Design Heath Nash turns to glass Design January 29, 2014 Heath Nash turns to glass The rumours are true: Heath Nash has closed shop and is now developing products with craft groups around the continent as part of Design Network Africa. Here’s the story of his first glass items, developed in Kenya. Full Article
Design WATCH: Koos Groenewald on Broken Foot Drawings Design January 29, 2014 WATCH: Koos Groenewald on Broken Foot Drawings Watch here as Koos explains how he started drawing in the first place and why his “cute and crude” illustrations continue to gain popularity. Full Article
Design New VISI goes wild for the WDC2014 Design January 27, 2014 New VISI goes wild for the WDC2014 VISI magazine kicks off 2014 with the exquisite, eye-popping new WILD DESIGN bumper issue, an authorised World Design Capital 2014 collector’s edition (#WDC428). AND it boasts four different covers from which readers can choose! Full Article
Design Picks of the week Design January 24, 2014 Picks of the week You’ll be forgiven for thinking that our team’s picks this week are sponsored by Yuppiechef and Vine! Of course they are not, and unusual calendars, pop-out-of-the-walls sculptures and invites to the Milan Furniture Fair also feature. Full Article
Design 10 everyday objects redesigned Design January 22, 2014 10 everyday objects redesigned We went on a domestic blitz to address the bugbears that are impractical clothes hangers, a heavily burdened clotheshorse and incompetent dustpans, and in the process came across self-cleaning crockery and glue-free stickynotes. Full Article
Design Board walking Design January 20, 2014 Board walking Urban Steeds is a range of Afro-inspired skateboards produced by local design duo JesseJames from the team’s Woodstock studio. Hand-crafted from imported timber, we caught up with James Bisset for the skateboarding lowdown. Full Article
Design Picks of the Week Design January 16, 2014 Picks of the Week Technology and art seems to be the order of the day with the team drawing inspiration from the world’s first glow-in-the-dark plant, interactive 3D portraits, deconstructed artworks, an upside down house and a recycled container bridge. Full Article
Design Look who’s talking Design January 15, 2014 Look who’s talking Get inside the mind of your best poochy pal with the No More Woof headset. Made by the Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery, it translates woofs to words and is sure to enchant VISI’s fellow dogue lovers. Full Article
