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  • Body-positive artist Zola Lovette is the artist behind a series of illustrations celebrating bathroom selfies.
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    Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration
    Body-positive artist Zola Lovette is the creative behind a series of illustrations celebrating bathroom selfies. >
    11 May 18
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    The 2010 Flux Trend Review conference took place recently and identified key business trends emerging from a cross section of industries. >
    18 Mar 10
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    The TOFFIE Popular Culture Festival is a celebration of all that is pop cult right at your doorstep. >
    17 Mar 10
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    Southern Ink Xposure, the biggest tattoo event in the southern hemisphere returns to Cape Town from 22 to 24 January 2010. >
    20 Jan 10
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    Reviews > Creative Economy / Music & Sound Design
    Paul D Miller – aka DJ Spooky – addresses “the remix” in his new book Sound Unbound. >
    1 Nov 08
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    Bhangra is a musical genre that grew out of the diasporic Indian community in Britain and was popularised through dancehalls. >
    1 Nov 08
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    Thebe Ikalafeng gets the inside track from the globe's leading nation branding specialists, Simon Anholt and Wally Olins. >
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