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Alby Apparel promises liquid-repellent breathable clothes
Product Spotlight
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
Using patented Fillium technology, wearing these Alby Apparel clothes promises to dramatically reduce your washing load.
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29 Jun 16
Psychic tees
Design News
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Information Design
Discover your destiny via a T-shirt. "Mother's Psychic Tees" give you a clue to your fate in 2012 while raising money for charity.
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5 Jan 12
United for cleaner oceans
Design News
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Design Thinking
United By Blue is an organisation that removes one pound of trash from the ocean for every one of their organic, vintage-inspired T-shirts sold.
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3 Jan 12
Cuppa Tee
Design News
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Craft
Mingo Lamberti introduces an interesting new range of scatter cushions.
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26 Feb 11
Mother continent
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Continent Africa’s T-shirts are for those that appreciate and enjoy simplicity.
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24 Feb 11
Active nouns
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A range of skateboard designs want to prove that creativity can make a positive difference.
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23 Jan 11
Fortunate tee
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Fortune Cookies are fun. Now imagine a giant one with a cool, wearable gift inside.
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14 Jan 11
Powerful forces
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
When fighting the battle between good and evil you will need something appropriate to wear. Mingo Lamberti has some suggestions.
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3 Jan 11
Sod it
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Is that a French loaf on your T-shirt or are you just happy to see me?
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8 Nov 10
Exhibitor success story: Springleap.com
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
If a T-shirt is the staple garment in everyone’s wardrobe, then it makes sense for designers to use it as a platform for expression.
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30 May 10
Manabu Mizuno answers all at DI2010
Design News
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Creative Economy
Creative director Manabu Mizuno’s presentation offered a gentle, reflective breath of fresh air.
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16 Mar 10
Mingo Lamberti extends deadline
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
7 September 2009 is the new deadline to submit entries for Mingo Lamberti's seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts.
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2 Sep 09
Springleap vs Threadless
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fundamentally showing that everyman can design, Springleap is more than just South Africa’s answer to Threadless.
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1 Nov 08
Juliette Lewis chooses Misfit
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Music & Sound Design
Signature South African fashion label Misfit made the breakthrough into the European market at this year's Bread & Butter show in Barcelona.
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1 Nov 08
Twee tees
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
While T-shirt makers the world over are plying their wares virtually, Brad Hodgskiss is keeping Mingo Lamberti real.
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1 Aug 08
Optical delusions
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Music & Sound Design
Cape Town's emo-electro outfit Unit.r have launched their debut album decked out in a full-house design campaign from illustrator Kronk.
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2 May 08
Mechanical magic
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A winner has been chosen for Big Blue’s 2006 Makhulu Polane design competition.
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1 Feb 07
Oodles of doodles
Lookbook
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Urban & Landscape Design
A personal journal produced over two years by Durban-based graphic designer Trevor Paul has reignited his creativity.
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1 Nov 06
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