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Materials imagined

Design News • 15 Oct 12

What will the future of our material culture hold? Material Matters, by Droog, at Dutch Design Week looks to material scarcity and broadens the discussion. >
Geometric in design

Design News • 14 Oct 12

Combining odd geometric shapes with a subtle emotional response, Famke Jewellery Design bridges the gap between the impersonal and the personal. >
Akshat Verma on breaking rules and expectations when writing for the screen

Talks • Duration: 00:45:50 • 12 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

Akshat Verma reveals how his work is shaped by his raw experiences, as well as influences from various cultures. >
Captured stillness

Design News • 12 Oct 12

From group exhibitor to solo exhibitor, Dillon Marsh Photography is getting bigger and better by the day. >
The Bionic Eye

FilmFestFriday • 12 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

Dr Joseph Rizzo and Prof John Wyatt have pioneered a technology for restoring sight to patients who suffer from degenerative blindness. >
Newtown Creek Digester Eggs: The Art of Human Waste

FilmFestFriday • 12 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

An unusual marriage of form and function energises the jaw-droppingly beautiful Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, New York. >
Extraterrestrial landing

Design News • 11 Oct 12

Ross Lovegrove has designed a UFO installation, blurring the boundaries between reality and the supernatural. >
Your Street Eindhoven winners announced

Do Tank News • 11 Oct 12

Three creative proposals have received the green light from Your Street, winning a total of EUR 15 000 in project funding. >
Tommy Li at AGI Open 2012

Video Interviews • 11 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

Tommy Li believes that in order to do a rebrand, it is essential to think in different ways. >
Eddie Opara at AGI Open 2012

Video Interviews • 11 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

Eddie Opara believes that while graphic design tells stories, it also needs to talk more about systems. >
Yves Béhar: design is a generous endeavour

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:34 • 11 Oct 12

For Yves Béhar design needs to focus on the person that will receive the experience of the product or system being designed. >
Piet Hein Eek: I am inspired by materials

Video Interviews • 11 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

Piet Hein Eek is the first designer on record to use scrapwood in domestic creations. Here he speaks about his materials-driven approach. >
Project life

Design News • 11 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

In a short video, produced as part of the Herman Miller Why Design series, Ayse Birsel talks about the process of deconstruction and reconstruction. >
Dressed for the kitchen

Design News • 10 Oct 12

Marcel Wanders' new designer cookware for Alessi adds a touch of glamour to everyday pots and pans. >
Coffee library

Design News • 10 Oct 12

Nendo's pop-up coffee shop for Starbucks in Tokyo resembles a library, and gives visitors the opportunity to learn more about coffee. >
Playing with type

Design News • 10 Oct 12

Hat-trick take inspiration from the graphically rich aspects of chess and redesigns a chess set in typographic style. >
Zipped up

Design News • 10 Oct 12

Ron Arad interprets feeling great, fun and fearless in his ZIPFLOP shoe designed for FitFlop. >
DStv at Design Indaba 2012

Festival News • 8 Oct 12

As proud sponsors to Design Indaba, DStv enjoyed a number of activation opportunities at the 2012 event. >
Departure lounge to the future

Design News • 8 Oct 12

Jason Bruges Studio's New Media Lounge at San Diego International Airport offers a glimpse into the departure lounge of the future. >
20Q: Lauren Mackler

Q&A • 8 Oct 12

For Lauren Mackler it is fundamentally important to keep going and to stay optimistic while designing. >
Paul Sahre on designing what you want

Talks • Duration: 00:38:23 • 5 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

“Nothing interesting happens when you know where you’re going with something”, Paul Sahre believes. >
Nika Zupanc: Simple but smart product design

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:05 • 5 Oct 12

Nika Zupanc gives insight into the various meanings instilled in her designs, as well as the materials she uses to create simple yet shrewd products. >
Alvin Chan at AGI Open 2012

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:33 • 5 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

Alvin Chan looks at how one concept can cross into many different creative fields. >
Oded Ezer at AGI Open 2012

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:57 • 5 Oct 12 • Sponsored Content

In his work, Oded Ezer says, it is about putting the ego to the side and allowing the action and culture to design the object. >

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