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Michael Bierut designs symbol for US Pavilion at Milan Expo

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Pentagram partner Michael Bierut puts a thematic spin on the star-spangled banner for the US pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. >

13 May 15
Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

Talks > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work. >

17 Apr 15
Designers breathe new life into Milan

Lookbook > Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

“Liveability” seems to be a common thread among the designs on show at Milan Design Week 2015. >

17 Apr 15
Beyond the New - A Search for Ideals in Design

Opinion > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

The full text of Hella Jongerius and Louise Schouwenberg's design manifesto, "Beyond the New", is released here for the first time. >

10 Apr 15
Charging around

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

The Mellowcab is a fully electric minicab designed to provide an efficient on-demand taxi service in urban areas. >

24 Feb 15
The pattern collector

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Africa's faded modernist buildings are a source of graphic inspiration for fashion designer Sindiso Khumalo, who will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >

28 Jan 15
Silk Quilted Plaids by Borre Akkersdijk and Piet Hein Eek

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The designers present a range of richly patterned quilts made from fabrics left behind at an old tie factory. >

24 Nov 14
Paragon takes top sustainability honours

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

The Johannesburg-based firm won the 2014 AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture for its design of the Alexander Forbes Headquarters. >

10 Oct 14
Made by Hand

Made by Hand is a short film series celebrating the people who make things by hand – sustainably, locally and with a love for their craft. >

5 Sep 13
Daan Roosegaarde on creating techno poetry

Talks > Interaction Design

“I’m a hippie with a business plan”, says artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde on his approach to design, making what he calls “techno poetry”. >

30 Aug 13
Foss by Michael van Olphen

Johannesburg-based Michael van Olphen manufactures furniture with a focus on simplicity. >

23 Jan 13
Reduce and refine

Design News > Product Design

One SodaStream Source could save 550 plastic bottles per household per year. That's enough reason to let the bubbles flow! >

27 Dec 12
Yves Béhar: design is a generous endeavour

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

For Yves Béhar design needs to focus on the person that will receive the experience of the product or system being designed. >

11 Oct 12
Benjamin Hubert on how materials and industrial processes shape his work

Video Interviews > Industrial Design

The young but already prolific British designer talks us through five of his designs on show at Design Junction 2012. >

2 Oct 12
John Bielenberg

John Bielenberg believes that "thinking wrong" as a means of making the world a better place, through design. >

12 Jan 12
Specialised generalist

Profiling > Graphic Design & Illustration

With a form follows materials approach, Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek creates distinctive designer furniture from scraps of wood. >

13 Dec 11
Jens Martin Skibsted on the evolution of bicycle design

Talks > Design Thinking / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Jens Martin Skibsted has been “shouting cars out of the city” for a long time. >

24 Nov 11
Food fight: Barton Seaver

Design News > Food Design / Design Thinking

Chef and seafood activist Barton Seaver says it’s not enough to eat and do no harm. >

15 Nov 11
ashley heather

ashley heather, a small jewellery studio based in Cape Town, creates contemporary pieces of wearable art. >

9 Nov 11
Make a Massive Change at DI2011 Filmfest

Festival News > Design Thinking

Join Bruce Mau and creative proponents across the globe for the free, live launch of the Massive Change Network on 24 February. >

16 Feb 11
Fibra Design Studio

Fibra is a Brazilian sustainable design studio comprising four university peers: Bernardo Ferracioli, Pedro Themoteo, Bruno Temer and Thiago Maia. >

6 Feb 11
Jurgen Bey + Richard Hart

Dialogues > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Over a video call between Durban and Amsterdam, graphic designer Richard Hart meets product designer Jurgen Bey. >

1 Feb 11
Yves Béhar + Jens Martin Skibsted

Dialogues > Industrial Design / Product Design

Yves Béhar attended one of Jens Martin Skibsted’s Biomega presentations over ten years ago, the beginning of a cross-continental friendship. >

1 Feb 11
Heath Nash on sustainability within design

Talks > Design Thinking / Product Design

Plastic waste + hands + geometry = beautiful objects + employment, a system that Heath Nash has refined using other people's rubbish. >

25 Nov 10

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