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Gadget: Purpose wanted

Design News • 19 Aug 08

The Chumby, a real geek's toy, is an internet-connected touchscreen device. It's thoroughly open-source and runs widgets on Linux software. >
Crime unleashes a reptile

Design News • 19 Aug 08

Cape Town illustrator and graphic novelist Luis Tolosana has unleashed the first episode of his self-drawn, written and funded Iguana-Man. >
The origin of light

Design News • 18 Aug 08

Ingo Maurer unveiled his egg-shaped light for Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia, declaring the egg to be the perfect form. >
Durban design headed for Berlin

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Durban's artSPACE gallery hosted the second annual Bigwood exhibition during July, featuring more than 40 designers. >
But sausages grow on trees?

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Marije Vogelzang’s first solo exhibition, Fuel, at Mama in Rotterdam from May 21 to July 6 included cuddly sausages. >
Egg and green beans

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Durban's Bean Bag Bahia Beach Club, sibling to Bean Bag Bohemia and Deli, features an up-market restaurant café as well as a deli. >
Sinking into beauty

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Design Indaba alumnus Ilse Crawford, tasked with designing the Aesop shop pairs modern interventions with endearing revival. >
Green house for green skin

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Biodegradable body product range Jozi O have expanded into a brand new environmentally friendly building, named the Energy Works. >
Fashion unions take to the street

Design News • 12 Aug 08 • Sponsored Content

Grabbing public attention in May, the SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) took the Cape Town Fashion Festival to the streets. >
Fashion week frenzy

Design News • 12 Aug 08

The fashion week season saw fashion shows galore delighting audiences at the Durban, Johannesburg and then Cape Town Fashion Weeks. >
Garden furniture for good

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Environmental design studio Orange 22 in Los Angeles has launched the Botanist Blank Canvas Project, which raises money for charity. >
Cape Town librarians vote Kaplicky

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Jan Kaplicky's design for Prague's new national library won the state competition in October last year, causing a political maelstrom. >
Princesses have backsides too

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Inspired by the princess and pea story, Doshi Levien's Principessa daybed consists of many thin mattress layers. >
Edelkoort leaves Eindhoven

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Li Edelkoort resigned as chairwoman of Design Academy Eindhoven in Holland after 10 years in this role, but will remain affiliated. >
The green design race

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Cape Town creative agency the Design Works goes green, encouraging their clients to become more environmentally aware. >
Business for fashion students

Design News • 12 Aug 08

The Old Mutual Vukani Fashion Awards, aimed at empowering young fashion designers with business mentoring, have announced the 2008 winners. >
Hands-on, minds-on, hearts-on student design

Design News • 12 Aug 08

The winners of the South African Bureau of Standards Design Achievers student awards were announced on Youth Day, June 16. >
Yves is for the children

Design News • 12 Aug 08 • Sponsored Content

Los Angeles company, Y Water, is the first in a new category of super drinks engineered to ensure children's healthy growth. >
Pecha Kucha in SA

Design News • 12 Aug 08

South Africa's first Pecha Kucha design open-mic event presented eight local creatives, hosted at the Whatiftheworld Gallery. >
Come on, let's twist again!

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Dubai will be home to the world's first rotating skyscraper, the so-called Dynamic Tower, designed by Italian architect Dr David Fisher. >
Brick-and-mortar design shop

Design News • 12 Aug 08

Continuing to expand and diversify, Whatiftheworld have now added a design showroom to their books. >
Orchestrating chaos

Design News • 1 Aug 08

Since Burning Man 2006, wooden clouds have started creeping across the world's cityscapes like rising damp. >
Line drawings and delicate porcelains

Design News • 1 Aug 08

Cape Town's Curious, Whetstone and Frankley shows Rikus Ferreira's fantastical illustrations and multimedia works, Varkore in die Skemer. >
Puff and pass

Design News • 1 Aug 08

The Pan African Space Station was four-day music collaboration in Cape Town, curated by Ntone Edjabe and Neo Muyanga, from October 1 to 4. >

From the Archives

Mother of mankind

Design News • 18 Jul 22

MaXhosa Africa presents a new collection inspired by the late rapper and ‘muse’ Riky Rick >
Jewel In The Crown

Design News • 18 Jul 22

Heatherwick Studio unveils a unique kinetic greenhouse in West Sussex >
Style and substance

Q&A • 18 Jul 22

Styling and production are a form of communication for Katlego Magano >
Portraits in plastic

Design News • 10 Jul 22

Established artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad >

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