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  • Kitchen collection
    Creative Work • 16 Nov 12
    Alessi's new collection of kitchenware looks at elegance and sophistication for the modern kitchen. >
  • Nostalgic smells
    Creative Work • 16 Nov 12
    From Indian weddings to British tea times, Tom Dixon has created a series of candles that evoke nostalgic memories. >
  • Flaming up
    Creative Work • 15 Nov 12
    Select Cape Town jewellers unite for the "Breath of Fire" jewellery exhibition, revealing a delicate beauty in handmade designs. >
  • Miss Arty
    Creative Work • 14 Nov 12
    Pauline Irvine combines her love of paper designs with her interest in paper cutting, as a form of illustration. >
  • Made for work
    Creative Work • 13 Nov 12
    “Workbay” - a new design by the Bouroullec brothers for Vitra - proposes a more organic, human-centred, approach to collaborative work. >
  • Adorned
    Creative Work • 13 Nov 12
    Challenging the traditional conventions of jewellery design, South African designer Beverley Price exhibits at globally curated "Unexpected Pleasures". >
  • Bart Hess at Dutch Design Week
    Bart Hess at Dutch Design Week
    Interviews • 9 Nov 12
    Bart Hess’s Work With Me People exhibition at Dutch Design Week 2012 involved the audience in the production of things like “futuristic fur”. >
  • Hema by Studio Tjep. Photo: Tjep.
    Full of colour
    Creative Work • 8 Nov 12
    The elegant use of colour characterises Studio Tjep's redesign of the cosmetics department of European retailer Hema. >
  • History, burning
    Creative Work • 8 Nov 12
    Faith47's first solo exhibition, Fragments of a Burnt History, at David Krut Projects in Johannesburg, interprets daily life in this bustling city. >
  • Tribal effect
    Creative Work • 8 Nov 12
    Drawing inspiration from tribal elements, Stefano Giovannoni has designed a lamp that is powerful, yet soft in ambiance. >
  • Cool for school
    Creative Work • 7 Nov 12
    Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed a series of comfortable and cost-effective furniture pieces for the revamp of Kobenhavns University. >
  • Massoud Hassani at Dutch Design Week
    Interviews • 7 Nov 12
    Massoud Hassani created an exhibition space in his living room for Dutch Design Week 2012. >
  • Obama 30 Reasons
    Creative Work • 6 Nov 12
    30 days. 30 designers. 30 reasons to re-elect President Obama. >
  • Joyful jewellery
    Creative Work • 5 Nov 12
    With names like "Little Sly" fox and "Pistol Bunny Scurry" rabbit, one can't help but smile at Trinket Designs' quirky jewellery pieces. >
  • Marble monolith
    Creative Work • 5 Nov 12
    Taking inspiration from the WWII shrapnel damage still seen on walls around London, BarberOsgerby have designed an interesting piece of street furniture. >
  • Spring into summer
    Creative Work • 3 Nov 12
    Flower Safari, an exhibition of work by Cape Town designers, celebrates all that is pretty and inspiring about summer. >
  • Creative overview
    Creative Work • 2 Nov 12
    Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec showcase their collaborative process of the past 15 years at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. >
  • People, passion, pride
    Creative Work • 2 Nov 12
    With their bead and wire creations, Streetwires brings a little bit of African wildlife into the home. >
  • Formafantasma at Dutch Design Week 2012
    Interviews • 1 Nov 12
    Formafantasma look at the history of materials, rather than their technical function, when designing. >
  • Through the lens of Satyendra Pakhalé
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 12
    Satyendra Pakhalé looks to the moon, and beyond, in discussing why we should worry about the moon when there are enough issues on Earth. >
  • Ode to the logo
    Point of View • 31 Oct 12
    Rest in peace to the logos of yesteryear. A new publication by The Stone Twins commemorates dead logotypes. >
  • Cardboard construction
    Creative Work • 31 Oct 12
    Shigeru Ban has created a temporary pavilion out of cardboard to host the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow. >
  • Advanced in design
    Creative Work • 30 Oct 12
    Gavin Rooke's "Stand 47" project seeks to build a house that adapts to changing needs while maintaining an intrinsic value. >
  • Pedro Reyes, Imagine, 2012. Photography Cannon Bernáldez. Commissioned by Alumnos47. Images courtesy of the artist and Alumnos47
    Sounds of redemption
    Creative Work • 29 Oct 12
    Pedro Reyes transformed destroyed weapons into liberating musical instruments in his latest work "Imagine". >

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