Mapping the Design World
The portrait that Jan Beekman (1929) painted of Nelson Mandela also occupies a unique and prominent position in his work. Although Beekman had been praised as an excellent portrait painter when young, he did not paint portraits…
Nelson Mandela
Street art tribute pieces for Nelson Mandela have been popping up all over the world, especially after his death, but the fact alone that this mural was 10 stories high made it stand out from the rest….
Mapping the Design World
Launched in 2016, the Biennale takes place at London’s Somerset House.This year’s edition will see designs from over 35 countries, cities and other territories, spanning six continents. The UK is the latest country to be announced. Other…
Nelson Mandela
The image shows supporters playfully climbing to every vantage point of a billboard whilst awaiting the arrival of Nelson Mandela in a Natal township in South Africa. The billboard shows his giant face, torn but very recognisable….
Nelson Mandela
Release is a monument that marks the site in Natal Midlands where Nelson Mandela was captured by apartheid police in 1962 and sent to 27 years of prison. It was created by Marco Cianfanelli and built in…
Nelson Mandela
Visualizing Impact is a Canada- and Lebanon-based international and multidisciplinary laboratory and network of techies, researchers, designers, storytellers, and communication savvies producing visual tools and products at the intersection of data and behavioral sciences, technology and design,…
Mapping the Design World
REDESIGNING MOBILITY | HANS MONDERMAN Hans Monderman was a highly influential, controversial and radical Dutch traffic engineer who pioneered the concept of the “naked street” by removing all the things that are still believed by many to…
Mapping the Design World
THE LONDON DESIGN MUSEUM | HOPE TO NOPE Starting point for the exhibition were not just he global financial crash of 2008 and its aftermath, but also events such as the Arab Spring and the refugee crisis,…
Mapping the Design World
The idyllic Bastøy Island in Norway has been turned into an experimental minimum-security ‘eco prison’, where 115 ‘residents’ -including murderers and rapists- eat organic food, have their own wooden cottages, and can enjoy cross-country skiing, tennis,…
