to Kew Bridge in London with a poem. >
  • Play & learn
    Design News • 19 Aug 13
    An interactive board game aims to teach illiterate Indian women about financial literacy in a fun and engaging way. >
  • Open Design
    Design News • 18 Aug 13
    Taking place from 21 to 31 August 2013, Open Design Cape Town is a multidisciplinary event aimed at making design and design thinking more accessible. >

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From the Archives

  • Hopeful romantic
    Q&A • 24 Oct 22
    Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series. >
  • Head above water
    Design News • 24 Oct 22
    Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October. >
  • Parking off
    Design News • 24 Oct 22
    Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet. >
  • Modern classics
    Design News • 24 Oct 22
    Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection. >