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Lookbook: AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Kristen Malan’s “Halo” headpiece wins the AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS gold jewellery design competition.

14 Aug 14/ Advertorial
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Masashi Kawamura's crazy imagination comes to life

Q&A > Interaction Design

The Tokyo-born interactive designer on luck, sleepless nights and balancing fun with success.

14 Aug 14
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"Bone_Us" by Simiato

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Turn it down a notch with this downtempo track by South African beatmaker Simiato.

14 Aug 14
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Offis System by Raw Studio

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Raw Studio unveils a sleek system of furniture to suit the changing needs of modern work habits.

13 Aug 14
00:35:21

Michel Rojkind on a design strategy to cope with overstimulation

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

The Mexican architect shares three ways he wades through our world of chaos and flux to create award-winning work.

13 Aug 14
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Guerilla Architect – trailer

Design News > Film & Animation

Watch a preview of the first episode of "Rebel Architecture", Al Jazeera's new documentary series on architects who push the boundaries of the profession.

12 Aug 14
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Veld couch and Pebble Stool by Dokter and Misses

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Dokter and Misses are on a collab kick – this time with renowned felt artist Ronel Jordaan.

11 Aug 14
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Jens Martin Skibsted: Humanity needs to focus on two things

Q&A > Product Design

The Danish designer and creator of Biomega bicycles on his love for t-shirts and why he doesn't do sci-fi.

11 Aug 14
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Soldier Screens by Dokter and Misses and Gone Rural.

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Dokter and Misses collaborates with Gone Rural to create a new partition screen system.

11 Aug 14
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Dakar's new creative wave

African Report > Design Activism

In Senegal’s capital, a collective of creative activists called Les Petites Pierres is taking back the city for the sake of art.

11 Aug 14
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Focus On: Water

Focus On > Product Design

The total usable freshwater supply for ecosystems and humans is less than 1% of all freshwater resources. We roundup designs that are water wise.

10 Aug 14
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Lookbook: Open Field

Lookbook > Urban & Landscape Design

The wild natural gardens of Piet Oudolf belie the masterful hand that conceived them. A new exhibition of his sketches reveals his creative process.

10 Aug 14
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Focus On: Women in design

Focus On > Graphic Design & Illustration

We look back at some of the phenomenal women who have graced the stage of Design Indaba Conference and who are making an indelible mark on the world.

9 Aug 14
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African architecture on the global agenda

Reviews > Architecture & Interiors

The recent UIA2014 conference in Durban presented an opportunity to discuss the priorities for architects in Africa, writes Sean O'Toole.

9 Aug 14
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Piet Oudolf – Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

FilmFestFriday > Urban & Landscape Design

Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf takes us on a walk through the seasons and their perennial cycle of bloom and decay.

8 Aug 14
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Next Generation: Jess Gouws

Next Generation > Fashion & Jewellery Design

This young local jewellery designer tells us about finding beauty in old and discarded objects.

8 Aug 14
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Take Five

Take Five > Graphic Design & Illustration

Art and architecture came out tops with readers this week.

8 Aug 14
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"Someway Bi" by M.anifest

Track of the Week > Music & Sound Design

Succumb to the slick verbal gymnastics and hip-turning melody of this track by Ghanaian artist M.anifest.

7 Aug 14
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The Sticky Brick Fingers

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of "The Sticky Brick Fingers", Henrik Vibskov's Spring/Summer 2015 men's collection.

7 Aug 14
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Sister act

Q&A > Product Design

We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together.

7 Aug 14
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Inhouse Brand Architects: How offices are evolving

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors

Google's approach to designing their workspace radically changed the office layout landscape. Inhouse Brand Architects tells us how offices are evolving.

6 Aug 14
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The rebels of architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A new six-part documentary series tracks architects operating at the fringes of the profession – and even the law.

6 Aug 14
00:35:21

Ije Nwokorie on the messy business of branding

Talks > Design Thinking

It's more useful to think about branding as a messy creative process than as a pristine product, says Wolff Olins global CEO.

6 Aug 14
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Bamboo engineering

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Building with bamboo is not new but researchers at MIT are exploring new ways of creating construction products from the sustainable resource.

5 Aug 14

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Arbour days

Design News • 21 Jun 22

Stefano Boeri x Timberland have created a multisensory installation to bring the scents and sensations of being in a forest into an urban waterway >
Superstructures

Q&A • 21 Jun 22

Mona-Lisa Mthethwa believes architecture can be used as a tool to bring about sustainable change >
Home and away

Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 22

The new Africa Centre in Southwark is poised to unveil a permanent collection of contemporary African art, following a much-anticipated refurbishment >
Dream, explore, discover

Design News • 21 Jun 22

Take a seat on a Bofred masterpiece and be transported to a world where all you need do is actively observe >

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