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Fred Gelli: Design that unifies people, nature and the Olympic spirit

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Rio 2016 logo, designed by Fred Gelli’s Tátil Design, is based on contagious energy, harmonious diversity, exuberant nature, and the Olympic spirit.

21 Jan 16
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For Grace

Design News > Food Design

“For Grace” blows the lid off the tough world of fine dining by following Michelin Star chef Curtis Duffy’s journey to the top.

21 Jan 16
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Star Wars-like strobe lights for cycling safety

Design News > Product Design

Public bicycle system Santander Cycles plans to release a fleet of bicycles equipped with laser lights.

21 Jan 16
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Building unique bicycles in his spare time

Design Frontiers > Product Design

BouwerWorks is an independent bicycle-building company in Stellenbosch that creates unique bicycles for modern commuters.

21 Jan 16
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Decorative designs made out of human hair

Design News > Product Design

London-based Studio Swine uncovers China’s hair trade industry with a 1930s décor collection and a short documentary.

20 Jan 16
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Studio Truly Truly's flexible range of LED loops

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Levity range features customisable loops with light that radiates through a woven textile exterior.

20 Jan 16
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Imogen Heap and the future of the music industry

Design Frontiers > Music & Sound Design

Self-produced singer-songwriter Imogen Heap is an unusual digital diva with rare technical savvy and a personal vision for the future of the music industry.

20 Jan 16
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Mavis!

Design News > Film & Animation

"Mavis!" is the first feature-length documentary on gospel and soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, the Staple Singers.

20 Jan 16
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Smart scooters that run on swappable batteries

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Gogoro Smartscooters are the world's first and only scooter that run on batteries that you can exchange when yours is flat.

20 Jan 16
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Soner Ozenc: 3D printing and coffee in Shoreditch

Video Interviews > Industrial Design

Soner Ozenc is the founder of Makers Café, a maker space-cum-coffee shop located in Shoreditch, London that brings 3D printing into the public space.

20 Jan 16
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The world’s first 3D knitted shoe

Design News > Product Design

JS Shoe introduces featherweight, formfitting footwear created with 3D knitting technology.

20 Jan 16
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Recycled plastic gets beautiful with these vessels

Next Generation > Design Thinking

Wael Seaiby, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, has designed Plag, a series of glass and ceramic looking vessels made from recycled plastic.

20 Jan 16
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Celeste Arendse’s latest collection references the women of Picasso and Matisse

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

“Breasts of Desire”, the latest collection Cape Town-based fashion label Selfi, explores the way women’s bodies are portrayed in modern culture.

19 Jan 16
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Wesley van Eeden: Surf city creative

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Durban-based creative Wesley van Eeden has created his own voice and message through his hip, character-based art.

19 Jan 16
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Pentagram's Naresh Ramchandani slates corporate jargon with a two minute rap

Design News > Creative Economy

Corporate slang is named and shamed in Pentagram partner Naresh Ramchandani's Gamechanger video.

19 Jan 16
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Very Semi-Serious

Design News > Art & Photography

Documentary film “Very Semi-Serious” is an inside look at The New Yorker’s iconic cartoons.

19 Jan 16
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Dutch children could soon be riding wind turbines

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Extreme eco-thrills are within reach of Dutch locals at a wind turbine amusement park where guests will go on rides that incorporate wind turbines.

19 Jan 16
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A contemporary raw-brick house in India shelters orphaned children

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Designed by Made in Earth, a group of humanitarian architects, Vellore House in Tamil Nadu, India, accommodates twenty orphaned children.

19 Jan 16
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Open source 3D printed hands for children

Design News > Product Design

A global network of samaritans are helping children in need of hands.

19 Jan 16
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A floating forest will soon set sail in Rotterdam

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Mothership’s Dobberend Bos installation explores how people and nature coexist in an urban environment.

18 Jan 16
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Live From New York!

Design News > Film & Animation

“Live From New York!” documents the early years of "Saturday Night Live” and examines how this late-night show became an American institution.

18 Jan 16
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Qivivo smart thermostats builds temperature profile for it's users

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Paris-based 5.5 designstudio have designed a minimal-looking thermostat that learns about its user's behaviours and optimises home energy usage.

18 Jan 16
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Artist's gun dissections reveal the innards of war

Design News > Design Activism

Anatomy of War reveals the gory, inner workings of the world's most popular weapons. **Warning: This story contains graphic images.**

18 Jan 16
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A video game becomes memoir about a family fighting cancer

Design Frontiers > Product Design

“That Dragon, Cancer” is an interactive narrative about Joel Green and his battle with cancer.

18 Jan 16

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Hopeful romantic

Q&A • 24 Oct 22

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Head above water

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October. >
Parking off

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet. >
Modern classics

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection. >

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