May 2011 Archive

  • Maarten Baas + Christien Meindertsma
    Dialogues • 15 May 11
    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. >
  • 20Q: Ian Kelynack
    Q&A • 15 May 11
    Ian Kelynack of Isle of Trees made his Design Indaba Expo debut this year. His sustainable work won him the Most Creative Stand Award. >
  • Design Indaba magazine keeps it young
    Do Tank News • 15 May 11
    Back in the day youth might have been wasted on the young. But the latest edition of Design Indaba magazine proves otherwise. >
  • Shoot from the hip
    Opinion • 15 May 11
    Can one really out hip a photographer? What happens when one hipster calls three other hipsters "hipster"? >
  • Design as dance
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Calling on the power of artistry to move a viewer, Dror Benshetrit proposes modern dance as a fitting analogy for luxury design. >
  • Painting Obscura
    Opinion • 15 May 11
    Critics and scholars read Zander Blom’s art as a contemporary South African revision of Modernism. >
  • Diana by CJ Parker.
    Illustrious
    Opinion • 15 May 11
    After years of experiencing a creative identity crisis, South African illustration is gradually coming into its own. >
  • Shy The Sun
    Sunny Side Up
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Shy The Sun has taken their brand of quirky fantasy and broken commercial boundaries both locally and abroad. >
  • West Coast Forager
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Bokkoms, dune spinach and dried seaweed are just some of the unique ingredients Kobus van der Merwe uses in his locavore dishes. >
  • Digital realities
    Design News • 15 May 11
    With Pixel Project, Rahle Dusheiko designs experiences where the physical and the digital interact, combining technology with storytelling. >
  • Conviction en masse
    Conviction en masse
    Opinion • 15 May 11
    Susie Hunt writes about China's emerging class of creative entrepreneurs who are leapfrogging the traditional agency model. >
  • Wanders forever
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Marcel Wanders's designs are pretty desirable. So desirable, in fact, that you might want it tattooed onto your body. Now you can! >
  • Design evolution at Milan2011
    Design News • 15 May 11
    Superfarm proposes a new way of cultivating and consuming food, looking to the urban environments of 2050. >
  • Cinematic experience
    Design News • 14 May 11
    Naço Architecture has worked to once again make the Heng Shan cinema in Shanghai the place to be. >
  • Colourful cuckoos
    Design News • 14 May 11
    Coulourful and whimsical but also very functional, this little cuckoo clock is a real lust-have. >
  • Photo: Simon Bouisson.
    Internet hotel
    Design News • 13 May 11
    Devoid of concierge and staff, the Hi Matic in Paris is a 100% internet-based hotel >
  • Photo: Bruno Alder.
    Trucker style
    Design News • 13 May 11
    Used tarpaulins from trucks have never been as stylish as in Freitag's Fake Snake Collection of limited edition handbags. >
  • Animal gestures
    Design News • 13 May 11
    The Horse Marionette and Rocking Springbuck are two of Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest creations, both designed with CAD software. >
  • O my
    Design News • 12 May 11
    The new “O” watch by Issey Miyake reflects the environmental surroundings of the wearer. >
  • Stop hating, start creating
    Design News • 12 May 11
    The early bird catches the worm. But luckily the Loeries have extended their deadline, giving the slow coaches a steady nudge. >

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