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  • Cups of cocoa
    Creative Work • 19 May 11
    fuseproject's Talamanca Cocoa project raises awareness about the positive aspects of organic cocoa farming in Costa Rica. >
  • Quilted
    Creative Work • 18 May 11
    The honeycomb-like Quilt series of sofas and chairs by the Bouroullec Brothers now comes in a new colourway. >
  • Cathedral moods
    Creative Work • 17 May 11
    Anish Kapoor's cathedral-like installation in Paris reflects on the transitive nature of instants. >
  • Light bulb moment
    Creative Work • 17 May 11
    Google have launched an LED light bulb which can be controlled by any Android device, paving the way for a new type of energy efficiency. >
  • Pattern people
    Creative Work • 16 May 11
    Renée Rossouw and Laduma Ngxokolo take abstract patterns from school-day simplicity to allusions about personal identity. >
  • Handling pressure
    Creative Work • 16 May 11
    A new innovation allows people to monitor their blood pressure using their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. >
  • Mesh-merised
    Creative Work • 16 May 11
    Tom Dixon's Mesh chair aspires to be almost invisible. >
  • A material world
    Creative Work • 15 May 11
    The four young partners of Fibra Design Sustentável are rethinking our material world. Theirs is no small goal, nor easy task. >
  • Considered design space
    Creative Work • 15 May 11
    The Milan Furniture Fair celebrateed its golden jubilee this year, drawing some 320 000 visitors. >
  • 20Q: Danielle Ehrlich
    Interviews • 15 May 11
    LIV is Danielle Ehrlich's design company. She is passionate about design that is environmentally, culturally and socially sensitive. >
  • 20Q: Thingking
    Interviews • 15 May 11
    Marc Nicolson and Lyall Sprong of Thingking would like to contribute towards ideas and objects that have a meaningful impact on people. >
  • Maarten Baas + Christien Meindertsma
    Interviews • 15 May 11
    Maarten Baas and Christien Meindertsma have known each other since their Design Academy Eindhoven student days. >
  • 20Q: Pedersen + Lennard
    Interviews • 15 May 11
    James Lennard and Luke Pedersen use a combination of handmade and machine-made techniqies to make functional and beautiful designs. >
  • 20Q: John Edwards
    Interviews • 15 May 11
    Architect by day, designer by night. John Edwards is currently working on a new modular furniture range for small spaces. >
  • 20Q: Katie Thompson
    Interviews • 15 May 11
    Using discarded junk, each item of Katie Thompson's Recreate range of furniture, lighting and interiors is infused with character. >
  • 20Q: Aram Lello
    Interviews • 15 May 11
    Italian architect and designer Aram Lello won the Western Cape Furniture Design Competition at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo. >
  • 20Q: Ian Kelynack
    Interviews • 15 May 11
    Ian Kelynack of Isle of Trees made his Design Indaba Expo debut this year. His sustainable work won him the Most Creative Stand Award. >
  • Shoot from the hip
    Point of View • 15 May 11
    Can one really out hip a photographer? What happens when one hipster calls three other hipsters "hipster"? >
  • Design as dance
    Creative Work • 15 May 11
    Calling on the power of artistry to move a viewer, Dror Benshetrit proposes modern dance as a fitting analogy for luxury design. >
  • Painting Obscura
    Point of View • 15 May 11
    Critics and scholars read Zander Blom’s art as a contemporary South African revision of Modernism. >
  • Diana by CJ Parker.
    Illustrious
    Point of View • 15 May 11
    After years of experiencing a creative identity crisis, South African illustration is gradually coming into its own. >
  • Shy The Sun
    Sunny Side Up
    Creative Work • 15 May 11
    Shy The Sun has taken their brand of quirky fantasy and broken commercial boundaries both locally and abroad. >
  • West Coast Forager
    Creative Work • 15 May 11
    Bokkoms, dune spinach and dried seaweed are just some of the unique ingredients Kobus van der Merwe uses in his locavore dishes. >

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