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Homes for Haiti

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Cal Earth stepped in after the disaster in Haiti to provide sustainable, low-cost housing, empowering unskilled workers in the process. >

5 Aug 10
Helping Haiti

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

“Earthship” sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but it’s an environmentally friendly housing solution for earthquake-stricken Haiti. >

5 Aug 10
From either side

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Troika's innovative kinetic sign for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London reads the same from all sides, thus the Palindrome! >

3 Aug 10
Home: Good housekeeping

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors

Vastu Shastra is the ancient Indian architectural practice of constructing buildings in harmony with nature. >

1 Aug 10
Craft: Kitschcraft

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

How “Made in India” has gone from ornate handcrafted goods to cheap ethnic products for export. >

1 Aug 10
Bangalore: The way it was

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design

Bangalore of yore was referred to as “the pensioner’s paradise.” >

1 Aug 10
Roofs over heads

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

The world's housing crisis is a pressing issue for designers and architects. "Emerging Ghana" is one possible sustainable solution. >

28 Jul 10
Luscious lace

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design / Craft / Architecture & Interiors

Tord Boontje’s latest collection of lace-inspired products is a gorgeous reassessment of the possibilities of this technique. >

26 Jul 10
Mokena Makeka on public spaces for expression

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

Public spaces should be spaces of cultural expression. Mokena Makeka shares his thoughts and ideas on this concept. >

23 Jul 10
Forget peace, here's to Goodwill and Fernandes!

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

One is almost tempted to use the old cliché “dynamite comes in small packages” when describing this teeny tiny magazine. >

21 Jul 10
For the love of Camille

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Arne Quinze's installation on the Boieldieu bridge in France is part tribute and celebration while also aiming to reconnect people. >

20 Jul 10
Luyanda Mpahlwa's housing solution

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

Finding solutions for the housing problem in South Africa is a pressing issue and one that architects have a lot to contribute to, says Luyanda Mpahlwa. >

19 Jul 10
A bug's life

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Insects are an important part of our biodiversity. Arup provides them five-star treatment with the Insect Hotel. >

15 Jul 10
Super solar house

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

A house that balances the user's comfort with top-notch energy efficiency sounds like any oxymoron. Until you experience the Lumenhaus... >

14 Jul 10
Possibilities of a page

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

A new exhibition at FADA Gallery look at creating spaces for artists to pursue their creativity while doing research. >

14 Jul 10
Commonwealth on bridging the divide

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Commonwealth talk about the process of bridging the divide between designing and making objects. >

12 Jul 10
Prestigious award for Seed Cathedral

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The UK Pavilion's Seed Cathedral has been recognised for its outstanding architecture in the international playing field. >

7 Jul 10
Kitchen topology

Design News > Product Design / Architecture & Interiors

Matali Crasset's "Topologies Affectives" installation is a light graphic intervention that redefines space. >

5 Jul 10
Autonomous considerations

Design News > Craft / Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors

An exhibition of eight designers and artists explores concepts of autonomy and other critical attitudes in design. >

4 Jul 10
Super slick spider web

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

What looks like Spiderman meets McGyver meets horror movie, is an art installation made entirely of clear adhesive packaging tape. >

1 Jul 10
Wrapped in foil

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Thomas Heatherwick’s striking futuristic design of an arts centre in Wales has earned his studio a coveted RIBA Award. >

30 Jun 10
Like an illusion

Design News > Product Design / Architecture & Interiors

A series of wallpapers representing a metamorphosis reveals some unexpected and disorientating images. >

29 Jun 10
Documenting the beautiful game

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Hosting the first World Cup on African soil is a big deal so its important to document the design process and results of this tournament. >

29 Jun 10
Design Indaba Superstars installed at CTICC

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Graphic Design & Illustration

Design Indaba is proud to announce that the winning entries of the Superstars team have been immortalised as public artworks. >

28 Jun 10

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