Design News

  • Black again
    Design News • 1 Nov 11
    Black Pearl, a modern reinterpretation of an old property in Rotterdam, was awarded the Public Award at the Dutch Design Awards recently. >
  • A Peace Treaty merchandise.
    Creative freedom
    Design News • 1 Nov 11
    The Freedom to Create Prize Festival, which aims to empower grassroots organisations through the arts, will be taking place in Cape Town this November. >
  • Modular makings
    Design News • 1 Nov 11
    The Clik Lamp and Treze Library bookshelf by Katarq encourages the user to interact with the products by easily assembling it. >
  • Classroom of hope
    Design News • 31 Oct 11
    A school in Klapmuts outside Stellenbosch is more than a place of learning for children. It is a beacon of hope for a community. >
  • Critical mass
    Design News • 31 Oct 11
    What a mass! Ten designers considered the methods, material and manufacturing of mass production. >
  • African roots
    Design News • 31 Oct 11
    Stylish and practical, Quamta's range of leather accessories are ideal for the modern individual. >
  • Paper creations
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    Maverick filmmaker David Lynch's collection of drawings, Works on Paper, reveal something about his creative processes. >
  • Material forms
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    Lorenzo Nassimbeni recently took part in an exhibition that looked at the creative handling of materials for quality and sustainability. >
  • Now trending
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    Head to the Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village in Cape Town for the Design Now! programme, there's exhibitions, workshops, installation, live music and more. >
  • Taxi!
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    A taxi concept for the city of Prague by HJC Design incorporates elements of the city's age-old heritage and culture. >
  • Pick up sticks
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    From stir stick to super-sized sculptures. Artist Jonathan Brilliant takes coffee stirrers and turns them into awe-inspiring installations. >
  • Solar solution
    Design News • 28 Oct 11
    The "Eliodomestico" solar-powered water filter could improve access to clean water in parts of the developing world. >
  • Intimacy 2.0. Photo: Daan Roosegaarde.
    Feelings of intimacy
    Design News • 26 Oct 11
    Be still my beating heart... or my feelings will show! The Intimacy 2.0 garments turn less or more transparent in response to the wearer's heartbeat. >
  • All new
    Design News • 26 Oct 11
    Zander Blom's "New Paintings" explore how colour can be used for sculptural effects on canvas. >
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    Are you a real graphic enthusiast? There is only one way to find out – test your knowledge in a Trivial Pursuit-like graphic design game. >
  • Secret space
    Design News • 26 Oct 11
    Matali Crasset's Wigwam for flooring company Tarkett demonstrates the possibilities of flooring materials and colour. >
  • It's all, yellow!
    Design News • 26 Oct 11
    In a first for the African continent, Cape Town has been named the World Design Capital 2014. >
  • Ways of the waves
    Design News • 25 Oct 11
    Colour, curves, waves and total joy. Brazilian designer Tom Veiga's bright designs are inspired by the ocean and the vibrancy of his home country. >
  • Dying alone
    Design News • 25 Oct 11
    What happens to the stories and belongings of people that die alone? Agata Niemkiewicz's Remember Me, but ah, Forget My Fate considers this sad situation. >
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    Yield the signs
    Design News • 25 Oct 11
    Discarded road traffic signs are given a second life by designer Boris Bally who turns it into bold and interesting furniture pieces. >
  • Photo: Feats Per Minute.
    Musical feats
    Design News • 24 Oct 11
    Spinning right round: Feats Per Minute have developed a prototype bicycle that has a record player on the back wheel. Long live vinyl! >
  • Visual variety for Jamie Oliver
    Design News • 24 Oct 11
    Pearlfisher designed the packaging for Jamie Oliver's ever-expanding range of food and lifestyle products. >
  • Etchings
    Design News • 23 Oct 11
    Tom Dixon's Etch candleholder casts a variety of gorgeously intricate shadows. >
  • Photo:Les Arts Décoratifs / Luc Boegly.
    Curiosity
    Design News • 23 Oct 11
    Maarten Baas’s The Curiosities of a Designer exhibition in Paris looks to the surreal and ways of story telling in design. >

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From the Archives

  • Long live Magenta!
    Design News • 19 Dec 22
    Pantone has announced its much-anticipated Colour of the Year for 2023: Viva Magenta. >
  • No place like home
    Design News • 19 Dec 22
    A quirky family home in Dorset, England, is the Royal Institute of British Architects’ House of the Year. >
  • Tongue-tip tests
    Q&A • 19 Dec 22
    Dutch eating designer Marije Vogelzang’s book challenges readers to experience food differently. >
  • Earth first
    Design News • 19 Dec 22
    The winners of the second Earthshot Prize were announced on 2 December 2022. >