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Petting Zoo now on Android

Do Tank News • 26 Apr 13

We're excited to announce that the hand-illustrated app Petting Zoo by Christoph Niemann is now available on Android. >
Leanie van der Vyver: Not many people get the opportunity to design in gold

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:57 • 26 Apr 13

Leanie van der Vyver explains her design process behind the Design Indaba gold medallion. >
Keeping time

Design News • 26 Apr 13

Marcel Wanders has extended his "Dressed" collection with a series of wristwatches, each being unique to its wearer. >
Take flight

Design News • 25 Apr 13

Spilt Milk's Autumn/Winter 2013 collection takes inspiration from the beauty of birds in flight. >
Honeycomb jewels

Design News • 25 Apr 13

Benjamin Hubert's latest jewellery collection takes inspiration from bees and natural patterns. >
We're trying to get design out of the way – Ben Terrett

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:00:00 • 25 Apr 13

Ben Terrett explains the design principles behind the new Gov.uk website, which combines all the UK Government's websites into a single site. >
We've been designing biology for 10 000 years – Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:00:00 • 24 Apr 13

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg discusses synthetic biology – a new field of science that could see designers creating artificial lifeforms. >
Nature verses science

Design News • 24 Apr 13

Troika's first solo exhibition "The Far Side of Reason" combines new and old works to investigate the tension between perception and reality. >
Digital technology will continue to disappear – Alex Chen

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:00:00 • 23 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Google Creative Lab creative director Alexander Chen explains to Dezeen how he created a digital string you can pluck like a viola. >
Makr Shakr: a robotic creation

Design News • 23 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Carlo Ratti's "Makr Shakr" allows people to become their own virtual barman. >
We were the first in history to motion-capture our own sperm – Masashi Kawamura

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:00:00 • 22 Apr 13

Masashi Kawamura explains the process behind a television commercial he made featuring dancing sperm in an interview with Dezeen at Design Indaba 2013. >
European city

Design News • 22 Apr 13

Bjarke Ingels' "Europacity" will provide the Île-de-France community with a commercial and cultural hotspot. >
Comfortably colourful

Design News • 21 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Colour, colour and more colour, Patricia Urquiola’s latest chair collection brightens any living or working environment. >
Design Indaba Expo 2013 – In Review

Festival News • 20 Apr 13

It has taken a while to get this post out because frankly, I procrastinate... >
Wooden simplicity

Design News • 20 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Naoto Fukasawa extended his "Maruni" furniture collection at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair and paid tribute to traditional Japanese craftsmanship. >
Emerging Creatives 2013

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:07:29 • 19 Apr 13

The 2013 Emerging Creatives programme was a huge success on the Expo floor. Here's what the designers had to say. >
Jungle Jim turns heads in Milan

Design News • 19 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Local pulp-fiction zine takes over windows of popular department store La Rinascente during Milan design week >
Think tanks

Festival News • 19 Apr 13

La créativité prend le pouvoir! – Ideat magazine (France) features leading conferences TED Talks and Design Indaba Conference. >
Backstage with Nichetto and Nendo

Lookbook • 19 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Here is a look at Nendo and Nichetto's collaboration, from start to finish, for the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair. >
Comfort & style

Design News • 19 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Eye-grabbing elegance is just one of the many descriptions for BarberOsgerby's sofa collection for Knoll. >
Christoph Niemann: Combining the expected and the unexpected in illustration

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:07:07 • 18 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

“The idea is very simple: you can just touch things, and things will happen.” Christoph Niemann interacts with and discusses the Petting Zoo app. >
Tea time

Design News • 18 Apr 13 • Sponsored Content

Scholten & Baijings' "Tea with Georg" collection interprets characteristics of a traditional Japanese tea ceremony for contemporary Western use. >
We wanted to bring the family portrait into the next century – Masashi Kawamura

Video Interviews • 18 Apr 13

Masashi Kawamura talks to Dezeen about the pop-up 3D photo booth he ran in Tokyo last year. >
Design portraits

Design Indaba Campaigns • 17 Apr 13

Designboom photographer Adriano Mauri eloquently captured Design Indaba 2013 conference speakers in this poignant series of photographs. >

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