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Setting sail
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Architecture & Interiors
Yinka Shonibare's delicately crafted ship in a bottle is on public display in London and is bound to have children and adults fascinated.
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26 May 10
Beyond tomorrow
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Urban & Landscape Design
Sustainability is all the rage. Check out how designers are contributing to the global objective.
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26 May 10
Brazil's got the solar power tower
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It might look like something that belongs to a futuristic movie, but it may well become a symbol of Brazil’s commitment to a sustainability.
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26 May 10
Bruce Marks at the Edge Glass Gallery
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Craft
Renowned South African-born glass artist, Bruce Marks will be exhibiting his work at the Edge Glass Gallery in Cape Town.
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25 May 10
Comic relief
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Sometimes South Africans need to sit back and have a good ol' laugh at themselves. The group exhibition Foul! helps the laughing along.
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24 May 10
The Synthetic Kingdom
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Interaction Design
The Synthetic Kingdom by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg considers how natural or unnatural life will be classified when life is built by humans.
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24 May 10
Bedroom Biology for Teenagers
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Interaction Design
Dearbhaile Heaney’s Bedroom Biology for Teenagers is a guide to biological experimentation within the home using engineered bacteria.
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24 May 10
Cellularity
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Interaction Design
Cellularity by James King explores the development of cell-like structures, or “chells” that mimic the features of biological cells.
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24 May 10
Softest words
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Interaction Design
Softest Words by Kevin Grennan proposes a private love letter written in unique ink made of the saliva of two lovers.
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24 May 10
The Gaia Corporation
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Interaction Design
The Gaia Corporation by J Paul Neeley explores the implications of synthetic biology by imagining the world in 2023.
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24 May 10
(In)visible membrane
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Sonja Bäumel’s (In)visible Membrane is about life on the human body and its design applications.
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24 May 10
Venter creates synthetic life
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Interaction Design
We finally know why Dr J Craig Venter could not attend the 2010 Design Indaba Conference in person. Yesterday he announced his breakthrough.
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21 May 10
Three other designs from Milan 2010
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The Green Trace umbrella stand by Innovo, Forte musical furniture by 45 Kilo and Laikingland’s nonsensical machines.
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21 May 10
Swarovski at Milan 2010
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Product Design
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“1 crystal + 1 low energy LED light + a faceted paper shade = AMPLIFY” asserted Yves Béhar at this year’s Swarovski Crystal Palace.
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21 May 10
Four upcycled designs at Milan2010
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Bottleformball by Heath Nash, Saved by Droog, 380 Tiles by Vicolo Paglia Corta and Cuisine d'Objets by 5.5 designers.
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21 May 10
Six chairs from Milan 2010
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Industrial Design
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Alejandro Aravena, Tokujin Yoshioko, Patricia Urquiola, Marcel Wanders, Thomas Heatherwick and François Azambourg take a seat.
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21 May 10
The “Proef” is in the pudding
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Food Design
And not just the pudding… The beautifully designed food and festive ambiance at the new Proef restaurant will have you trying everything.
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20 May 10
Youth mag drives social change
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Creative Economy
Gavin Weale, winner of the UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur Award, is showing disadvantaged youths that creativity can change the world.
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20 May 10
Putting the fun in filing
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Industrial Design
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Orgafile is not another boring storage solution. It's as much fun as playing with Lego blocks and has won the coveted Red Dot Award.
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20 May 10
The power of solar systems
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Design Thinking
Nadine Botha reviews the annual Freewheeling Festival, which ran from 19 to 22 March 2010 at the Stanford Valley Guest Farm near Hermanus.
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19 May 10
Give a little sun love
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Ross Lovegrove's Velux Sun Tunnel can channel direct sunlight into the heart of any room.
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18 May 10
Monumental fashion
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
A collaboration between photographer Guido Schwarz and designer Lara Klawikowski was bound to be different.
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18 May 10
“Come on. I’m talking to you. Come on.”
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Music & Sound Design
Musicians Danny K and Kabelo Mabalane have revived the lyrics of "Shout" to call on South Africans to join the fight against crime.
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17 May 10
Braai… Brixton-style
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Product Design
Artist Zander Blom and designer Adriaan Hugo have together created the braai of all braais, “Die Laaste Braai”.
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17 May 10
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