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Orchestrating chaos
Design News
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1 Aug 08
Since Burning Man 2006, wooden clouds have started creeping across the world's cityscapes like rising damp.
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Diminutive disaster
Q&A
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1 Aug 08
Constantin Boym talks about what the 20th century taught him about the power of the miniature and memory.
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"Having guts always works out for me"
Reviews
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1 Aug 08
Design Indaba reads Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far by Stefan Sagmeister.
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Line drawings and delicate porcelains
Design News
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1 Aug 08
Cape Town's Curious, Whetstone and Frankley shows Rikus Ferreira's fantastical illustrations and multimedia works, Varkore in die Skemer.
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Puff and pass
Design News
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1 Aug 08
The Pan African Space Station was four-day music collaboration in Cape Town, curated by Ntone Edjabe and Neo Muyanga, from October 1 to 4.
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From Surface to Parsons
Design News
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1 Aug 08
Laetitia Wolff has announced that she has taken up the position of Director of Strategic Alliances at Parsons and The New School.
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Sunflower power
Design News
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1 Aug 08
Toshiyuki Kita's Sunplant features eight solar panel leaves that recharge 48 AA batteries and use LEDs to create a decorative garden piece.
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From Talking Heads to singing building
Design News
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1 Aug 08
David Byrne turned architecture into a musical instrument and invited the public to "play the building", in an abandoned New York building.
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Design votes out Mugabe
Design News
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1 Aug 08
Exiled Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai showed a series of agitprop prints in his show One Vote at Dokter and Misses, Johannesburg.
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Side profile
Profiling
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1 Aug 08
Starchitect Cameron Sinclair has been recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
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True to type
Q&A
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1 Aug 08
Young designers in Kosovo are building a new visual order. Peet Pienaar speaks to typographer and information designer Yll Rugova.
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Don't hate me because I'm gorgeous
Lookbook
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1 Aug 08
Photographer Nontsikelelo Veleko captures the frayed edges of trends and reconstituted spaces.
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Gardening on pavements
Opinion
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1 Aug 08
Lloyd Gedye and Michael MacGarry explain the value of a physical publication to an independent music scene.
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Look ma, no skool
Opinion
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1 Aug 08
Ontwerp.TV have struck a balance between commercial output and their ideals by generating influential underground marketing.
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The house that Pancho built
Design News
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1 Aug 08
Iziko National Gallery shows legendary Mozambican architect Pancho Guedes' first retrospective on the African continent.
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Conversations on a Toronto afternoon
Q&A
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1 Aug 08
Architect Len Abelman sets off to meet expats Jack Diamond and Shirley Blumberg, two South Africans shaping the Toronto cityscape.
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Twee tees
Design News
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1 Aug 08
While T-shirt makers the world over are plying their wares virtually, Brad Hodgskiss is keeping Mingo Lamberti real.
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All that glitters
Hot Topic
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1 Aug 08
Design Indaba asks four resident jewellery designers of Egoli, city of gold, to explain what's worth its weight in bling.
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Elaborately cheeky work
Reviews
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1 Aug 08
Jaime Hayon Works offers a thorough exposition of the prolific designer's interdisciplinary approach and extraordinary talent.
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Jozi's mine
Do Tank News
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1 Aug 08
Design Indaba challenged Jozi creatives to claim the city of Johannesburg, Africa's most developed city.
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Sinking into beauty
Design News
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12 Aug 08
Design Indaba alumnus Ilse Crawford, tasked with designing the Aesop shop pairs modern interventions with endearing revival.
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Green house for green skin
Design News
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12 Aug 08
Biodegradable body product range Jozi O have expanded into a brand new environmentally friendly building, named the Energy Works.
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Fashion unions take to the street
Design News
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12 Aug 08
Grabbing public attention in May, the SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) took the Cape Town Fashion Festival to the streets.
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Fashion week frenzy
Design News
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12 Aug 08
The fashion week season saw fashion shows galore delighting audiences at the Durban, Johannesburg and then Cape Town Fashion Weeks.
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