Articles

Solar technology will be used to create the world’s first underground park

Design News • 9 Jul 15

The Lowline, the world’s first underground park, have raised enough money in a crowdfunding campaign to build their Lowline Lab. >
Eleanor Lakelin’s raw wooden sculptures

Design News • 9 Jul 15

The London-based carpenter unearths nature’s wild beauty in her wooden bowls. >
The first 3D-printed car for consumers

Design News • 9 Jul 15

Forget vases, jewellery and trinkets. The first street-ready 3D-printed car is imminent. >
HOPE City aims to turn Ghana into the tech hub of West Africa

African Report • 9 Jul 15

Futuristic looking HOPE City has been designed by Italian architects with the ambitious aim of turning Ghana into a major tech hub in West Africa. >
Founder of Design Indaba receives the prestigious Sir Misha Black Medal for services to design education

Design News • 8 Jul 15

Founder of Design Indaba Ravi Naidoo receives the 2015 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education in South Africa. >
Gaelen Pinnock and the dystopian city

Inside View • 8 Jul 15

Architect-turned-artist Gaelen Pinnock investigates the spatial divisions and urban dystopias in Cape Town. >
Young Africans show off their continent using #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou

Design News • 8 Jul 15

The hashtag #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou has gone viral on Twitter as Africans share inspiring images of their continent. >
A novel way to listen to music by Gemma Roper

Design News • 8 Jul 15

Product designer Gemma Roper has designed a satisfyingly simple device that allows you to select music according to tempo or beats per minute. >
Just a Band of Kenyan electro-heads

Next Generation • 8 Jul 15

Jepthumba talks to Kenyan electronic music makers Just a Band, whose popularity has been growing since their 2008 debut album "Scratch to Reveal". >
Chris the Pencil brings us a different kind of weather report

Lookbook • 7 Jul 15

A Cape Town graphic designer is documenting Cape Town’s vacillating weather patterns and his accompanying moods in a bold design-a-day project. >
Glasses enable doctors to see malignant cancer cells in the dark

Design Frontiers • 7 Jul 15

A Nigerian scientist working in the United States has won the prestigious St. Louis Award for his ground-breaking cancer-visualisation glasses. >
Light Echoes installation arrives at the Barbican Curve Gallery

Design News • 7 Jul 15

Aaron Koblin and Ben Tricklebank’s artwork “Light Echoes” envelopes the Barbican Curve Gallery in an immersive light experience. >
Toast and a hug from RCA graduate

Product Spotlight • 7 Jul 15

London-based designer Ted Wiles designed a toaster that only works when you give it a hug in an attempt to make its users happy. >
A bikini that helps protect wearers from harmful UV

Product Spotlight • 7 Jul 15

Spinali Design’s new bikini helps women monitor their sun exposure responsibly. >
A glass bubble transforms in motion

Product Spotlight • 6 Jul 15

"Holon" is an intriguing glass sculpture created by Dutch designers Jetske Visser and Michiel Martens. >
Six key collections from South African Menswear Week

Lookbook • 6 Jul 15

From soft pastel hues to bold silhouettes, menswear designers in Africa have adopted a new confidence. >
Ripe Near Me takes the local organic food market online

Design News • 6 Jul 15

Get fresh fruit and veg from the neighbours via an app that encourages homegrown food sharing. >
Jack Lennie designs a motorbike you can download

Next Generation • 6 Jul 15

Tinker is a downloadable, no weld, motorcycle kit designed by Edinburgh Napier University graduate Jack Lennie >
Ninjabreadboy confronts the dark drinking culture of the Winelands

Design News • 3 Jul 15

"Late Harvest" confronts the problem of alcohol dependency within the farming communities juxtaposed against the beautiful Cape Winelands. >
ByALEX: purity by design

Q&A • 3 Jul 15

Purist functionality and a pared-down aesthetic are key ingredients in Alex Swain’s decisively simple product designs. >
Young township photographer Sipho Mpongo is heading to New York

African Report • 2 Jul 15

This is the story of a boy from Langa who went to a school dance with a “stolen” camera and found himself and his camera on a plane to New York. >
Lady Skollie’s latest exhibition is a manifestation of her desires

Design News • 2 Jul 15

“Ask for What You Want” is a provocative exploration of the nature of human sexual desire by Cape Town-based artist Lady Skollie. >
Pink Intruder builds a cardboard pavilion in Valencia’s town square

Design News • 2 Jul 15

The Ekklesia pavilion was assembled in the centre of a crossroads in the Spanish city of Valencia to coincide with the annual Falla festival. >
The power of Icelandic crystals are captured in the 101.86° light

Product Spotlight • 1 Jul 15

Thomas Vailly and Laura Lynn Jansen examine the colourful nature of crystals to create layers of colourful illumination. >
Portraits of Afghan women imprisoned for “moral” crimes

Design Frontiers • 1 Jul 15

Photographer Gabriela Maj gained direct access to female prisoners in Afghanistan after being overlooked by guards. >
Every startup has a "Brand Debt" – make sure you know yours

Opinion • 1 Jul 15

Jim Bull, the co-founder and chief creative officer of Moving Brands, asks: “How early do startups need to think about their brand?” >
Jackie Burger on curated fashion experiences

Inside View • 1 Jul 15

Former editor at ELLE South Africa Jackie Burger offers insight into a changing retail landscape that calls for more personalised consumer experiences. >
Celebrating fifteen years of Serpentine Pavilions

Design News • 30 Jun 15

To celebrate 15 years of the Summer Pavilion, the Serpentine Galleries have teamed up with Pentagram to launch a digital platform and campaign. >
Smart Specs offers a visual aid to the legally blind

Design Frontiers • 30 Jun 15

Smart Specs are new augmented reality smart glasses designed by Oxford University research fellow Dr Stephen Hicks. >
Sci-fi psychedelic cover art for Nozinja’s debut album

Design News • 30 Jun 15

Los Angeles-based design duo Oval-X channels the spirit of South African townships and “Shangaan electro” to create covert art for Nozinja’s debut album. >

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