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Super stools

Design News > Craft

Vietnamese craft plus Scandinavian design equals bright and vibrant “Superheroes” stools by Glimpt.

18 Jun 11
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Design encyclopaedia

Design News > Product Design

Alessi's flagship shop in Milan, designed by Martí Guixé, is still home to the "Alessi Encyclopaedia".

18 Jun 11
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Xiaodu Liu at WDCD 2011

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

Xiaodu Liu believes that architecture is more than art and that it should do something good for society.

17 Jun 11
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Oliviero Toscani: photography is the documentation of human memory

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

At What Design Can Do 2011 we discover that for Oliviero Toscani photography is the documentation of human memory.

17 Jun 11
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Automated

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Ready for personalised public transport? Check out the semi-automated Wi-Fly Pod.

17 Jun 11
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Muchness of love

Design News > Craft

With his vibrant range of ceramics, Ruan Hoffmann is the first South African to exhibit at the Rockefeller Centre in New York.

17 Jun 11
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Playground senses

Design News > Interaction Design

“Playground closes at dusk” is Nacho Carbonell’s outdoor installation looking at connections between sense and surrounding.

17 Jun 11
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Creative communities

Design News > Design Thinking

The Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project has launched RECreative, an online platform for young creatives to showcase their work.

15 Jun 11
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Wow Woo

Design News > Craft

Woo-men Plush Toys will be making their debut at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, along with Zapiro and Anton Kannemeyer.

15 Jun 11
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Mastering materials

Design News > Product Design

An exploration of materials and processes, Materiality is Benjamin Hubert’s exhibition of industrial design.

15 Jun 11
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For safekeeping

Design News

South African artists at Art 42 Basel explore issues around security and volatile social conditions.

15 Jun 11
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Urban experiences

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Dencity, a collaborative exhibition by André Clements and Daniel Hirschmann, explores the city ebb and flow of London and Jo’burg.

14 Jun 11
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Italian influence

Design News

An exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum celebrates the work of Italian-South African artists.

14 Jun 11
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Blood ties

Design News > Craft

Kim Lieberman’s Tribe is a handmade sculpture made in bronze and lace.

14 Jun 11
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Paper fantasy

Design News > Craft

Early Morning Life is an animation film project and installation about poverty, childhood, ambition, dreams and class divisions.

13 Jun 11
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Three times

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

3Beirut is a new development by Foster + Partners in Lebanon, which hopes to promote urban renewal in the capital.

12 Jun 11
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City sketches

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Here’s a look at 72 hours at the Venice Art Biennale, as sketched by Christoph Niemann.

11 Jun 11
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Walk in the park

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Paula Scher has created a new visual identity for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

11 Jun 11
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Bicycle bench

Design News > Product Design

The Mishmash Bench might not win votes for its comfort but it does have a fun aesthetic appeal.

10 Jun 11
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Outlined

Design News > Product Design

Rinkak is a quirky new computer mouse designed by Nendo.

10 Jun 11
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Embrace

Design News > Product Design

A concept worth embracing: Jaime Hayón’s new Favn sofa for Danish furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen.

9 Jun 11
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Gifts of paper

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Shigeru Ban’s Paper Concert Hall in Italy serves as a symbol of solidarity and support between two countries.

9 Jun 11
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Without footprints

Design News > Design Thinking

Have ideas of how to retrofit an existing building to be more energy efficient? Enter the Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Awards.

8 Jun 11
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3D Printed Heads - Design Indaba 2009

Design Indaba Campaigns > Creative Economy

What can your creativity do? Behind the scenes of the Design Indaba 2009 campaign, 3D printing is utilised to create a series of busts.

8 Jun 11

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Design News • 13 Feb 23

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Design News • 13 Feb 23

The Bjarke Ingels Group’s IQON tower in Quito, Ecuador, celebrates greenery. >
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Design News • 13 Feb 23

In SOLO, Charity Vilakazi weaves African narratives with mythology to pay homage to her heritage and the matriarchy. >
Crabwalk

Design News • 13 Feb 23

The latest driving tech solves the problems of parallel parking. >

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