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Exciting new exhibitors at DI2011 Expo
Festival News
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27 Jan 11
The creative shopping choices are endless at Design Indaba Expo 2011 with more than 60 first-time exhibitors.
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Plonk on the Ploum
Design News
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28 Jan 11
The Bouroullec Brothers have created a four-seat settee that encourages sitters to face one another.
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From trash to treasure
Design News
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28 Jan 11
Unique-Eco uses the trash they collect on the shoreline of Kenya to make bright and beautiful sculptures and accessories.
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International icon at DI2011
Festival News
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28 Jan 11
At the helm of one of the world’s most iconic homeware brands is Alberto Alessi, one of the most influential people in contemporary design.
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And again
Design News
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29 Jan 11
Things Revisited takes classic design icons and updates them for modern use.
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Seat yourself
Design News
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29 Jan 11
Karim Rashid’s furniture designs for Punkalive combines elements of the natural world with mathematical constructs.
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After creation
Design News
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30 Jan 11
An exhibition in Israel, curated by Li Edelkoort, considers the past to look to the future.
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Chop chop
Design News
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30 Jan 11
What do you get when you put 8 000 chopsticks, 4 000 joints and 2 000 rings together? Two seats for the prices of one!
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Wall project
Design News
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31 Jan 11
The Verse One exhibition at Field Office in Cape Town works to turn the café into an interactive art space.
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Afronaut at DI2011
Festival News
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31 Jan 11
He’s floated among the stars, but these days Mark Shuttleworth is shaping future interfaces in the free operating system Ubuntu.
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Contained movement
Design News
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31 Jan 11
The Bidum container is like a living product, that is defined by how it feels when used.
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Best friends
Design News
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1 Feb 11
Naoto Fukasawa’s new cookware range for Alessi is inspired by man’s best friend.
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Hang here, toss there
Design News
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1 Feb 11
Hang Around and Toss Around brings fine Scandinavian craftsmanship to kitchen utensils.
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Bracelets instead of bombs
Design News
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1 Feb 11
The peaceBOMB bracelet uses grenade remains from the Vietnam War to make jewellery and create sustainable employment.
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Fernando Gutierrez + Ross Lovegrove
Dialogues
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1 Feb 11
Long-time friends Ross Lovegrove and Fernando Gutiérrez look past the obvious difference in dimension of each other’s work.
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Yves Béhar + Jens Martin Skibsted
Dialogues
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1 Feb 11
Yves Béhar attended one of Jens Martin Skibsted’s Biomega presentations over ten years ago, the beginning of a cross-continental friendship.
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Paula Scher + Dana Arnett
Dialogues
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1 Feb 11
Dana Arnett of VSA Partners and Paula Scher of Pentagram have been eyeing each other’s work since the 1990s.
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Harry Pearce + Simon Sankarayya
Dialogues
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1 Feb 11
Life experience is more important than design theory for friends Simon “Sanky” Sankarayya and Harry Pearce’s work.
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Jurgen Bey + Richard Hart
Dialogues
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1 Feb 11
Over a video call between Durban and Amsterdam, graphic designer Richard Hart meets product designer Jurgen Bey.
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The reality of fictions
Lookbook
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1 Feb 11
Roger Ballen’s photographs defy socio-political explanation and other verbalisations of meaning. It’s an existential journey.
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Milton Glaser + Massimo Vignelli
Dialogues
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1 Feb 11
Two fathers of contemporary design, Milton Glaser and Massimo Vignelli draw on decades of experience in their dialogue.
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KarlssonWilker + Stefan Sagmeister
Dialogues
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1 Feb 11
Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karlsson of KarlssonWilker met while working for Stefan Sagmeister and now reunite as equals.
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Heath Nash + Hella Jongerius
Dialogues
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1 Feb 11
From the icy global hub of Berlin in Germany and the sunny backwaters of Coffee Bay in South Africa, Hella Jongerius and Heath Nash met on Skype.
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Design Indabar launch
Festival News
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1 Feb 11
Part bar, part art installation, the Design Indabar presented by Grolsch is a mobile celebration of the spirit of creativity.
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