Design News

  • Looks like Lego
    Design News • 21 Nov 11
    Flussocreativo's Leco containers look like giant Lego blocks. They're ideal for sorting your recycling. >
  • Climate can-do
    Design News • 21 Nov 11
    The Goethe-Institut presents a diverse cultural programme during COP17, which includes workshops, exhibitions, performances and more. >
  • Home for fashion
    Design News • 21 Nov 11
    Mungo & Jemima's second retail space is also a showcase for budding South African fashion designers. >
  • Nutritious labelling
    Design News • 21 Nov 11
    Renée Walker's food labels rethink how we receive nutritional information. >
  • Food forward
    Design News • 20 Nov 11
    Pearlfisher's Taste Insight report explores trends in food and drink, and finds that our relationship with food is experiencing a renaissance of creativity. >
  • Flash furniture
    Design News • 19 Nov 11
    The Crates is a collection of mobile furniture, ideal for the modern urbanite. >
  • Bountiful balloons
    Design News • 19 Nov 11
    Balloons of Bhutan is a project that visually represents the last Himalayan kingdom's Gross National Happiness, using colourful balloons. >
  • Symbol of creation
    Design News • 18 Nov 11
    Inspired by the cube form, Tokujin Yoshioka has designed a new logo for the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. >
  • Infinities
    Design News • 18 Nov 11
    Paul Senyol, Justin Southey and Bruce Mackay's Vast animation plays with infinitely tiny objects. >
  • Who's the man?
    Design News • 18 Nov 11
    Dangerous but romantic, Afrikaans rapper Jack Parow's latest album will make you want to "get down". >
  • "Fleur de Glace" by Kiki van Eijk
    Tasty flower
    Design News • 18 Nov 11
    Kiki van Eijk's first edible design is an ice cream cake called "Fleur de Glace". >
  • Kiss and make up
    Design News • 17 Nov 11
    It's not every day that one gets to see the president of the USA, Barack Obama, kissing one of his rivals. The Benetton UNHATE campaign promotes love, not hate. >
  • Flip series. Photo: Patrick Hauri.
    Able to flip
    Design News • 17 Nov 11
    Now it's a stool, now it's a rocking chair, the Flip series of chairs turn into dual-function seating by simply flipping it. >
  • Flexible wood
    Design News • 17 Nov 11
    Could wood be used as textiles? Lenneke Langenhuijsen explores, taking her cue from the locals in Tonga. >
  • City networks
    Design News • 17 Nov 11
    The Post-It exhibition in Madrid looks at the informal ways in which public city spaces are being occupied and what this means for architecture. >
  • 12 Great food apps
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Here's a selection of 12 food apps that will help you make more informed and interesting culinary choices. >
  • Party time
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Daniel Ting Chong created the visual elements for the "Together" Bacardi Party campaign. >
  • Draw your food
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Using acrylic, collage, watercolour, ink and pen, illustrator David Meldrum documented everything he ate for a year. >
  • Food treatment
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    The Chronic Facility is an alternative system for treating people with chronic disease. >
  • The waterprint of food
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    The Wonderwater Cafe was a pop-up restaurant that aimed to raise awareness about global water issues. >
  • Multiplying meals
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Lucy and Jorge Orta's 70 x 7 The Meal takes its cue from an ancestral ritual and encourages networking, socialising and discussions around food. >
  • Conviviality collective
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Arabeschi di Latte is a group of Italian women designers who use design concepts and food to explore situations and relationships. >
  • Sounds for eating
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Every month Turntable Kitchen sends their subscribers a "Pairings Box" of recipe and music combinations to try at home. >
  • Compost truck
    Design News • 16 Nov 11
    Compost Mobile is a Miami-based initiative that collects household food scraps and turns it into compost for community gardens. >

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From the Archives

  • Creative business
    Design News • 10 Oct 22
    Multidisciplinary artist Nene Mahlangu is the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative programme curator. >
  • Ringing the changes
    Design News • 10 Oct 22
    The International Olympic Committee revealed a new brand identity for the Olympics, the first since the games began in 1896 >
  • Into the woods
    Q&A • 10 Oct 22
    The pandemic inspired UK-based artist Oliver Chalk’s move from creating fabric installations to sculpting wood >
  • Architecture’s best
    Design News • 10 Oct 22
    The Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced the six winners of its 15th award cycle (2020-2022) >