2013 Archive

Through the looking glass

Design News • 30 Dec 13

Tokujin Yoshioka's PRISM mirror collection for Glas Italia creates a mysterious presence through its dazzling refraction of light. >

Winning BIG

Design News • 29 Dec 13

Here is a look at Danish architect Bjarke Ingels's winning proposal for the Axel Springer new media campus in Berlin, Germany. >

Focus On: Where virtual and real worlds meet

Focus On • 28 Dec 13

In an ever-increasing digital world, many designers explore the convergence of virtual and physical realities. Here are four who look towards the future. >

Amongst Inspiration – Clíona O’Flaherty

FilmFestFriday • 27 Dec 13

#FilmFestFridays presents "Amongst Inspiration – Clíona O’Flaherty": a short film looking at the inspirations of this Dublin-based photographic talent. >

Emerging Creative catch-up: Lazi Mathebula

Design News • 26 Dec 13

2013 Emerging Creative Lazi Mathebula, aka Greiispaces, is one of 50 international illustrators currently exhibiting at .M Contemporary gallery in Australia. >

Sir John Hegarty on challenging the status quo

Talks • Duration: 00:38:48 • 25 Dec 13

"It’s our job to get out there and fight for great ideas; it’s creative people that will make the change," Sir John Hegarty said at Design Indaba Conference. >

Ho Ho Ho!

Design News • 25 Dec 13

A very merry Christmas from Paula Scher and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. >

Porky Hefer on turning something negative into something positive

Talks • Duration: 00:21:53 • 24 Dec 13

Designer and brand interventionist Porky Hefer’s mission is to encourage people to be inspired to get up and change things. >

Clay play

Q&A • 24 Dec 13

Cape Town-based stylist Alexia Klompje launched Klomp Ceramics earlier this year. She tells us about Klomp Collection II that celebrates the season. >

Design on a plate

Focus On • 23 Dec 13

Design Indaba Conference has been serving up some of the world's best chefs and food designers. Here is a taster of some of the top foodie talks. >

Modelled by hand

Design News • 22 Dec 13

Dutch artist-designer Maarten Baas unveils four new Clay pieces for luxury menswear brand, Berluti. >

Ben Terrett on changing a culture through digital design

Talks • Duration: 00:35:17 • 21 Dec 13

Digital designer Ben Terrett explains his inspiration and design process in creating Gov.uk, an all-inclusive website for government services and information. >

Binary numbers

Design News • 21 Dec 13

Designer Eddie Opara creates a striking illustration, which expresses a digital concept in analogue form, for the December 2013 issue of "Wired" magazine. >

Kunlé Adeyemi: We are living in interesting times in Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:54 • 20 Dec 13

In an interview at the 2013 AZA Architecture Conference, Kunlé Adeyemi tell us about his Makoko Floating School. >

K&i Design Studio: Emerging Creatives Q&A

Festival News • 20 Dec 13

This week's featured Emerging Creative is graphic design duo K&i Design Studio, who were part of the programme in 2012. >

Modern Cultural Curators: Geza Schoen

FilmFestFriday • 20 Dec 13

#FilmFestFridays presents "Modern Cultural Curators: Geza Schoen", a short film offering a glimpse into the talents of perfumer Geza Scheon. >

Cardboard marketplace

Design News • 19 Dec 13

Shigeru Ban has created a temporary, mobile pavilion in his signature material, cardboard, for the Abu Dhabi Art Festival. >

Artfully plated

Design News • 19 Dec 13

The work of Walter Battiss, South Africa’s foremost abstract painter, has found a new expression on ceramics by Mervyn Gers who tells us about the project. >

Book now for Design Indaba Simulcast 2014

Festival News • 18 Dec 13

The Design Indaba Conference will be simulcast live to venues in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and, for the first time, Potchefstroom. >

Luyanda Mpahlwa: We need to increase our level of appreciation for design

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:07 • 18 Dec 13

In this interview at the 2013 AZA Architecture Conference, Luyanda Mpahlwa tells us what the Design Indaba 10 x 10 Low-Cost Housing Project taught him. >

The social agenda of buildings

Q&A • 17 Dec 13

Clive Wilkinson, paradigm-defining architect of Googleplex, will speak at Design Indaba 2014. Here he shares insights into his approach to workplace design. >

Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

Design News • 17 Dec 13

Dutch conceptual design studio Droog has unveiled an enormous holographic Christmas tree in the entrance hall of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. >

Wired for sound

Design News • 17 Dec 13

Sonolith, a new audio system by a South African design trio, breaks all the stereo types. >

Stylish timekeeping

Design News • 17 Dec 13

Jaime Hayón's collection of Orolog wristwatches combine classical elements with modern details. >