Design News

  • 20x12
    Design News • 10 Sep 12
    Karim Rashid's "20 x 12" demonstrates how new technology can create new opportunities. >
  • Lifestyle sleeper
    Design News • 10 Sep 12
    KiBiSi's new "Roulade" sofa sees the classic Chesterfield couch meeting a cosy new mattress. >
  • Colour Africa Proverbs
    Product spotlight: Colour Africa Proverbs
    Product Spotlight • 10 Sep 12
    Colour Africa Proverbs is a colouring book that depicts traditional African proverbs in a fun way. >
  • Thought Cloud
    Design News • 8 Sep 12
    Maarten Baas's "Thought Cloud" uses crystal clouds to symbolise hope for remembering in the digital age. >
  • Let's talk about fat
    Design News • 7 Sep 12
    Thought-provoking jewellery designer Christoph Zellweger explores the excess consumption of today's society. >
  • Air + Port
    Design News • 6 Sep 12
    BIG Architects conceptualises an integrated transport superhighway for Greenland, as the country takes its place on the global economic map. >
  • Interactive osmosis
    Design News • 5 Sep 12
    Arik Levy's "Osmosis" installation uses digitally generated crystals to bring attention to the unpredictability of actions. >
  • Photo by fuseproject
    Jambox your way
    Design News • 4 Sep 12
    Part technical wonder, part modernist artwork... and now the Jambox can be customised and personalised to suit your individual style. >
  • Take Time
    Design News • 4 Sep 12
    The Take Time watch collection by Mathieu Lehanneur reinvents an old classic for the digital age. >
  • Writing-inspired style
    Design News • 4 Sep 12
    Resembling the writing tool, Nendo's new Bluetooth headphones for Logitech takes its name from the French word for "pen". >
  • City to city
    Design News • 4 Sep 12
    Cape Town creatives band together for STAD, a pop-up in Jo'burg, and connect city-to-city in an atmosphere of creativity. >
  • Dining in the car
    Design News • 3 Sep 12
    The drive-through gets a designer makeover to showcase the new Mercedes A-Class - and benefits from creative input by Jason Bruges Studio. >
  • Photos: Francesco Galli. Courtesy: la Biennale di Venezia.
    Urban upgrade
    Design News • 31 Aug 12 • Sponsored Content
    Torre David - Urban-Think Tank and Justin McGuirk's exhibition and pop-up restaurant in Venezuela - has won a Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. >
  • Chocolate journey
    Design News • 30 Aug 12
    Mathieu Lehanneur teams up with chocolate brand Maison Cailler and designs a starting point for a motionless journey into a land of chocolate tasting. >
  • Hardcoded Memory
    Design News • 30 Aug 12
    Troika's "Hardcoded Memory" installation explores the concept of remembering and forgetting in the digital age. >
  • African Lookbook
    Lookbook • 29 Aug 12
    African Lookbook connects and exposes African designers, sharing creativity around the world. >
  • Blaavand Bunker Museum
    Design News • 28 Aug 12
    BIG Architects' Blaavand Bunker Museum relooks the bunkers that were built by German forces in Denmark during World War II. >
  • Air Access
    Design News • 24 Aug 12
    Britain's leading transport designer, Priestmangoode, unveils the future of accessible air travel, just in time for Paralympic Games. >
  • Suzaan Heyns: "Luxe-Fantasy" retail store
    Design News • 22 Aug 12
    Suzaan Heyns's retail store has an architectural sentiment with a feminine twist. >
  • Cuff stuff
    Design News • 22 Aug 12
    Some are feminine and pretty, while others are shiny and glamorous... Marzipan's new range of cuffs offers something for every taste and style. >
  • Natural Twitter
    Design News • 21 Aug 12
    Fox P2's campaign for National Geographic Kids uses the logo of a popular social media network to make a chirp about remembering nature. >
  • Athens
    The Post-Olympic City
    Design News • 20 Aug 12
    In his latest project filmmaker Gary Hustwit asks: "What happens to a city after the Olympics are gone?" >
  • Football for all
    Design News • 14 Aug 12
    With a hint of Olympic spirit, KiBiSi has designed a soccer ball for the everyday soccer player. >
  • This Exquisite Forest
    Design News • 13 Aug 12
    This Exquisite Forest, an interactive art project by Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin, highlights the creative power of Google Chrome. >

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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. >