August 2011 Archive

  • Screaming Foot, 2011. Haroshi.
    Staying alive
    Design News • 31 Aug 11
    MTV RE:DEFINE, a benefit art exhibition and auction, aims to raise funds and awareness for HIV/Aids education and prevention campaigns. >
  • Bios Urn.
    Circle of life
    Design News • 31 Aug 11
    A tad depressing but ingenious: The Bios Urn provides a sustainable way of dealing with human remains. >
  • Open Book festival, Cape Town.
    Open book
    Design News • 31 Aug 11
    The inaugural Open Book literary festival taking place in Cape Town in September aims to promote a reading culture among local youth. >
  • Redesigns for iconic brands
    Do Tank News • 30 Aug 11
    Design Indaba and Foodcorp Consumer Brands present a design competition challenging students to reimagine the packaging of iconic SA food brands. >
  • Your Street design challenge
    Your Street Challenge: deadline extended
    Do Tank News • 30 Aug 11
    Due to the huge response we’ve had to the Your Street Challenge, Design Indaba has decided to extend the deadline to Wednesday 7 September 2011. >
  • Hello Helsinki
    Design News • 30 Aug 11
    The Helsinki Design Week, happening from 9 to 18 September 2011, considers ways of embedding design into life. >
  • Sticky story
    Design News • 30 Aug 11
    A crowdsourced stop-motion animation recreates a scene from the film Tron, using duct tape. >
  • Dancing Squares by Nendo. Photos: Masayuki Hayashi.
    Dancing squares
    Design News • 30 Aug 11
    Nendo has added an interesting variety of products and effects to their "Dancing Squares" collection. >
  • Toffie Food Festival.
    Tasty Toffie
    Design News • 29 Aug 11
    The first Toffie Food Festival takes place in Cape Town this weekend. With food tastings, talks, workshops and a good ol' braai, you don't want to miss out. >
  • Axor Bouroullec 2010. Photo: Tahon & Bouroullec.
    Splish splash
    Design News • 29 Aug 11
    Bathrooms are often the most uninspired space in a home. Luckily the Bouroullec Brothers are coming to our rescue. Now also in Jozi. >
  • Pop Shop closing for now
    Digital News • 26 Aug 11
    Like all good things Pop Shop, inspired by Design Indaba, is coming to an end. But there’s still the online shop with gorgeous local creative wares. >
  • Images by Jeff Metal courtesy of JaguarShoes Collective.
    Red green blue
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Italian design duo Carnovsky takes their RGB technique to London with La Selva, exploring the jungle environment. >
  • Basic reality
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Basic Reality explores notions of the “real” as perceived by art students, recent graduates and independent creatives. >
  • Scatter Shelf by Nendo. Photo: Masayuki Hayashi.
    Scatter effect
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Nendo's Scatter Shelf is a design concept that creates a kaleidoscopic visual effect, almost like being caught in a spider's web. >
  • Tabletto typographical game.
    Game types
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    The Tabletto stencil-toy is a great way to learn about typography and have a trace of fun along the way. >
  • Softshelter by Molo.
    Private space
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Softshelter is a flexible and simple paper solution for creating private spaces within shelters in disaster-stricken areas. >
  • Scenes from Baby Marx by Pedro Reyes.
    Puppet masters
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    Pedro Reyes's Baby Marx installation uses puppets of Che Guevera and Karl Marx to examination socialism versus communism in a humourous way. >
  • Bee friendly
    Design News • 26 Aug 11
    The outdoor furniture in the urban garden of the National Theatre in London is specifically designed to be welcome to bees. >
  • Thrive hive
    Design News • 25 Aug 11
    Thrive Hive is a natural, well-insulated home for bees. >
  • Nendo Solo Exhibition. Photo: Daici Ano.
    Going solo
    Design News • 25 Aug 11
    Nendo's Solo Exhibition in Taiwan plays with different manifestations of black and white. >
  • Pop or not
    Design News • 25 Aug 11
    This is Not a Pop-Up in London is a design experiment, giving various designers the chance to make their creative mark. >
  • Big Yellow Rabbit
    Design News • 24 Aug 11
    The Big Yellow Rabbit installation is a fun gesture that encourages people to rethink the purpose of public space. >
  • Screen dance
    Design News • 24 Aug 11
    Film and Dance, this weekend, is an event exploring the intersection between dance and film with a screening of Wim Wenders's Pina. >
  • Christien Meindertsma
    Christien Meindertsma on her affinity for raw materials
    Talks • Duration: 00:37:15 • 23 Aug 11
    Her thoughtful exploration of materials such as wool and flax sees Christien Meindertsma creating gorgeously ethical design. >

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