Design News

  • Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen.
    Singing in the rain
    Design News • 1 Nov 09 • Sponsored Content
    The Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen provides protection while collecting and filtering rainwater to make it safe to drink. >
  • Dust to dust
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Sietch Nevada, by Matsys design studio, projects water-banking as the fundamental factor in future urban infrastructure. >
  • Powerplant tomatoes
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    A collaboration between Great Northern Hydroponics and GE Energy has resulted in a massive greenhouse cogeneration plant. >
  • Jelly fishfarm
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Somewhere between a biodegradable fish farm and a synthetic reef, Microcosmic Aquaculture is a speculative project. >
  • Robotic aquaculture
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The self-sustaining and untethered Oceansphere is powered by a patent-pending hybrid ocean thermal energy conversion system. >
  • Body pharming
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Michael Burton’s design projects predict a future scenario where people grow and produce clinical and pharmaceutical products on the body. >
  • SMS with fish
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface that offers a looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem through SMSes. >
  • Functional food
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Pharmland is a proposal by Nord Architects to redirect 20% of Denmark’s agricultural land to grow medicine instead of food. >
  • Mould robots
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first-ever biological robot using mould. >
  • Food miles
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    WHYBIN/TBWA Sydney has crafted 12 countries’ flags from food typical of the country. >
  • Cereal assemblage
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Sascha Pohflepp examined the potential of synthetic biology to be used to grow products. >
  • Grown tables
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    A tree is a product of its specific time and place. >
  • Ornamental pastures
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Hafsteinn Júlíusson’s Growing Jewellery is a clash of jewellery and gardening, couture and organism. >
  • Pocketful of posies
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Woolly Pockets are soft-sided nests for growing plants. >
  • Suburban spread
    Design News • 1 Nov 09 • Sponsored Content
    Farmadelphia by the Front Studio, proposes to transform the urban environment by introducing bucolic farmlands into the city’s urban fabric. >
  • Social farmwork
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Hyperlocavore.com is a yardsharing social networking site launched by Liz McLellan. >
  • Farm in a box
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The self-watering, self-feeding, weed-resistant EarthBox is a portable, reusable, maintenance-free, organic gardening system. >
  • Lawn attack
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Edible Estates project proposes the replacement of the domestic front lawn with a highly productive edible landscape. >
  • Straight outta SA
    Design News • 31 Oct 09
    Craig Wessels directs the beautiful robotic music video for European pop-rock sensation Tokio Hotel’s Automatic. >
  • Fashion mystery house
    Design News • 30 Oct 09
    ghd Revelations celebrates the craft of South Africa’s leading hair stylists alongside avant-garde local fashion. >
  • Baring it all
    Design News • 30 Oct 09
    South African design studio Amicollective collaborated with emerging local designers and illustrators in Project Bare. >
  • Less can be better
    Design News • 29 Oct 09
    Lisbon-based design, architecture and creativity biennale, ExperimentaDesign, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009. >
  • Milton Glaser keeps it moving
    Design News • 29 Oct 09
    New York’s SVA Theatre has been redesigned by world-renowned designer Milton Glaser. >
  • Doodle for a difference
    Design News • 27 Oct 09
    In its third year now, the Night of 1000 Drawings has expanded to be hosted in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Amsterdam and Dubai. >

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From the Archives

  • Fruits of labour
    Design News • 12 Dec 22
    Seeds of the Fig at Twee Jonge Gezellen farm features sculptures by 24 celebrated African artists. >
  • High rise
    Design News • 12 Dec 22
    The winners of the 15th annual World Architecture Festival were announced recently in Lisbon, Portugal. >
  • Art Down Under
    Design News • 12 Dec 22
    A new building overlooking Sydney Harbour was recently added to the Art Gallery of New South Wales. >
  • The Life Aquatic
    Design News • 12 Dec 22
    Italian scuba diver and gardener Sergio Gamberini designed Nemo’s Garden, the world’s first underwater garden. >