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  • Maka Table by MDC Interiors.
    Place to grow
    Creative Work • 4 Feb 12
    Dear Mr Carpenter: How does your garden grow? With reclaimed wood, succulents and inspiration from nature. >
  • Tintown designs.
    Little less ordinary
    Creative Work • 3 Feb 12
    Made in metal, Tintown's gorgeous range of clocks, mirrors, candleholders and more, are great for adding a touch of whimsy to any interior. >
  • Bright green bow pump by Coast & Koi.
    Feet first
    Creative Work • 2 Feb 12
    Put your best foot forward with Coast & Koi's gorgeous range of shoes. >
  • Scent expert Sissel Tolaas visits Cape Town
    Interviews • 1 Feb 12
    Scent expert Sissel Tolaas captures the smell of Cape Town and shows how the nose can be used to dig into the micro-level of a city. >
  • Hope Bird by Jaime Hayón.
    Gold stand
    Creative Work • 1 Feb 12
    Approach the future with optimism. Jaime Hayón's Hope Bird will lead the way. >
  • Trinket Design.
    Trinket treasures
    Creative Work • 1 Feb 12
    Inspired by nature, Trinket Design's range of unique jewellery pieces are trinkets worth treasuring. >
  • Temple to Perspective.
    Alternate structure
    Creative Work • 31 Jan 12
    The Temple to Perspective, commissioned by Alain de Botton, is envisioned to be the world's first temple for atheists. >
  • Pothole Gardening.
    Fixing holes
    Creative Work • 31 Jan 12
    A pretty little garden scene in a pothole on the streets of London is a great way to make people smile and alert them to potholes. >
  • Promise Land by Stuart Bird.
    Land of promise
    Creative Work • 30 Jan 12
    Promise Land is an exhibition at Goodman Gallery in Cape Town that considers the position of the artist and individual in contemporary South Africa. >
  • FOSC art installation by Martí Guixé.
    Nap time
    Creative Work • 30 Jan 12
    When too much shopping wears you down, you can always enter Martí Guixé's Figurative Office Siesta Cubicle for a little break. >
  • Interior outlines
    Creative Work • 28 Jan 12
    Lorenzo Nassimbeni recently designed a set of four murals for a Swiss company, all depicting prolific building in their portfolio. >
  • Billboard House by Apostrophy's.
    Commercial sides
    Creative Work • 27 Jan 12
    The Billboard House by Thai designers Apostrophy's offers an interesting and feasible alternative to outdoor advertising media. >
  • Tie-break chair by Bertjan Pot.
    Net comfort
    Creative Work • 26 Jan 12
    Get the strawberries and cream, it's time to get comfy in the Tie-break chair, made with tennis netting. >
  • Digital library
    Creative Work • 25 Jan 12
    The Digital Library in Sao Paulo, Brazil, combines high-tech with analogue to create a comfortable look and feel for a family home. >
  • Gravity Stool by Jólan van der Wiel.
    Forces of gravity
    Creative Work • 25 Jan 12
    The Gravity Stool uses the natural forces of gravity and magnetism in the production process. >
  • Sabi's Vitality Line by Yves Béhar.
    Easy does it
    Creative Work • 24 Jan 12
    Vitality Line is a new range of products, designed by Yves Béhar, aimed at making medication management products look less sterile and cheap. >
  • Final feasts
    Creative Work • 23 Jan 12
    Photographer Melanie Dunea was curious about the last meal the world's top chefs would want to have. She documented it in a collection of visual delight. >
  • Trade Union by Studio Earnest.
    Profiles in plastic
    Creative Work • 23 Jan 12
    The Trade Union project uses a starch-based plastic to create biodegradable vessels that explore the correlation between industrial processes and craft. >
  • For the love of paper
    Creative Work • 19 Jan 12
    Yulia Brodskaya's love of paper inspires her to transform the material into elaborate 3-D artworks that shed a new light on the possibilities of paper craft. >
  • Wonderbag: Cooking for cleaner air
    Creative Work • 17 Jan 12
    Innovation firm Frog teamed up with SA company Wonderbag to create a mobile app that can track energy and CO2 savings gained from using their heat-retention bag >
  • Order to print
    Creative Work • 17 Jan 12
    Silicone, chocolate, cheese and concrete are just some of the materials the Imagine 3D printer can use to print shapes. >
  • Daisy Ginsberg: Synthetic Biology
    Interviews • 17 Jan 12
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg explores how synthetic biology and design can be utilised to do useful things, engineering a better future. >
  • Patched works
    Creative Work • 17 Jan 12
    Dutch designers Herso's range of "patchwork" furniture is made with reclaimed wood, non-toxic glue and all their by-products are recycled. >
  • Barcelona Rock: Bringing the mountain to the city
    Creative Work • 15 Jan 12
    Barcelona Rock is a proposed new landmark on the Spanish city's skyline made from the rock of Montserrat. If you can't bring Mohammed to the mountain... >

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