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  • Beat this bike!
    Creative Work • 20 May 09
    Yves Béhar designs the Mission One Electric Motorcycle, the first electric sports bike that features uncompromised performance. >
  • Chic Afrique
    Point of View • 15 May 09
    In line with their exciting live performances, the packaging of Gazelle’s debut CD, Chic Afrique, is an experience. >
  • Koos
    Point of View • 15 May 09
    Legendary post-punk 1980s agitators, Koos’s iconic so-called “black tape” has been re-mastered, repackaged and re-released. >
  • Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
    Point of View • 15 May 09
    Stefan Sagmeister designs the packaging for the collector's edition of David Byrne and Brian Eno's collaborative album. >
  • Big Idea
    Point of View • 15 May 09
    Big Idea, by Sandu Cultural Media, is a compilation of winning works from seven international design competitions. >
  • As We Like It
    Point of View • 15 May 09
    As We Like It, published by Arnoldsche, covers the past 20 years of teacher and student work at the Goldschmiedeschule mit Uhrmacherschule. >
  • Eye of the beholder
    Point of View • 15 May 09
    Miss Beautiful is a photographic investigation into South Africa’s pageants by Stan Engelbrecht, with supporting stories by Tamsen de Beer. >
  • Get green, already!
    Point of View • 15 May 09
    Going Green by Simon Gear obliterates all silly excuses for not making simple changes that will benefit you, the planet and your fellows. >
  • Inside today’s pantry
    Point of View • 15 May 09
    crEATe is a timely overview of the state of our world’s pantry, researched and written by the Future Laboratory, published by Gestalaten. >
  • Can you taste when food is made with love?
    Point of View • 15 May 09
    Marije Vogelzang's debut monograph, Eat Love, poses some intriguing questions regarding food an the act of eating. >
  • Cape craft companies strut their stuff in Germany
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    The Cape Craft and Design Institute took part on the dti stand at Ambiente, the annual German exhibition held in February. >
  • Reinvent yourself
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    Apply now to have your creativity rebooted by Paul Sahre, James Victore and Jan Wilker in their graphic design workshop from 20 to 25 July. >
  • Bey goes Brazilian
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    Dutch studio Makkink & Bey reinterpreted five classic pieces by Brazilian design masters. >
  • Third time lucky for Art Vespa entrant
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    After three attempts in four years, David Newenhuizen of BandC Group scooped first prize in the 2009 Art Vespa design competition. >
  • The architecture of fashion
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    SOUTH award finalist David West launched his Holbol Collection at Whatiftheworld in Cape Town during March. >
  • The hole ad
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    For an outdoor campaign for power drill Makita, Saatchi & Saatchi made 20 000 precision drilled holes to create an image of the tool. >
  • New order textiles
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    In an unusual collaboration, architect David Adjaye and graphic designer Peter Saville redo Kvadrat's showroom in London. >
  • Clay spandex
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    The 2009 Mercedes-Benz Award for South African Fashion Design went to Jo'burg design duo Black Coffee. >
  • Intimate scale
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    Philippe Bousquet, Geraldine Fenn and Marchand van Tonder exhibit their contemporary jewellery at the Bell-Roberts Gallery. >
  • Art funds libraries
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    Cape Town's Jupiter Drawing Room agency generate funds for the South African Mobile Libraries Association. >
  • Urban art on auction
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    Cape Town graffiti artists raise money for underprivileged communities and new urban art space opens in Woodstock. >
  • A crystal full of sugar
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    Impish Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has created a limited edition set of crystal for Baccarat. >
  • Nampak winners announced
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    Professional and student winners of the Nampak Packaging Design Challenge were announced at the 2009 Design Indaba Expo. >
  • Friends of Ruth Prowse
    Creative Work • 14 May 09
    Help raise funds for disadvantaged students to attend Ruth Prowse School of Art by creating a small art work before 8 June. >

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