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Vitra Design Museum looks to Africa
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African Design
The institution plans a major exhibition on contemporary African design in spring 2015.
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1 Oct 14
Eve bench by Frank Böhm Studios
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The Cape Town-based architect begins a series of slender, clean-lined benches.
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30 Sep 14
Light and shadow
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Architecture & Interiors
The subtle play of light through the spaces of this children's facility in the Japanese town of Yamadi-machi is designed to encourage healing.
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29 Sep 14
Well-heeled
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"Killer Heels" at the Brooklyn Museum explores the cultural history of the high heel.
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29 Sep 14
Walls that talk
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Robin Sprong Wallpaper wants to plaster your walls in pattern. Here are three recent collaborations with locally based designers.
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29 Sep 14
Aeon Rocket pendant light by Morten Voss
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Danish designer's new light harmoniously marries rigid material and malleable plastic.
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28 Sep 14
Lullaby pendant lamp by Monica Förster
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Product Design
The Swedish designer's harmonious angular light was inspired by the work of Isamu Noguchi.
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27 Sep 14
Inspiring Creativity
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Creative Economy
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Film & Animation
Poverty, humour, music, delusion – 21 artists tell us what drives their creative impulse.
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26 Sep 14
"This Time" by TheCITY
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Music & Sound Design
Romantic and uplifting, this track by a unique-sounding band puts a futuristic, jazzy twist on an old-timey melody.
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25 Sep 14
Lattice work
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African Design
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Cape Town-based Leg Studios launches a range of decor products inspired by nomadic African patterns.
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25 Sep 14
Emotional ceramics
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Craft
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Students explore the future of this ancient material in "Ceramic Futures" at the CERSAIE expo of ceramic tiles and sanitaryware in Bologna, Italy.
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25 Sep 14
Cork & Felt rugs by Hella Jongerius
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Product Design
The Dutch designer's collection for Danskina breaks away from traditional materials and manufacturing techniques.
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23 Sep 14
Bag it
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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The cheap "China bag" has become a symbol of migration in Africa – and a popular material for artists and designers to reimagine.
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23 Sep 14
Grandest of them all
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
The four winners of Grand Prix awards at this weekend's Loeries celebrated real-life, digital, print and radio.
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22 Sep 14
Topiary Lamps by Vera & Kyte
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Product Design
This high-impact light by the Norwegian duo rethinks the traditional lampshade.
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21 Sep 14
Tharsis Sleeps
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Film & Animation
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Music & Sound Design
The embroidery in this animation is the first clue that this is not your average heavy metal music video.
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18 Sep 14
"Summer" by Alpha Wilde
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Music & Sound Design
Sink into summer with a quiet warmth, lazy vocals and just a touch of scattered synthesised sound.
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18 Sep 14
Orla sofa by Jasper Morrison
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Product Design
A new sofa by the influential British designer for Italian furniture brand Cappellini goes on show at 2014 London Design Festival.
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18 Sep 14
The story behind London Design Festival's identity for 2014
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Pentagram partner Domenic Lippa tells us what inspired this year's visual identity for the London Design Festival.
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17 Sep 14
Subway reading
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual, a feat of design brilliance by Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda, is about to be turned into a book.
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17 Sep 14
Tropical Noire by Simone Brewster
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Product Design
The London-based designer's new vessels, inspired by African woodcarvings, are unveiled at London Design Festival today.
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16 Sep 14
Reminder: Enter the A’ Design Awards
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The standard deadline for this global design competition is 30 September. Latecomers pay extra so register and submit your work today!
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15 Sep 14
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Hacked notebooks
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Graphic Design & Illustration
An exhibition of Moleskine notebooks customised by and containing the sketches of designers is on exhibition in London.
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14 Sep 14
Crafted elements
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Craft
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Product Design
Lina Kanafani's London Design Festival show brings together diverse work illustrating the impact of craft on the design process.
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13 Sep 14
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