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Paula Scher mural

Design News • 22 May 11 • Sponsored Content

Paula Scher's new murals at the Queens Metropolitan Campus creates a world in one room. >
Made to fit

Design News • 21 May 11

Vivian Chiu’s Inception Chair comprises 10 chair frames that all fit together to form one, very interesting, seat. >
Possibilities

Design News • 21 May 11

Openness to Explore at Freeworld Design Centre features the second series of room-size exhibitions by top creatives. >
Opening a window into the design heart of Africa

Festival News • 20 May 11

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Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré repurposes European techniques for his native country

Festival News • 19 May 11 • Sponsored Content

African-born architect Francis Kéré gets big results by mixing a little mud with a lot of heart, writes Fast Company's Linda Tischler. >
Diederick Schneemann at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 19 May 11

Diederick Schneemann talks about the significance of well designed and crafted objects, working with the Unique-Eco initiative in Kenya. >
Campana Brothers at Milan2011

Video Interviews • 19 May 11

For the Campana Brothers design is about creating and proposing dreams, like they did in ostrich leather with the Klein Karoo company. >
Cups of cocoa

Design News • 19 May 11

fuseproject's Talamanca Cocoa project raises awareness about the positive aspects of organic cocoa farming in Costa Rica. >
Quilted

Design News • 18 May 11

The honeycomb-like Quilt series of sofas and chairs by the Bouroullec Brothers now comes in a new colourway. >
LADUMA NGXOKOLO’S DESIGN INDABA

Festival News • 17 May 11

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Cathedral moods

Design News • 17 May 11

Anish Kapoor's cathedral-like installation in Paris reflects on the transitive nature of instants. >
Light bulb moment

Design News • 17 May 11

Google have launched an LED light bulb which can be controlled by any Android device, paving the way for a new type of energy efficiency. >
Pattern people

Design News • 16 May 11 • Sponsored Content

Renée Rossouw and Laduma Ngxokolo take abstract patterns from school-day simplicity to allusions about personal identity. >
Handling pressure

Design News • 16 May 11

A new innovation allows people to monitor their blood pressure using their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. >
Mesh-merised

Design News • 16 May 11 • Sponsored Content

Tom Dixon's Mesh chair aspires to be almost invisible. >
A material world

Design News • 15 May 11

The four young partners of Fibra Design Sustentável are rethinking our material world. Theirs is no small goal, nor easy task. >
Considered design space

Design News • 15 May 11 • Sponsored Content

The Milan Furniture Fair celebrateed its golden jubilee this year, drawing some 320 000 visitors. >
20Q: Danielle Ehrlich

Q&A • 15 May 11

LIV is Danielle Ehrlich's design company. She is passionate about design that is environmentally, culturally and socially sensitive. >
20Q: Thingking

Q&A • 15 May 11

Marc Nicolson and Lyall Sprong of Thingking would like to contribute towards ideas and objects that have a meaningful impact on people. >
Maarten Baas + Christien Meindertsma

Dialogues • 15 May 11 • Sponsored Content

Maarten Baas and Christien Meindertsma have known each other since their Design Academy Eindhoven student days. >
20Q: Pedersen + Lennard

Q&A • 15 May 11

James Lennard and Luke Pedersen use a combination of handmade and machine-made techniqies to make functional and beautiful designs. >
20Q: John Edwards

Q&A • 15 May 11

Architect by day, designer by night. John Edwards is currently working on a new modular furniture range for small spaces. >
20Q: Katie Thompson

Q&A • 15 May 11

Using discarded junk, each item of Katie Thompson's Recreate range of furniture, lighting and interiors is infused with character. >
20Q: Aram Lello

Q&A • 15 May 11

Italian architect and designer Aram Lello won the Western Cape Furniture Design Competition at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo. >

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