February 2009 Archive

  • Building bible
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    It was with much anticipation that the updated Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture was received. >
  • Craft debate: Christine Moosmann
    Opinion • 1 Feb 09
    Editor of Novum magazine, a Design Indaba media partner, Christine Moosmann weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate. >
  • Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    Fonts are pretty dresses for letters used to communicate on paper with ink, right? Wrong, says Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts. >
  • Bellville Rock City
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    The CD/DVD box set Bellville Rock City offers a veritable resource of profiles, music videos, tracks and documentary coverage. >
  • The Interior World of Tom Dixon
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    The Interior World of Tom Dixon is an explosion of inspiring colours, textures and patterns, from Italian flooring to dried Korean fish. >
  • Not just an album design pioneer
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    Reasons to be Cheerful by Paul Gorman makes a case for the canonisation of Barney Bubbles in the history of 20th century design. >
  • Pure not poor
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    “Pure design proposes a cocktail of sensations,” reads the introduction to Pure Design: Objects of Desire, published by Monsa. >
  • Doodle for a Difference
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    Doodle for a Difference pays tribute to the participants, profiles the benefactors and offers a visual history of Night of 1 000 Drawings. >
  • The Art of Romance
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    The Art of Romance takes you on a journey through the cheesy history of Mills & Boons and Harlequin book covers. >
  • Citizen of the World
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    Internationally celebrated jazz saxophonist Moreira Chonguiça has released his second Moreira Project album, Citizen of the World. >
  • SA in graphic prime
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    Graphic Design: A Primer in South African Graphic Design is by artist, designer, writer and independent publisher, Michael MacGarry. >
  • Futures to believe in
    Reviews • 1 Feb 09
    Dion Chang has put together a series of essays on the way the world will be very soon in The 2009 Flux Trend Review. >
  • Cotton khadi form India. Photo courtesy of Heartwear.
    Crafts: A matter of scale and pace
    Opinion • 2 Feb 09
    Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort writes about the craft of smaller scale, slower pace and sustainable style. >