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Boasting the largest purse of any design competition INDEX: 2009 shared 500 000 euros between five category winners. >

Designindaba.com caught up with Massimo Vignelli in Cape Town and discovered a man for whom design is a way of life. >

Designed to look like a giant water drop, Bas van der Veer’s A Drop of Water collects rainwater by filling a watering can and rain barrel. >

The Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen provides protection while collecting and filtering rainwater to make it safe to drink. >

Woolly Pockets are soft-sided nests for growing plants. >

Lisbon-based design, architecture and creativity biennale, ExperimentaDesign, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009. >

Domesticated farming options to try in your kitchen. >

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

The Wattcher is a design object that displays the total electricity consumption of your home in a beautiful and meaningful way. >

Going multidisciplinary, Green Design by Marcus Fairs is one of the first books to give a thorough overview of the burgeoning movement. >

Shigeru Ban’s ingenious new 10-Unit System for Artek can be used to make a chair, table or bench using just one simple L-shaped unit. >

Wasteful, disposable excess is out and more grounded, durable luxury is in at the 2009 Design Indaba Expo. >

The SOLVE 2008 design competition announced a three-way tie in their challenge to design an environmentally and culturally sensitive table. >

An exploration of design inspired by the natural world, the release of Fabiola Reyes’s Nature, by Spanish publishing house Monso is timely. >

Visiting the London Design Festival, Nadine Botha finds herself torn between sustainable and pop. >

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

Toshiyuki Kita's Sunplant features eight solar panel leaves that recharge 48 AA batteries and use LEDs to create a decorative garden piece. >

Y. Tsai of Tsai Design Studio was announced as the winner of the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa at Design Indaba Expo 2008. >

The finalists for Design Indaba's Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2008 award have been announced. >

Design Indaba Expo, from February 23 to 26, 2008, pushes the boundaries of creative expression with some highly original new exhibitors. >

Seeking to return to its artistic roots, the Mother City Queer Project appointed designer Heath Nash as creative director for 2007. >

Tom Dixon launched the London Design Festival at Trafalgar Square with an installation of 500 energy-saving lights. >