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Design News > Design Thinking

Billboards are everywhere, so what if they could absorb carbon dioxide? Cola-Cola and WWF have the right idea.

7 Jul 11
00:37:37

Mark Shuttleworth on the benefits of open-source

Talks > Interaction Design

South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth talks about the Ubuntu Project, a free, open-source Linux-based operating system.

6 Jul 11
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Fine hair

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Attraction/Aversion is a range of intricately designed necklaces. And they’re made from no ordinary material, human hair.

6 Jul 11
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Private Public

Design News

Gary Van Wyk’s Private Public exhibition of photographic work is a visual diary of the situations he finds himself in.

5 Jul 11
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Sub-Saharan renegades

Design News

With his Renegades body of work Frank Marshall examines the outcropping of a decisive heavy metal subculture in Sub-Saharan Africa.

5 Jul 11
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Work wear

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Inspired by socialist work culture, Comradettes is a range of clothing that encourages people to take pride in utility clothing.

5 Jul 11
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Mosaic migration

Design News

Coming To The City is a large mosaic artwork by Clive van den Berg for Nando’s in London.

5 Jul 11
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Limitless living

Design News > Product Design

Flexible and multifunctional, the Living Tools collection of versatile furniture pieces is ideal for small spaces.

4 Jul 11
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African sounds

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Post Office have released a series of stamps depicting rare, indigenous musical instruments at the National Arts Festival.

4 Jul 11
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Wide Open Walls

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A living art project in the villages of The Gambia hopes to promote this West African country as a vibrant tourist destination.

4 Jul 11
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Folding fun

Design News > Craft

Cut, paste, create and decorate. Paper projects come alive, DIY style, with the Paper Punk kit.

3 Jul 11
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Russian jewel

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Pushkinsky Jewel is a design concept for connecting a landmark theatre to the historic and culturally vibrant Pushkin Square in Moscow.

3 Jul 11
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Mouse trail

Design News > Product Design

Streamlined, safe and functional, Stefano Giovannoni’s Mouse range of luggage is the ideal travelling companion.

2 Jul 11
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Modern company

Design News

Battiss & Company at the Goodman Gallery Johannesburg celebrates the work of one of SA's foremost modernists.

2 Jul 11
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Made by man

Design News > Craft

The Stephen Burks: Man Made exhibition considered the global economy of artisanal craft.

1 Jul 11
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Colonised

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Formafantasma’s Colony range of textiles is inspired by topical issues like assimilation and migration.

1 Jul 11
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Adélia Borges and Paula Dib at WDCD 2011

Video Interviews > Product Design

At What Design Can Do 2011 conference Paula Dib and Adélia Borges talk about a commitment to design that can improve lives.

30 Jun 11
00:32:02

Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West

Talks > Design Activism

African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré.

30 Jun 11
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Sign posted

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Matali Crasset’s way finding system for the Royal Fontevraud Abbey adds an element of exploration to a site visit.

30 Jun 11
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Rohan Shivkumar and M P Ranjan at WDCD 2011

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

Rohan Shivkumar and Professor MP Ranjan look at ways of effecting real change in India.

29 Jun 11
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Linear park

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A diagonal urban park in Barcelona connects the city to its natural surrounds.

29 Jun 11
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Polar plottings

Design News > Interaction Design

Sandy Noble uses a primitive robot and a plotting system designed for Arctic maps to sketch out beautiful prints.

29 Jun 11
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Boxes of bamboo

Design News > Product Design

Layered in 80 000 bamboo skewers, your belongings are sure to be safe in the Magistral Cabinet.

29 Jun 11
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2D/3D

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A half chair? Or just the illusion of a chair? Here’s the 2D/3D Chairs for Issey Miyake.

29 Jun 11

From the Archives

Body of work

Q&A • 4 Apr 23

2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Thembi Mthembu uses the body as a site for her artistic exploration. >
Raise the roof

Design News • 4 Apr 23

The People Tree House in India incorporates sustainable water and power features. >
Fast food, slow packaging

Design News • 4 Apr 23

Elium Studio has redesigned McDonald’s iconic red packaging to be reusable. >
The curious desert

Design News • 4 Apr 23

The National Museum of Qatar presents a dual-site exhibition by Icelandic–Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. >

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