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Blog: A tactile future at Milan2011

Design News > Craft / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Li Edelkoort presents the future of textiles in a student exhibition at Ventura Lambrate and a professional exhibition at Gianfranco Ferre. >

12 Apr 11
Vases telling stories at Milan2011

Design News > Product Design / Craft / Design Thinking

Story Vases serve as a form of individual documentation of the daily lives of women in a rural village in KwaZulu-Natal. >

12 Apr 11
Farewell to a legend of literature

Design News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy

Poet, essayist, academic and teacher Stephen Watson has sadly passed away. >

11 Apr 11
Responsibility, rewarded

Design News > Design Thinking / Design Thinking

A new design award recognises the importance of socially responsible design, in honour of designer and educator Victor J Papanek. >

11 Apr 11
Steel bamboo at Milan2011

Design News > Product Design / Craft / Design Thinking

Nendo's "Bamboo Steel Chair" uses bamboo handicraft techniques but manages to create a hard metal sense of pilancy. >

10 Apr 11
For the love of local

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Design Thinking

A poster campaign draws attention to the importance of buying and eating local food. >

10 Apr 11
Fairytale dress

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Design Thinking

Here’s a fairytale dress made with the pages of gorgeous fairytale books. >

9 Apr 11
Downloadable at Milan2011

Design News > Product Design / Information Design / Design Thinking

Droog presents downloadable furniture and accessory design at Milan2011. >

8 Apr 11
Visible change at DI2011

Video Interviews > Information Design / Design Thinking / Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

Speakers at the 2011 Design Indaba Conference share their thoughts on creativity, a better world, design thinking and more. >

5 Apr 11
Rubber recycling

Design News > Product Design / Craft / Design Thinking

A tyre rubber recycling programme in Marrakesh sees this material being turned into beautiful and useful objects. >

4 Apr 11
Tricks and treats at Milan2011

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Furniture company Royal Ahrend will be presenting two new projects by Ineke Hans and Yuya Ushida at Ventura Lambrate in Milan. >

2 Apr 11
Furniture and flight at Milan2011

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Here’s a sneak preview of what the Bouroullec Brothers will be presenting in Milan for Mattiazzi and Vitra. >

1 Apr 11
Biomega NYC bike winner announced

Digital News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

The ideas for how to encourage cycling in SA cities were all brilliant but there can be only winner. And that is… >

26 Mar 11
The future, online

Design News > Design Thinking

Trend guru Li Edelkoort has launched an online trend forecasting portal. Welcome to www.trendtablet.com. >

22 Mar 11
Design intersections

Design News > Design Thinking

Win a place on a new course that explores the role of the designer as mediator between culture and nature. >

22 Mar 11
Green points for Pepsi

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

PepsiCo have developed the world’s first 100% plant-based, fully renewable PET bottle. >

17 Mar 11
Being heard

Design News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy

Newspapers should give a voice to the voiceless, as a new advertising campaign for The Zimbabwean illustrates. >

16 Mar 11
Jens Martin Skibsted at DI2011

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Jens Martin Skibsted loves bicycles because of their efficient man/machine interface. >

16 Mar 11
New name for design research centre

Design News > Design Thinking

The Royal College of Art's largest research centre has been renamed to the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. >

15 Mar 11
Win a Biomega NYC bike

Digital News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Tweet your inspired ideas on how to encourage cycling in South African cities before 21 March and you could win a Biomega NYC bike. >

10 Mar 11
Design and social change at DI2011

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design

Mexican designers Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez talk about how design can have a real impact on the world. >

10 Mar 11
Most Creative Stand 2011

Festival News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Creativity is about making a stand... Here's a look at the Isle of Trees's Most Creative Stand at Design Indaba Expo 2011. >

10 Mar 11
SMS answers from David Kester

Design News > Design Thinking

Design Council chief executive David Kester answers the questions sent to him during the recent Design Indaba Conference. >

10 Mar 11
SMS answers from Kiran Bir Sethi

Design News > Design Thinking

Designer, teacher and education reformer Kiran Bir Sethi answers the SMS questions addressed to her during Design Indaba Conference 2011. >

7 Mar 11

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