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Designs in sawdust
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Product Design
Collect sawdust, add resin, press into mould and voila - you have very interesting furnture pieces, as Yoav Avinoam discovered.
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16 Aug 11
Mind Over Matter
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Graphic Design & Illustration
An exhibition at Kemistry Gallery pays tribute to Alan Fletcher on the 10th anniversary of the publication of The Art of Looking Sideways.
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16 Aug 11
Live transformation
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Product Design
Designer Paul Cocksedge transforms old LP records into smartphone sound amplifiers.
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16 Aug 11
Design can-do
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Design Thinking
The inaugural What Design Can Do conference brought together designers, thinkers and doers working in a transformative space.
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15 Aug 11
DIY Hybrids
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Craft
With Hybrids, Brazilian designer Rodrigo Almeida explores material culture, craftmanship and tradition.
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15 Aug 11
Tracking change
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Urban & Landscape Design
Rapid rail travel aboard the Gautrain has the potential to revitalise Johannesburg and Pretoria as thriving urban environments.
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15 Aug 11
(In)formal connections
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Architecture & Interiors
Jorge Mario Jáuregui works to integrate Rio de Janeiro’s favelas with the formal city, using articulation through public spaces.
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15 Aug 11
Dignified chaos
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Urban & Landscape Design
The most populous city in China, Shanghai is experiencing urban development and cultural renewal on a grand scale.
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15 Aug 11
Shadowless
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No Shadow is a collection of sculptures by Makoto Tojiki that uses light as a form of expression.
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15 Aug 11
Soho Synagogue
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Architecture & Interiors
Soho Synagogue by Dror Benshetrit brings design direction and interventions to a Jewish place of worship.
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15 Aug 11
Never forgotten
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Product Design
Can't get rid of old clothes for sentimental reasons? Why not use it to craft a chair? Like the Rememberme chair.
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12 Aug 11
Public light
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Architecture & Interiors
A light installation on the façade of the Zeilgalerie in Frankfurt hopes to make this building an architectural highlight in the city.
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12 Aug 11
Modern reinvention
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Architecture & Interiors
A design concept by Tsai Design Studio and Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers draws on historical relationships to modernise a building.
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12 Aug 11
Creations in cowhide
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Art & Photography
Using cowhide as her main canvas, Nandipha Mntambo challenges social and cultural norms with her creative work.
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12 Aug 11
Bicycle Library
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Urban & Landscape Design
Here's a different type of library, one where you can borrow bicyles rather than books.
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12 Aug 11
Leaving footprints
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Craft
Umcebo Design is planning an exhibition for Durban that looks to ways in which art and craft can address climate change.
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12 Aug 11
Solid
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Product Design
Concrete was the preferred material choice for Magnus Pettersen's desk accessories.
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11 Aug 11
Un-design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Could ugly, badly designed packaging discourage people from smoking?
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11 Aug 11
New Things
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Senyol, Southey and Mackay Studio present New Things, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints.
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11 Aug 11
Tap stand
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Product Design
Nendo's new stand for smartphones and tablets resembles water dripping from a tap.
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10 Aug 11
Jak
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Product Design
Karim Rashid has designed the Jak watch for Alessi.
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10 Aug 11
Very nice
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Product Design
Baja is a multi-purpose DIY solution for the desk shortages experienced in lower-income schools.
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9 Aug 11
Name your Hood
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Urban & Landscape Design
Hey Capetonians, show your hood some love by suggesting a cool name for it with the Name Your Hood competition.
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8 Aug 11
The Informal City
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Informal City of the 21st Century exhibition considers the challenges of informal settlements and looks at possible solutions.
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8 Aug 11
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