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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. >
Jungle Beat goodies at Woolworths

Design News • 27 Oct 09

The South African Jungle Beat kids’ animation is poised to become a household name in South Africa. >
Spy vs spy

Design News • 2 Oct 09

The growing worldwide guerilla gardening subculture comprises people secretly meeting at night to illegally garden. >
Mother nature

Design News • 2 Oct 09

IncuBra by Adam Fiannaca and Cynthia Verspaget is a wearable incubator. >
Garden variety

Design News • 2 Oct 09

Reconquestea by Flavia Lucantoni is a special package of green guerrilla tea. >
Countertop farming

Design News • 2 Oct 09

Domesticated farming options to try in your kitchen. >
New territory

Design News • 8 Sep 09

Salon91 presented No Strange Land, a group show featuring five emerging creatives working across music, fine art, illustration and fashion. >
State of Our Environment competition

Design News • 7 Sep 09

Someone messing with your environment and you don’t know who to tell? Tell ACT about it in the State of Our Environment competition. >
Afro hipster

Design News • 7 Sep 09

Alexander Derrick’s American and Mauritanian roots shape the thinking behind his Zulu Rose fashion brand. >
Batswana flavoured hotel

Design News • 6 Sep 09

Rising out of Mafikeng, the capital of the North West Province, is the recently refurbished Peermont resort – the Mmabatho Palms Hotel. >
Mingo Lamberti extends deadline

Design News • 2 Sep 09

7 September 2009 is the new deadline to submit entries for Mingo Lamberti's seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts. >
Rubbish-made art

Design News • 2 Sep 09

The annual Wasted exhibition at the Unity Gallery showed beautiful objects made from bottle tops, ring pulls, waste paper and more. >
Design benefit

Design News • 2 Sep 09 • Sponsored Content

Designed by DJ Stout, the 39th edition of the Pentagram Papers features signs from the homeless. >
Independent culture

Design News • 31 Aug 09

Winner of the Best Womenswear Designer title at Spring/Summer 2009 New York Fashion Week, Samantha Cole is on an upwards trajectory. >
“Protect yourself from stupid rules”

Design News • 30 Aug 09

Designed by Ingo Maurer, the Euro Condom is a reaction to the new EU guideline that bans frosted bulbs. >

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Pitch, please

Design News • 30 Jan 23

Zaha Hadid Architects created a structure that offers safe, versatile and sustainable spaces for refugees. >
Typing it up

Design News • 30 Jan 23

Design Indaba alum Paul Sahre’s typing has been nominated for a Grammy. >
Cunning stunts

Q&A • 30 Jan 23

South African artist Frank van Reenen’s latest solo exhibition explores human folly. >
Stockholm syndrome

Design News • 30 Jan 23

The annual Swedish event showcases the latest design trends and innovations. >

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