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Fold in half
Design News
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Urban & Landscape Design
Space is often an issue when storing a bicycle. The IF Mode Folding Bike deals with that hassle by easily folding up to half its size.
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18 Dec 10
Creativity central
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Architecture & Interiors
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
70 Juta Street is Jo'burg's new creative and cultural hotspot, with shops, galleries, restaurants and a cool urban vibe.
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24 Nov 10
Super skinny
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Urban & Landscape Design
Bicycles are the ultimate eco-friendly mode of urban transport but always a hassle to "park" indoors. Here's a great solution...
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6 Nov 10
Freshly African
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Music & Sound Design
Freshlyground's new album Radio Africa is fresh (obviously), fun and fabulously local!
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11 Oct 10
The other side of Africa
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Architecture & Interiors
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African Design
Africa, through the eyes of architect David Adjaye, presents some interesting insights into the continent’s built environment.
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27 Sep 10
Dis-engaged
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Architecture & Interiors
“Detached” is an examination of the architectural tension between context and object.
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6 Sep 10
Water: On the front
Opinion
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Design Thinking
What caused a water riot and water-logged Delhi at the same time, asks Pradip Saha.
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1 Aug 10
Goa: Wish you were here
Opinion
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Design Thinking
For those that have tuned in to Goa in the recent past, in the 1980s it was much more difficult to access than it is now.
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1 Aug 10
Bangalore: The way it was
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
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Music & Sound Design
Bangalore of yore was referred to as “the pensioner’s paradise.”
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1 Aug 10
Brazil's got the solar power tower
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
It might look like something that belongs to a futuristic movie, but it may well become a symbol of Brazil’s commitment to a sustainability.
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26 May 10
Urban Africa exhibition by David Adjaye
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Architecture & Interiors
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African Design
Architect David Adjaye’s Urban Africa photographic journey is on display at the Design Museum in London until 5 September 2010.
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26 Apr 10
Mokena Makeka answers all at DI2010
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
“Is it possible to change people by changing buildings?” - architect Mokena Makeka evoked a higher consciousness around public space.
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17 Mar 10
Protofarm 2050: The Guide To Free Farming
Do Tank News
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
The Guide to Free Farming, by 5.5 designers, is a handbook to sourcing nutrition in the urban environment.
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14 Dec 09
Soundscape tabletop
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Architecture & Interiors
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Music & Sound Design
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Product Design
Architect Daniel Dendra created a table in which the surface modulation translates the soundscape of Cairo into a 3D landscape.
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17 Nov 09
Dust to dust
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Sietch Nevada, by Matsys design studio, projects water-banking as the fundamental factor in future urban infrastructure.
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1 Nov 09
SMS with fish
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
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Design Thinking
Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface that offers a looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem through SMSes.
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1 Nov 09
Suburban spread
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
Farmadelphia by the Front Studio, proposes to transform the urban environment by introducing bucolic farmlands into the city’s urban fabric.
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1 Nov 09
Doodle for a difference
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Design Thinking
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Graphic Design & Illustration
In its third year now, the Night of 1000 Drawings has expanded to be hosted in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Amsterdam and Dubai.
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27 Oct 09
David Adjaye
David Adjaye OBE is principal architect of Adjaye Associates.
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12 Feb 09
Takemura joins Tokyo Olympic pitch
Design News
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Interaction Design
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Design Thinking
Shin-ichi Takemura, known for his Tangible Earth project, has authored the Tokyo 2016 vision in pitching for the greenest games ever.
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1 Feb 09
Rhode hits London streets
Design News
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South African art lovers have long known that Robin Rhode's stop-motion street-inspired art is too cool for school, now he's hit London.
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1 Nov 08
Processed space
Opinion
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Design Thinking
Cascoland producer and evangelist, Vincent Truter explains what it means to be one among many.
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1 May 08
Flotsam and jetsam
Design News
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Design Thinking
Ryan Frank is repurposing the debris of the urban ocean into quirky eco-sensitive furniture.
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1 Aug 07
Detour
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A collection of images of the urban landscape by photographer Marc Shoul.
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1 Nov 02
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