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Venter creates synthetic life

Design News • 21 May 10

We finally know why Dr J Craig Venter could not attend the 2010 Design Indaba Conference in person. Yesterday he announced his breakthrough. >
Three other designs from Milan 2010

Design News • 21 May 10

The Green Trace umbrella stand by Innovo, Forte musical furniture by 45 Kilo and Laikingland’s nonsensical machines. >
Swarovski at Milan 2010

Design News • 21 May 10

“1 crystal + 1 low energy LED light + a faceted paper shade = AMPLIFY” asserted Yves Béhar at this year’s Swarovski Crystal Palace. >
Four upcycled designs at Milan2010

Design News • 21 May 10

Bottleformball by Heath Nash, Saved by Droog, 380 Tiles by Vicolo Paglia Corta and Cuisine d'Objets by 5.5 designers. >
Six chairs from Milan 2010

Design News • 21 May 10

Alejandro Aravena, Tokujin Yoshioko, Patricia Urquiola, Marcel Wanders, Thomas Heatherwick and François Azambourg take a seat. >
The “Proef” is in the pudding

Design News • 20 May 10

And not just the pudding… The beautifully designed food and festive ambiance at the new Proef restaurant will have you trying everything. >
Youth mag drives social change

Design News • 20 May 10

Gavin Weale, winner of the UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur Award, is showing disadvantaged youths that creativity can change the world. >
Putting the fun in filing

Design News • 20 May 10

Orgafile is not another boring storage solution. It's as much fun as playing with Lego blocks and has won the coveted Red Dot Award. >
The power of solar systems

Design News • 19 May 10

Nadine Botha reviews the annual Freewheeling Festival, which ran from 19 to 22 March 2010 at the Stanford Valley Guest Farm near Hermanus. >
Give a little sun love

Design News • 18 May 10

Ross Lovegrove's Velux Sun Tunnel can channel direct sunlight into the heart of any room. >
Monumental fashion

Design News • 18 May 10

A collaboration between photographer Guido Schwarz and designer Lara Klawikowski was bound to be different. >
“Come on. I’m talking to you. Come on.”

Design News • 17 May 10

Musicians Danny K and Kabelo Mabalane have revived the lyrics of "Shout" to call on South Africans to join the fight against crime. >
Braai… Brixton-style

Design News • 17 May 10

Artist Zander Blom and designer Adriaan Hugo have together created the braai of all braais, “Die Laaste Braai”. >
Sound or sci-fi?

Design News • 13 May 10

Speakers that look like washing machines with solar panels attached to them in the middle of the desert? >
Umbro team up with artists for World Champions Collection

Design News • 13 May 10

In celebration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Umbro invited seven creatives to design the World Champions Collection. >
Tomato power

Design News • 12 May 10

The result of the D-VISION industrial design graduate programme in Israel, the Still Lamp is powered by the juice of tomatoes. >
Bouroullec Brothers exhibiting in Paris

Design News • 11 May 10

The Bouroullec Brothers' latest exhibition combines the functionality and magic of industrial design. >
Stop the traffic(king)

Design News • 10 May 10

The Salvation Army and Saatchi & Saatchi have launched an outdoor campaign to protect "Little Treasures" from human trafficking. >
Love of the common people

Design News • 10 May 10

The Felicity Project Change your City, Change your Life graphic design competition is starting a conversation around community life. >
Seed Cathedral at Shanghai Expo

Design News • 7 May 10

"You ain't see nothing yet" is what you'll be telling people about the Thomas Heatherwick's UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. >
It's a mad world

Design News • 7 May 10

The Sifting Through the Madness exhibition is currently showing at Salon91 Contemporary Art Collection in Kloof Street, Cape Town. >
Recycling in the bag

Design News • 6 May 10

Ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town recently launched the "Murderer/Burglar/White Collar Criminal" Clean Conscience campaign for Tuffy. >
Urban Denmark at Shanghai Expo

Design News • 6 May 10

The Danish Expo Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo takes the best of living in Copenhagen and places it in China for visitors to experience. >
Back to the future

Design News • 3 May 10

Photographer David Trautrimas shows his steampunk fictions at the LE Gallery in Toronto, Canada, until 30 May 2010. >

From the Archives

Creative powerhouse

Q&A • 26 Jul 22

Lauren Gericke thrives on creative problem-solving and efficient design >
All things shiny

Q&A • 26 Jul 22

Award-winning designer and director Nelly Ben Hayoun’s recent installations bring the wonders of science to visitors >
Rock of ages

Design News • 26 Jul 22

Michel Rojkind presents his immersive piece "Yoltic Seat" at Lisbon museum >
Hope floats

Design News • 26 Jul 22

A floating wire sculpture in Prague is an ode to Ukrainian mothers >

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