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Desert mirage

Design News • 12 Jul 13

United Visual Artists explored the ability or inability to interpret a surrounding environment with their "Fragment" installation. >
Product spotlight: SL 17 Chair by Woodlam

Product Spotlight • 11 Jul 13

Inspired by the simplicity of the iconic Navy Chair Woodlam designer Søren Lassen reinterpreted it >
Summer squeeze

Design News • 11 Jul 13

Michael Bierut plays with the size and spacing of letters to create a new banner for Pentagram's New York office. >
Comprehensive Dixonary

Design News • 9 Jul 13

Aptly titled "Dixonary" Tom Dixon's new publication delves into the inspiration for his work over the past three decades. >
Hypnotic

Design News • 9 Jul 13

Karim Rashid used eye-catching colours and hypnotic patterns for the revamp of a cafeteria in South Korea. >
Infinity and beyond

Design News • 9 Jul 13

It's to infinity and beyond with Ron Arad's take multi-functional Folly bench. >
Taste the Hero

Design News • 8 Jul 13

Studio Tjep. have designed the packaging for Hero's new range of flavoured waters. >
Bubbles box

Design News • 8 Jul 13 • Sponsored Content

Piet Hein Eek used his trademark of reclaimed wood to create a series of limited edition champagne cases for Ruinart. >
Shower time

Design News • 8 Jul 13

Nendo blurs the boundaries between a shower and a lamp with their creation for Axor. >
Posters in the park

Design News • 7 Jul 13 • Sponsored Content

Paula Scher has designed her 19th season campaign for Shakespeare in the Park. >
Cultural capital

Design News • 6 Jul 13

Michael Bierut and Hamish Smyth redesigned the identity for the 2013 Luminato Festival in Toronto, using bright colours and two new typefaces. >
On and off

Design News • 6 Jul 13

Nendo's "Ofon" furniture collection is designed to be adaptable and flexible for small office spaces. >
Foundation for good

Design News • 5 Jul 13

Hat-trick's new identity for the Wimbledon Foundation uses the "greater-than" mathematical symbol to position the organisation as a force for good. >
Product spotlight: Stickyboard by Flowermill

Product Spotlight • 4 Jul 13 • Sponsored Content

Flowermill's new notice board eliminates the need for pins or glue to get your notes up. The Stickyboard comes with its own glue, in a range of great designs. >
Water works

Design News • 4 Jul 13

Design trio Front considered the path water takes to rethink and redesign a shower for Axor. >
Gastronomy retrospective

Design News • 4 Jul 13

A retrospective of gastronomy guru Ferran Adrià's culinary genius can be seen in "elBulli: Feran Adrià and The Art of Food" at Somerset House in London. >
Made for walking

Design News • 4 Jul 13

Nendo takes inspiration from a hiking boot for their Urban Trekker, designed for the modern man's needs. >
Formica forever

Lookbook • 3 Jul 13

Abbott Miller's "Formica Forever" book illustrates the company's century of innovation, design and cultural impact. >
Khumba by Triggerfish Animation Studios

Design News • 2 Jul 13 • Sponsored Content

Nothing is quite black and white for Khumba, a half-striped zebra. He's the star of Triggerfish's new feature-length animation film. Here's a preview. >
Beach life

Design News • 2 Jul 13 • Sponsored Content

Capturing the beauty of the New York seashore, Paula Scher has designed signage and environmental graphics for eight beaches. >
Bean to bottle

Design News • 2 Jul 13 • Sponsored Content

Nendo's packaging design for Coffee Beer is simple, yet bespoke while managing to be cost-effective without compromising the brand identity of the product. >
Shapes of six

Design News • 1 Jul 13

Mathieu Lehanneur has designed the interior for the first WikiBar café using hexagon patterns as the motif. >
Creeping up

Design News • 1 Jul 13

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a lamp that takes inspiration from nature, and more specifically a climbing plant. >
Hello fashion

Design News • 29 Jun 13

Paul Smith invited visitors into a world of creation, inspiration, beauty and wit with his "Hello My Name is Paul Smith" exhibition. >

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. >

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