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Crafts: A matter of scale and pace
Opinion
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2 Feb 09
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort writes about the craft of smaller scale, slower pace and sustainable style.
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Building bible
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1 Feb 09
It was with much anticipation that the updated Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture was received.
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Craft debate: Christine Moosmann
Opinion
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1 Feb 09
Editor of Novum magazine, a Design Indaba media partner, Christine Moosmann weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts
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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.
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Bellville Rock City
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1 Feb 09
The CD/DVD box set Bellville Rock City offers a veritable resource of profiles, music videos, tracks and documentary coverage.
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The Interior World of Tom Dixon
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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.
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Not just an album design pioneer
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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.
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Pure not poor
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1 Feb 09
“Pure design proposes a cocktail of sensations,” reads the introduction to Pure Design: Objects of Desire, published by Monsa.
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Doodle for a Difference
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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.
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The Art of Romance
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1 Feb 09
The Art of Romance takes you on a journey through the cheesy history of Mills & Boons and Harlequin book covers.
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Citizen of the World
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1 Feb 09
Internationally celebrated jazz saxophonist Moreira Chonguiça has released his second Moreira Project album, Citizen of the World.
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SA in graphic prime
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1 Feb 09
Graphic Design: A Primer in South African Graphic Design is by artist, designer, writer and independent publisher, Michael MacGarry.
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Futures to believe in
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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.
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