Design 10 Highlights of Stockholm Design Week Design February 19, 2013 10 Highlights of Stockholm Design Week The Stockholm Design Week 2013 has come and gone, and the all the stops were pulled out this year. Showcasing the hottest Scandinavian designs, the city of Stockholm came alive with radical events, as well as their annual light and furniture fair. Full Article
Design Two-man play Design February 18, 2013 Two-man play VISI hasn’t spoken to our good friends Greg Gamble and Philippe van der Merwe of Tonic in a while, so we sent Nechama Brodie around for a catch up. Full Article
Design The Cardboard Bicycle Design February 18, 2013 The Cardboard Bicycle Izhar Gafni, an Israeli inventor, has designed a cardboard bicycle that he hopes will give poor people in developing countries an affordable and eco-friendly means of transport. Watch this video about the man and his tricky design journey. Full Article
Design Black Friday Design February 15, 2013 Black Friday Rock Girl, a design-led Cape Town activist group, have announced that they will be installing one of their iconic Safe Space benches in Bredasdorp in memory of 17 year-old Anene Booysen. Full Article
Design Handcrafted industrial Design February 14, 2013 Handcrafted industrial “Kraftisan’s story was born from the tale of handcrafted, quality goods, produced in an artisanal way, coming together with the modern revelation of industrial machinery,” says owner Lucas R Adams. We chat to this purveyor of fresh talent. Full Article
Design Putting the fun in functional Design February 14, 2013 Putting the fun in functional Durbanites Kathryn Rose du Toit and Sam Boylan are the creative minds behind the Nest Homegrown range of quirky, functional home accessories, as well as the curator-hoarders driving the 2COOL2BKITSCH collection. We uncover their fresh talent. Full Article
Design Light up Design February 11, 2013 Light up Sanet Stegmann is the brains behind Lanterna. As part of our fresh talent series we caught up with her to find out about the special lantern and her future plans. Full Article
Design Cross-stitch a mag cover? Design February 11, 2013 Cross-stitch a mag cover? In the out-of-the box world of VISI, old is new, DIY is hip, recycling is on trend and cross-stitching is no longer exclusively granny territory. Case in point: the stand-out cover of the 192-page DIY Deluxe issue of VISI. Full Article
