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Fairground furniture
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Product Design
Marcelo Rosenbaum's latest collection of furniture, Caruaru, is inspired by one of the oldest cultural fairs in Brazil.
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25 Sep 10
Creative makeover
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
The healing power of art and creativity is helping to uplift and empower teen boys living on the streets of Cape Town.
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24 Sep 10
Viva vuvuzela!
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Product Design
Creativity knows no bounds and all of that, but this notion really comes to life with ideas for the reuse of the much-loved vuvuzela.
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23 Sep 10
When Chico met Rita
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Javier Mariscal's new animated film, Chico and Rita, is a story of love, passion and ambition with a great Latin jazz soundtrack.
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23 Sep 10
Urban considerations
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Architecture & Interiors
Architecture ZA sees some of the world's leading architects and cultural producers in discussion about sustainability, urban public spaces.
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22 Sep 10
Detract from doom
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Interaction Design
The Ars Electronica 2010 festival considered the world's impending doom and examined some of the innovative alternatives.
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21 Sep 10
Connecting people
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Interaction Design
Airside's new animations for Nokia are about connecting people, places and every day experiences.
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21 Sep 10
Poster people
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Graphic Design & Illustration
For many years posters have been an effective means of communicating social or political messages. Now see a local creative's take on it.
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21 Sep 10
Hats off
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Naoto Fukasawa's new collection of hats are made entirely of paper, but beautifully crafted.
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20 Sep 10
Bright lights
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Product Design
Nicolas Roope's Plumen is coming to the creative rescue of low energy light bulbs.
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19 Sep 10
Sizzling SodaStream
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Product Design
SodaStream is back on the scene. This time around it's eco-friendly and sports a funky Karim Rashid design.
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19 Sep 10
Mobile lifeline
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Information Design
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Design Thinking
The Lifeplayer is a new mobile innovation with the potential to dramatically improve the state of education in Africa.
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18 Sep 10
Saved by the Life Sack
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Industrial Design
The Life Sack is an innovative way to repurpose grain while also purifying contaminated water.
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18 Sep 10
Can-do accommodation
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
House-in-a-Can is both a cost-effective housing solution and a novel way of giving unused grain silos a second life.
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18 Sep 10
A stitch in time
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Craft
A charity initiative in the UK is teaching valuable craft skills to prisoners, and their designs are interestingly unique.
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17 Sep 10
Rural imitations
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Strolling through what feels like washing lines, conjures up feelings of being in a rural village while embracing its sensuality.
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17 Sep 10
Made in Japan
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Future Beauty is an exhibition that examines how Japanese fashion refined couture, challenged notions of beauty and turned fashion into art.
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15 Sep 10
Two wheeling
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A gorgeous coffee table book about local cycling culture will help to improve the lives of struggling bicycle commuters.
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15 Sep 10
Rockstars & reformers
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Creative Economy
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Music & Sound Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
PASS Radio effectively uses the internet to facilitate a progressive cause.
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15 Sep 10
Sand scribblings
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Sea, sand, sunshine and a dash of beautiful lettering and you've got a unique work of art on a totally natural canvas.
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13 Sep 10
Alternative weather forecast
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Scientific data is often up in the air. But when translated by artist Natalie Miebach it becomes a lot more tactile.
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13 Sep 10
Brief benefits
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Design Thinking
Proceeds from PACT's funky new underwear collection will help artist's with development disabilities.
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13 Sep 10
Innovative excellence
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Product Design
Super Design 2010 highlights the synergy between visual arts and design, and features the best in recent innovation.
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13 Sep 10
Journey through a city
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Brasilia, a group exhibition of vintage photographs, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the capital of Brazil.
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13 Sep 10
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