Design News

  • Modular Fabrication for UNStudio.
    Modular fabrication
    Design News • 7 Sep 11
    UNStudio’s Modular Fabrication looks to possibilities for composite materials in architecture. >
  • Novelty
    Design News • 6 Sep 11
    Renée Holleman's A Novel in Parts uses her neighbourhood as the departing point for exploring the spaces between. >
  • Space engagement
    Design News • 6 Sep 11
    Textile Field is a large installation by the Bouroullec Brothers that looks to a fresh way of experiencing a museum. >
  • Street lights
    Design News • 6 Sep 11
    sTREEt is a modular system that serves the multiple purpose of being street lights, shade, shelter and public benches, all in one. >
  • Hailee Rask, Harshad Velankara and professor David Mullin at Tulane University.
    Biofuel from newspapers
    Design News • 5 Sep 11
    What if cars could be fuelled by recycled newspapers? Well, perhaps if one adds TU-103, a new bacterial strain. Here's more about a potential new biofuel. >
  • Paul Budnitz Bicycle.
    Urban cycle
    Design News • 5 Sep 11
    Elegant, lightweight and super fast, this bicycle by Paul Budnitz Bicycles is ideal for the urban environment. >
  • Blog: Day 2 of Toffie Food
    Design News • 4 Sep 11 • Sponsored Content
    The second day of the Toffie Food Festival saw Tammy Frazer talk of scent, Wolfgang Koedel of beer and world-famous blogger Julie Powell of butchery. >
  • Blog: Day 1 of Toffie Food
    Design News • 3 Sep 11 • Sponsored Content
    Coffee gastronomy, a food taste tour of Madiba's life and an exploration of the oldest food culture in the world stand out on the first day of the Toffie Food f >
  • Ocean of Shit II by Conrad Botes.
    Temptations
    Design News • 3 Sep 11
    Conrad Botes’s The Temptation to Exist explores and questions the human desire to exist in the world as we know it. >
  • Yarn bBombing in Cape Town by Isabeau Jourbert. Photo: Ed Basson.
    Knitting pretty
    Design News • 2 Sep 11
    Add a dash of colour and creativity to a lamp post, tree or dustbin near. Yarn Bombing is what it's all about. >
  • Dragon Tail Lamp by Luisa Robinson for Design By Hive.
    Dragon spikes
    Design News • 2 Sep 11
    Origami techniques are used to craft oyster paper into gorgeous lamp shades that resemble the tail of a dragon. >
  • Play category winner: Hövding’s invisible airbag for cyclists’ heads.
    Index award winners announced
    Design News • 2 Sep 11
    The winners of the prestigious INDEX: Award 2011 were announced in Copenhagen last night. Take a look. >
  • Escapism
    Design News • 2 Sep 11
    Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen's "Escapism" collection pushes the boundaries of fashion and technology with 3D-printed design. >
  • Meltdown chair by Tom Price. Image courtesy Industry Gallery.
    Meltdown
    Design News • 2 Sep 11
    Working in collaboration with materials, Tom Price presents a series of chairs made by melting everyday plastic products and moulding them into a seat. >
  • Soul of Asia
    Design News • 1 Sep 11
    Design Seoul is an intiative, guided by five principles, that has seen design employed to improve the quality of life in this Asian city. >
  • Urban enquiry
    Design News • 1 Sep 11
    Realm... an urban enquiry explores the essence of certain spatial conditions. >
  • Space oddity
    Design News • 1 Sep 11
    Calling all Bowie fans - check out this children's book of the famous 1969 song "Space oddity". >
  • Screaming Foot, 2011. Haroshi.
    Staying alive
    Design News • 31 Aug 11
    MTV RE:DEFINE, a benefit art exhibition and auction, aims to raise funds and awareness for HIV/Aids education and prevention campaigns. >
  • Bios Urn.
    Circle of life
    Design News • 31 Aug 11
    A tad depressing but ingenious: The Bios Urn provides a sustainable way of dealing with human remains. >
  • Open Book festival, Cape Town.
    Open book
    Design News • 31 Aug 11
    The inaugural Open Book literary festival taking place in Cape Town in September aims to promote a reading culture among local youth. >
  • Hello Helsinki
    Design News • 30 Aug 11
    The Helsinki Design Week, happening from 9 to 18 September 2011, considers ways of embedding design into life. >
  • Sticky story
    Design News • 30 Aug 11
    A crowdsourced stop-motion animation recreates a scene from the film Tron, using duct tape. >
  • Dancing Squares by Nendo. Photos: Masayuki Hayashi.
    Dancing squares
    Design News • 30 Aug 11
    Nendo has added an interesting variety of products and effects to their "Dancing Squares" collection. >
  • Toffie Food Festival.
    Tasty Toffie
    Design News • 29 Aug 11
    The first Toffie Food Festival takes place in Cape Town this weekend. With food tastings, talks, workshops and a good ol' braai, you don't want to miss out. >

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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. >