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  • A Book Shelf by Miriam Aust.
    Built to size
    Creative Work • 4 Nov 10
    A modular shelving solution by Miriam Aust allows for books to take up a new (design) function within the home. >
  • Marinemine furniture by Mati Karmin.
    Mine for keeps
    Creative Work • 4 Nov 10
    Nobody likes a bomb in their home, except when it's been converted into an interesting piece of furniture. >
  • AmaZink Eatery.
    Simply AmaZink
    Creative Work • 3 Nov 10
    Vibrant, colourful, funky and with subtle Cuban influences in the heart of a South African township… Welcome to AmaZink Eatery. >
  • Drawing Machine by Joseph L Griffiths.
    Pedal power
    Creative Work • 3 Nov 10
    The creative process is a familiar concept but what about a creative cycle, almost like riding a bicycle. >
  • Hang on to your Drawers by Furniture Magpies.
    Magpies and makeovers
    Creative Work • 3 Nov 10
    Creative alternatives to mass-produced furniture are always welcome. And of course it doesn’t hurt that it’s chic and ultra-modern. >
  • Develop a New Angle on Concrete.
    The beauty of concrete
    Creative Work • 3 Nov 10
    Concrete is not something that's readily associated with beauty and creativity, but when viewed from a different angle, it can inspire. >
  • Transkei Cows - textile design.
    Treasure chest
    Creative Work • 2 Nov 10
    Design Kist is an interesting new online design studio to showcase the work of South African creatives. >
  • Camioncyclette by Christophe Machet.
    Basket case
    Creative Work • 2 Nov 10
    Cycling is the ideal alternative in car-crowded cities. And with a new design, you can carry cargo on the bike too. >
  • Cart designed and made by Paulo Cezar de Jesus, one of the most inventive street vendors of Salvador. Photo: Mariana Chama.
    Design by the other 90%
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 10
    The streets of Brazil are full of startling design solutions by ordinary people driven by pure human need. >
  • Stick in the mud
    Point of View • 1 Nov 10
    Add water to soil. Mix. Build house. Architect Malcolm Worby crusades the benefits of mud brick building, writes Delia de Villiers. >
  • Penny Farthing.
    Penny wise
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 10
    They're called classics for a reason, because they're elegant, timeless and oh-so desirable, like the Penny Farthing bicycle. >
  • Alejandro Aravena: Elemental housing solution in Santa Catarina, Mexico. Photo: Ramiro Ramirez.
    The good half house
    Interviews • 1 Nov 10
    Elemental in Chile is doing more than half-heartedly answering the question of social housing. Alejandro Aravena talks to Nadine Botha. >
  • I can
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 10
    What would happen if school children in India started designing solutions to social problems? Something very significant... >
  • Backyard design
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 10
    Emily Pilloton is enlisting a new generation of design activists through her work as a high school teacher in North Carolina. >
  • Kurukuru-maki
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 10
    A Heath Nash chair design that you can make at home. >
  • Bos Ice Tea. Packaging design by The President.
    Going bos
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 10
    Tea in a can has never been this cool... and refreshing, and tasty. And have you checked out the packaging? >
  • The bespoke comeback
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 10
    A splurge of second generation bicycles have recently flooded the design wires. >
  • Afronaut
    Interviews • 1 Nov 10
    If Apple won us over with the power of design, could design bring Ubuntu to the masses? Guy Bedford gets geeky with Mark Shuttleworth. >
  • Google this
    Point of View • 1 Nov 10
    “Get the genius out the building”, is Robert Wong’s brief as creative director of Google Creative Lab. >
  • Afterfacts
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 10
    In the future gallery of now, photographer Guido Schwarz turns the gaze to nostalgic artefacts that inspirit a second life. >
  • The wing surface of the Morpho butterfly. Courtesy of the Biomimicry Institute.
    Second nature
    Point of View • 1 Nov 10
    Whatever we need to do to sustain our lives, nature already does, writes Beth Peterson. >
  • Game on
    Point of View • 1 Nov 10
    A fascinating and emerging design field, a game is one of the most collaborative projects a designer can take on, writes Michael Edwards. >
  • Die Antwoord. Photo: Sean Meterlerkamp.
    From the Zef Side to the Guggenheim
    Creative Work • 1 Nov 10
    It's not every day that a zef band from South Africa makes it big in the Guggenheim... >
  • Martela Koop egg chair by Karim Rashid.
    Egg-static
    Creative Work • 31 Oct 10
    All we want is an egg chair... by Karim Rashid! >

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