Design News

  • Climate change and performance art
    Design News • 13 Oct 11
    GIPCA's Hot Water Festival considers the conversation on climate change that needs to happen between scientists and performing artists. >
  • Birds of a feather
    Design News • 13 Oct 11
    Diamond magnate Laurence Graff has marked the maturation of the Delaire Graff Estate with an art installation of birds. >
  • Micro-Nutrient Couture by Emily Crane.
    Cultivated couture
    Design News • 13 Oct 11
    How about growing high-end fashion in your kitchen? Emily Crane's Micro-Nutrient Couture is exotic and edible. >
  • Green as glass
    Design News • 13 Oct 11
    Glasshouse is the ideal urban greenhouse, and it doubles up as a functional pendant lamp. >
  • The Inkwenkwezi Secondary School in Du Noon township
    Educational integration
    Design News • 12 Oct 11
    The Inkwenkwezi Secondary School in Du Noon township serves as a beacon of aspiration, highlighting the importance of education. >
  • Safe bike
    Design News • 12 Oct 11
    By locking the handlebars of a bicycle, the Senza bike lock system makes it virtually impossible to steal this friendly mode of transport. >
  • Infographic wine label
    Design News • 12 Oct 11
    The labels for the wines of an Australian winery feature an infograph with unique information about the vineyards, vintage conditions and ferments. >
  • Fear.Less by Daniel Ting Chong and Jordan Metcalf.
    Month ten
    Design News • 11 Oct 11
    The October Show at Salon91 in Cape Town presents the work of an all-male creative cast. >
  • Urban alternatives
    Design News • 11 Oct 11
    The Vertical Village looks at ways that East Asian cities may be able to expand and develop while maintaining traditional village qualities. >
  • Circular films
    Design News • 10 Oct 11
    The 360 Project uses 48 cameras, arranged in a circle, to explore the possibilities of combining stills and moving images. >
  • Collage paintings
    Design News • 10 Oct 11
    Micro Cluster Picnic is a collection of collage-like paintings by Asha Zero that interrogates the relationship between the real and the representation. >
  • Japan: Tradition. Innovation by Nendo.
    Tradition & innovation
    Design News • 10 Oct 11
    An exhibition designed by Nendo at the Canadian Museum of Innovation explores the relationship between Japanese culture and design. >
  • Alphabet 2 by N9ve.
    Letter forms
    Design News • 10 Oct 11
    ABC comes to life with Alphabet 2, a project that creates a stop-motion animation with each letter of the alphabet. >
  • Sustainable tower
    Design News • 8 Oct 11
    The Bionic Arch by Vincent Callebaut Architects proposes a multi-purpose sustainable tower for the Taichung Gateway City in Taiwan. >
  • School centre
    Design News • 7 Oct 11
    SAOTA's Mankgaile Primary School in Limpopo actively involved the community in the building of a school that also serves as a community centre. >
  • Imperial branding
    Design News • 7 Oct 11
    Hat-trick worked on the rebranding of the Imperial War Museum in the UK, aiming to make the visitor experience more engaging. >
  • Digital brawn smackdown
    Design News • 6 Oct 11
    Digital Edge Live on 14 October will see local mavericks debating the future of marketing and digital platforms. Bob Garfield delivers the keynote. >
  • Alarming relief
    Design News • 6 Oct 11
    Sales of Jasper Morrison's limited-edition red-and-white AC01 Punkt Alarm Clock to aid reconstruction of earthquake-affected Japan. >
  • Visualising the city
    Design News • 5 Oct 11
    Experimenting with data and transport route design, Black Hat and Nimbus show that there’s more to an urban environment than architecture. >
  • Blog: Day 2 of AGI Open Barcelona
    Design News • 5 Oct 11
    Questions, answers and happiness were considered on the final day of the AGI Open in Barcelona. There was even a song and dance to end it off. >
  • Bamboo electric
    Design News • 5 Oct 11
    A bamboo bicycle is souped up with a small motor, resulting in a sustainable alternative to urban mobility. >
  • Wooden structure
    Design News • 5 Oct 11
    The largest wooden structure in the world, in the city of Seville, serves as a museum and community centre. >
  • Blog: Day 1 of AGI Open Barcelona
    Design News • 4 Oct 11
    Maps, books, processes and asking “how, what, why?” were some of the themes to emerge on day one of the AGI Open in Barcelona. >
  • Forgotten failures at EXD2011
    Design News • 2 Oct 11
    The Utilitas Interrupta exhibition at Experimentadesign 2011 shows what abandoned infrastructure reveals about society. >

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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) >