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Kentridge in five
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2 Dec 09
William Kentridge: Five Themes catalogues the career of this iconic South African artist.
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Know rules to break them
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1 Dec 09
Never Use White Type on a Black Background must be one of the most fun and quirky books one can read about design and fashion rules.
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The 10 000 hours manifesto
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1 Dec 09
In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell suggests the magical benchmark of time for success is 10 000 hours of practise.
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50c business bible
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30 Nov 09
The 50th Law (Profile Books) tells the life of 50 Cent, aka Curt Jackson, who topped Forbes magazine’s Hip-Hop Cash King list in 2008.
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CD: Shaka Won
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28 Nov 09
After their first album release in 2006, the cool kids of Mtkidu have (finally) released their second limited-edition album, Shaka Won.
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CD: Mooi Besoedeling
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27 Nov 09
For Zinkplaat's fourth album, designers Fanakalo.co.za created a scratch-off album cover.
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Sky's the limit
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1 Nov 09
Batandwa Alperstein evaluates the pros and cons of vertical farming.
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Gay architectural mockumentary
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1 Nov 09
Billed as a “gay architectural mockumentary”, The Satyr of Springbok Heights is Cape Town architect Robert Silke’s first foray into film.
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The don of design
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1 Nov 09
Designindaba.com caught up with Massimo Vignelli in Cape Town and discovered a man for whom design is a way of life.
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Jaunted Haunts Press
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5 Sep 09
Righard Kapp recently released four albums on his garage label Jaunted Haunts Press.
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Yes, Pet Shop Boys by Mark Farrow
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3 Sep 09
For the limited-edition of the Pet Shop Boys’s latest offering, Yes, Mark Farrow certainly responds in the affirmative.
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Picturing taste
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1 Sep 09
Photographer Stan Engelbrecht’s German language follow-up to the successful African Salad, Das is(s)t Deutschland was recently launched.
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Photos full of marvel
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31 Aug 09
With barely a human subject in sight, Roger Ballen’s newest book, Boarding House, makes his oeuvre even more intangible.
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Get a handle on SA architecture
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18 Aug 09
Professor ‘Ora Joubert has judiciously curated the 10 Years + 100 Buildings compendium to contemporary South South African architecture.
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Graphic novel goes down the gut
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12 Aug 09
In Jesse Breytenbach’s graphic novel I Don’t Like Chocolate every story relates to food from a different slant.
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Green objectified
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11 Aug 09
Going multidisciplinary, Green Design by Marcus Fairs is one of the first books to give a thorough overview of the burgeoning movement.
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But is it “African”?
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1 Aug 09
You’d think that, as a designer based in Africa, it would be easy to answer the question “What constitutes African design?”
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Homework
Opinion
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1 Aug 09
Design Indaba asked creatives born on the continent which of their works was most influenced by their place of birth.
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Graphics beyond language
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28 Jul 09
De Wereld Volgens Gorilla is an anthology of the best works that have appeared on the front page of De Volkskrant in Holland.
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Chic Afrique
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15 May 09
In line with their exciting live performances, the packaging of Gazelle’s debut CD, Chic Afrique, is an experience.
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Koos
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15 May 09
Legendary post-punk 1980s agitators, Koos’s iconic so-called “black tape” has been re-mastered, repackaged and re-released.
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Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
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15 May 09
Stefan Sagmeister designs the packaging for the collector's edition of David Byrne and Brian Eno's collaborative album.
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Big Idea
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15 May 09
Big Idea, by Sandu Cultural Media, is a compilation of winning works from seven international design competitions.
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As We Like It
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15 May 09
As We Like It, published by Arnoldsche, covers the past 20 years of teacher and student work at the Goldschmiedeschule mit Uhrmacherschule.
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