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Where the sun shines

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

The Pure Sun table is an energy-efficient device that redirects natural light to where it is needed. >

20 Jan 11
Bamboo bar

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

A bar made of bamboo in Vietnam not only uses low cost materials but also looks like a great place to have a drink. >

17 Jan 11
Tree house

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

What looks like a giant tree house in the middle of a city is a very sustainable apartment block in Mexico. >

14 Jan 11
Living lightly

Design News > Information Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Karim Rashid’s Komb House is techno-savvy, ecological and trendy. >

7 Jan 11
Enable the future at DI2011

Festival News > Design Thinking

Can creativity spark a revolution for the design of a better world? Book now for the 2011 Design Indaba Conference and find out. >

5 Jan 11
Bridging the gap at DI2011

Festival News > Design Thinking / Architecture & Interiors

Francis Kéré works at the intersection between architecture and education, where he deals with development strategies. >

5 Jan 11
The power of plants

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Design Thinking

Troika’s latest project imagines a world where plants work to address pressing urban issues including recycling and biofuels. >

23 Dec 10
Kiran Bir Sethi

Kiran Bir Sethi is the founder and director of The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India, and founder of Design for Change, and aProCh. >

22 Dec 10
Be the change at DI2011

Festival News > Design Thinking

She's turning school education on its head and making it relevant in a real world context, through design thinking. Meet Kiran Bir Sethi. >

22 Dec 10
Michael Wolff

Michael Wolff is a co-founder of one of the world’s most iconic design companies – Wolff Olins – and is recognised today as a leader in thinking on brands. >

20 Dec 10
David Butler

David Butler is responsible for leading the global design vision and strategy for the Coca-Cola Company. >

20 Dec 10
Transcending conventions

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The recent Saint Etienne International Design Biennale explored notions of teleportation and showed some Protofarm 2050 projects. >

16 Dec 10
Algae energy

Design News > Design Thinking

The Latro Algae Lamp uses algae to transform carbon dioxide into light. >

13 Dec 10
Work while you sleep

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

What if the energy you produce in bed can be used to power lights and devices? It might encourage more um… Tossing and turning in bed. >

10 Dec 10
Cooling the desert

Design News > Industrial Design / Design Thinking

What if you could have an art installation in the desert that also works as an energy-free cooling device? PostlerFerguson have a solution. >

10 Dec 10
Desert escape

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

See new pictures of Matali Crasset’s eco-lodge in the middle of the desert. >

8 Dec 10
A short history of design

Reviews > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

The Genius of Design gives a surprisingly interesting account of the recent history of design. >

5 Dec 10
Design Indaba Conference 2011

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Design Indaba Conference promotes a better world through creativity. >

2 Dec 10
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
Do it yourself with Design Indaba magazine

Do Tank News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Doing it yourself has never been this trendy, and this time it’s supported by the world’s top designers and thought-leaders. >

25 Nov 10
In the bag

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

We just love it when things are local (because it's lekker), eco-friendly and street chic, like Give it Bag. >

18 Nov 10
YDS 2011 – now in Jozi too!

Festival News > Design Thinking

Book now for the 2011 Design Indaba Young Designers Simulcast in both Cape Town and Johannesburg. >

18 Nov 10
Call for revolution at DI2011

Festival News > Product Design / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Philosopher, entrepreneur, brand expert, poet and revolutionary. Jens Martin Skibsted is also a cutting-edge bicycle designer. >

17 Nov 10
Pots composted

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Compots are a brilliant local innovation to reduce agricultural waste, create jobs and lessen the damage caused by replanting. >

16 Nov 10

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