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  • Panoptical
    Point of View • 15 Aug 11
    Photographer Mikhael Subotzky and artist Patrick Waterhouse have been capturing the shifting moods of Ponte City in Jo’burg since 2008. >
  • Tracking change
    Creative Work • 15 Aug 11
    Rapid rail travel aboard the Gautrain has the potential to revitalise Johannesburg and Pretoria as thriving urban environments. >
  • (In)formal connections
    Creative Work • 15 Aug 11
    Jorge Mario Jáuregui works to integrate Rio de Janeiro’s favelas with the formal city, using articulation through public spaces. >
  • Endemic systems
    Point of View • 15 Aug 11
    Known for its chaotic masses and vast economic disparities, Mumbai’s slums do not need a bulldozer but an alternative perspective. >
  • The power of 10
    Point of View • 15 Aug 11
    Using the city as the context for design, ExpoTENtial employs creativity as the driving force for a higher quality urban experience. >
  • Of war reborn
    Point of View • 15 Aug 11
    While the remnants of 25 years of civil war clings to the urban fabric of Beirut, the city has managed to reinvent itself slowly. >
  • Dignified chaos
    Creative Work • 15 Aug 11
    The most populous city in China, Shanghai is experiencing urban development and cultural renewal on a grand scale. >
  • Stranger
    Point of View • 15 Aug 11
    Photographer Damien Schumann spent six months documenting the fraught USA-Mexican border cities. >
  • Outside the Plaça de Toros, Luanda’s colonial-era bullfighting ring.
    Paradise?
    Point of View • 15 Aug 11
    Today life in Angola might seem bleak, but for the infrastructural development. Yet the people are convinced of the possibilities. >
  • Design with the Other 90%: CITIES
    Minus 90%
    Point of View • 15 Aug 11
    Design with the Other 90%: CITIES calls on design to address the most critical issues arising from the impact of mass urbanisation. >
  • One x one
    Interviews • 15 Aug 11
    From Berlin to Burkina Faso, Francis Kéré is building a bridge using education, upliftment, local materials and energy efficiency. >
  • Luyanda Mpahlwa + Mokena Makeka
    Interviews • 15 Aug 11
    Mokena Makeka and Luyanda Mpahlwa chat about using public space, culture, fun and romance to create an African architectural identity. >
  • Shadowless
    Creative Work • 15 Aug 11
    No Shadow is a collection of sculptures by Makoto Tojiki that uses light as a form of expression. >
  • Soho Synagogue. Photo: John M Hall.
    Soho Synagogue
    Creative Work • 15 Aug 11
    Soho Synagogue by Dror Benshetrit brings design direction and interventions to a Jewish place of worship. >
  • Rememberme. Photo: Tania Feghali.
    Never forgotten
    Creative Work • 12 Aug 11
    Can't get rid of old clothes for sentimental reasons? Why not use it to craft a chair? Like the Rememberme chair. >
  • Zeilgalerie. Photo: Emanuel Raab. Copyright: 3deluxe.
    Public light
    Creative Work • 12 Aug 11
    A light installation on the façade of the Zeilgalerie in Frankfurt hopes to make this building an architectural highlight in the city. >
  • Modern reinvention
    Creative Work • 12 Aug 11
    A design concept by Tsai Design Studio and Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers draws on historical relationships to modernise a building. >
  • Faena by Nandipha Mntambo
    Creations in cowhide
    Creative Work • 12 Aug 11
    Using cowhide as her main canvas, Nandipha Mntambo challenges social and cultural norms with her creative work. >
  • Bicycle Library
    Creative Work • 12 Aug 11
    Here's a different type of library, one where you can borrow bicyles rather than books. >
  • Leaving footprints
    Creative Work • 12 Aug 11
    Umcebo Design is planning an exhibition for Durban that looks to ways in which art and craft can address climate change. >
  • Solid by Magnus Pettersen.
    Solid
    Creative Work • 11 Aug 11
    Concrete was the preferred material choice for Magnus Pettersen's desk accessories. >
  • Plain Cigarette Packaging by Jennifer Noon and Sarah Shaw.
    Un-design
    Creative Work • 11 Aug 11
    Could ugly, badly designed packaging discourage people from smoking? >
  • New Things by Senyol, Southey and Mackay Studio.
    New Things
    Creative Work • 11 Aug 11
    Senyol, Southey and Mackay Studio present New Things, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints. >
  • Jaguchi by Nendo for Elecom.
    Tap stand
    Creative Work • 10 Aug 11
    Nendo's new stand for smartphones and tablets resembles water dripping from a tap. >

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