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Trailer: Carla Kreuser on why designing by hand still matters
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Carla Kreuser pulled herself away from her computer screen and went back to basics, illustrating and binding an entire book by hand.
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1 Jul 15
Carla Kreuser on why designing by hand still matters
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Carla Kreuser pulled herself away from her computer screen and went back to basics, illustrating and binding an entire book by hand.
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1 Jul 15
Five illustrators contemplate the end of summer
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“Summer’s End” is the first exhibition at the Drawing Room, a new gallery in Observatory, Cape Town.
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15 Apr 15
Carla Kreuser
Carla Kreuser is a creative director at The Jupiter Drawing Room in Cape Town.
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10 Feb 15
Digital brawn smackdown
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Creative Economy
Digital Edge Live on 14 October will see local mavericks debating the future of marketing and digital platforms. Bob Garfield delivers the keynote.
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6 Oct 11
Design Indaba campaign awarded
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Design Thinking
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Information Design
The DIXIV microsite created by The Jupiter Drawing Room and Gloo Design for the Design Indaba campaign has been awarded.
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20 Apr 11
Design Indaba Superstars installed at CTICC
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Design Indaba is proud to announce that the winning entries of the Superstars team have been immortalised as public artworks.
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28 Jun 10
11th winner of Let It Out! campaign
Do Tank News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
On Friday 26 February the first 10 members were announced, following which votes were collected for the final “Peoples Vote” winner.
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9 Mar 10
First 10 winners of Let It Out! announced
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We present the first 10 superstars of the national creative team. The 11th will be announced on Sunday, after the public have voted by SMS.
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26 Feb 10
Design Indaba wins at the 2009 Loeries
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Creative Economy
Jupiter Drawing Room won six awards for the Design Indaba 2009 campaign, “What can your creativity do?” at the Loerie Awards.
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25 Sep 09
Art funds libraries
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Cape Town's Jupiter Drawing Room agency generate funds for the South African Mobile Libraries Association.
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14 May 09
Creative Circle for Design Indaba
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Creative Economy
Design Indaba's recycled radio advert won first prize for best radio advert in the February Creative Circle awards.
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2 May 08
Jupiter cracks the One Show list
Festival News
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Creative Economy
The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town has been short listed for a number of One Show Awards this year.
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2 May 08
Design Indaba 2007 Commercial: Kreepy Krauly
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Design Thinking
The official commercial for Design Indaba 2007. The commercial showcases the kreepy krauly, a South African invention by Ferdinand Chauvier.
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19 Feb 07
Design Indaba 2007 Commercial: Hippo Roller
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Design Thinking
The official commercial for the Design Indaba 2007, featuring the hippo roller - an invention designed by Johan Jonker and Pettie Petzer.
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19 Feb 07
Walk on the wild side
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Creative Economy
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A pro bono campaign by the award-winning Jupiter Drawing Room tells people to take a hike.
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1 Aug 06
Design Indaba 2006 Commercial
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Creative Economy
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Film & Animation
The official commercial for Design Indaba 2007. Created by Jupiter Drawing Room.
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19 Feb 06
Designers forum Q&A
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Delve into your favourite designers' minds and find out what makes their creative juices flow.
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1 Aug 04
On the inside
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Architecture & Interiors
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design Indaba Expo celebrates the homegrown must-have. We’re engineering an ambassadorial amassing of the finest local creative product.
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1 Nov 03
Mary, Mary, quite conversant
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Product Design
Mary Lewis, creative director of Lewis Moberly in Britain, speaks on design like the savant she is. Joanne Thomas interviews her.
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1 Aug 03
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