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  • Cocoon Plan sofa - bamboo.
    Perfect harmony
    Creative Work • 9 Sep 10
    A 100% silk covered chair sounds like the ultimate luxury. That, and it’s promoting traditional Taiwanese craft. >
  • Inside Out by Joe Paine.
    Creeping out
    Creative Work • 9 Sep 10
    Joe Paine's solo exhibition Inside Out showcases a variety of interesting products, suitable for indoors and outdoors. >
  • Another Country launch collection.
    International influence
    Creative Work • 9 Sep 10
    The Tramshed Event is hoping to add some international flair to the London Design Festival through a collaborative show. >
  • Engaging the city
    Interviews • 8 Sep 10
    Architecture must work to make our society more robust, Mokena Makeka believes. He shares his thoughts on public spaces and longevity. >
  • Chicken to Change. Photo: Jonx Pillemer.
    Challenging chickens
    Creative Work • 7 Sep 10
    Chicken to Change is a brilliant collaboration between Freshlyground and ZA News, commenting on the leadership of Robert Mugabe. >
  • Ageing in Africa - Ivory Coast.
    Places and spaces
    Interviews • 7 Sep 10
    From Architizer to African old-age homes. Matthias Hollwich talks about architecture, art and life. >
  • Jimmyjane Form 3 vibrator.
    Pleasurable plaything
    Creative Work • 7 Sep 10
    Touch and play. It’s that simple to maximise pleasure with Yves Béhar’s new Form 3 vibrator. >
  • Jodi Bieber.
    20Q: Jodi Bieber
    Interviews • 6 Sep 10
    Pictures really do speak a thousand words, and Jodi Bieber's recently proved it. She also believes in love and the comfort of home. >
  • Heidi Liebenberg.
    20Q: Heidi Liebenberg of Urbanative
    Interviews • 6 Sep 10
    Her designs are contemporary, cutting-edge and oh-so-desirable, probably because Heidi Liebenberg of Urbanative is rather adventurous. >
  • Mind-Sets by Ineke Hans.
    Of one mind
    Creative Work • 6 Sep 10
    Mind-Sets, a solo exhibition by Ineke Hans, is a look at what happens when a designer sets her mind to it. >
  • "Detached" against urban background.
    Dis-engaged
    Creative Work • 6 Sep 10
    “Detached” is an examination of the architectural tension between context and object. >
  • Mingo Lamberti.
    20Q: Brad Hodgskiss from Mingo Lamberti
    Interviews • 6 Sep 10
    Brad Hodgskiss from Mingo Lamberti is passionate about the Republic and likes that he can take surfing holidays whenever he wants to. >
  • Bob's Your Uncle logo.
    Bob's your uncle
    Creative Work • 6 Sep 10
    Wine in a beer bottle? We'll say cheers to that! >
  • Trame mirror system.
    Private preview
    Creative Work • 6 Sep 10
    Inga Sempé’s new mirror system allows for a bit of voyeurism, if you will. >
  • Ceramic Vase 2010 by Clementina van der Walt.
    By hand and with heart
    Creative Work • 5 Sep 10
    Designers, artists, crafters: It's time to start thinking of the handmade designs you want to submit to the Cape Craft and Design Institute. >
  • Hoola Hoop 1 from Childhood Series.
    Feelings in plastic
    Creative Work • 5 Sep 10
    Mbongeni Buthelezi's latest exhibition of melted plastic "paintings" explore the feelings that have characterised his life. >
  • Boderline, Hungary Pavilion. Photo: Tamás Bujnovszky.
    All lined up
    Creative Work • 2 Sep 10
    The Hungary Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale illustrated how straight lines can be translated into architecture. >
  • Hero Pin by Marcel Wanders.
    Small pin, big heart
    Creative Work • 2 Sep 10
    Marcel Wanders’s latest project explores the values that matter most in life, like love. >
  • Inspired by BIS Publishers.
    For the sake of inspiration
    Point of View • 2 Sep 10
    Inspiration and the creative process are thought to be bedfellows. A new book, Inspired, explores to what extent the two rely on each other. >
  • Women of the Sun Film Festival invitation.
    Females making films
    Creative Work • 1 Sep 10
    The Women of the Sun Film Festival recognises the contribution African women are making to the continent's emerging film industry. >
  • The Pravda Royal Collection.
    Fit for royalty
    Creative Work • 1 Sep 10
    It's time to put your creative and edgy jewellery designs onto paper and submit it for Pravda Vodka's royal collection. >
  • Apen Art Museum. Photo via designboom.
    Natural agreement
    Creative Work • 31 Aug 10
    Ensuring harmony between the existing architecture and the natural landscape is Shigeru Ban’s key objective with a new design in Aspen. >
  • Collector's Loft. Photo: Iwan Baan.
    Lofty aims
    Creative Work • 31 Aug 10
    The design of a new loft in downtown Manhattan explores the interaction between gallery and living space. >
  • Park Sujin's "Time" series.
    Time and evolution
    Creative Work • 31 Aug 10
    A collection of furniture by a Korean designer considers aspects of time, evolution and surrealism. >

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