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Crystal colonies

Design News > Product Design

Tokujin Yoshioka’s "Crystallize" exhibition of grown paintings and sculptures is the Japanese artist/designer's largest solo exhibition to date.

14 Nov 13
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Secret festival

Lookbook > Food Design

The 2013 Spier Secret Festival was a huge success. Here's an inside look at what the two-day celebration offered visitors.

13 Nov 13
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Natural curves

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A new outdoor pavilion follows the curvature of the landscape on the campus of the Kyoto University of Art and Design.

13 Nov 13
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TEN Collection: design tutorial ft Peter Jaworowski (Poland)

Inside View > Graphic Design & Illustration

Peter Jaworowski talks through the process of creating his digital artwork for the TEN Collection. Use the captions settings on the video player for subtitles.

12 Nov 13
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Theatrical interior

Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors

The mandate for Dutch product and interior designer Marcel Wanders was to create “a feeling of celebration” in the Hong Kong Mira Moon Hotel.

12 Nov 13
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Healthier home

Product Spotlight > Urban & Landscape Design

An “eco-poverty-alleviation project” in Cape Town’s Langa township provides nutrition on tap for 45 children by using the sun-facing walls of shacks.

12 Nov 13
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Marije Vogelzang: Playing with your food

Video Interviews > Food Design

Dutch eating designer Marije Vogelzang spoke at the Spier Secret Festival 2013 about the connections between people, rootedness and cooking in fire.

11 Nov 13
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To the edge of the earth

Design News > Industrial Design

A project is in the works to take passengers on balloon flights to the edge of the earth where they will be able to observe the planet’s curvature.

11 Nov 13
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Why Jan and Maria got their crocheted bicycles

Product Spotlight > Craft

Two vintage bicycles covered in bright orange wool by Cape Town-based texture designer and yarn bomber Isabeau Joubert are doing the rounds.

11 Nov 13
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A filmmaking sprint

Design News > Film & Animation

The “fastest film ever made” from script to screen is now a Guinness World Records holder.

10 Nov 13
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Inn additions

Lookbook > Product Design

Ineke Hans has designed two furniture collections for the Fogo Island Inn as well as a range of furniture for public use around the island.

10 Nov 13
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An art first for Kenya

Design News > African Design

East Africa’s first ever commercial modern and contemporary art auction in Nairobi last week generated sales of more than $US200 000.

9 Nov 13
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Homework done anywhere

Design News > Product Design

Megan Laughton’s prototype for a space-saving, lightweight, easy to store desk and chair is this year’s Making the Difference through Design winner.

9 Nov 13
00:06:12

Hans Ulrich Obrist: Africa plays a big role for 89plus

Video Interviews > Creative Economy

In this interview in London, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist talks about digitally mapping a new generation of artists with 89plus.

8 Nov 13
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the WREN design: Emerging Creatives Q&A

Q&A > Product Design

This week’s featured Emerging Creative is product designer Wendren Setzer, who was part of the programme at Design Indaba Expo in 2010.

8 Nov 13
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The Cub

FilmFestFriday > Music & Sound Design

#FilmFestFridays presents "The Cub", a short film about a five-year-old girl who is handed over by her parents to be fostered by a pack of wolves.

8 Nov 13
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Sparkling in the night

Design News > Interaction Design

Daan Roosegaarde has designed an interactive landscape in Van Gogh country that pays tribute to the artist’s famous painting, "Starry Night".

7 Nov 13
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In for the win

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Emerging Creative Atang Tshikare’s Zabalazaa Designs wins the 2014 Future Found Award.

7 Nov 13
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Wildlife experience

Design News > Interaction Design

An interactive installation by Jason Bruges Studio brings the natural world into the headquarters of the World Wide Fund for Nature.

7 Nov 13
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Asif Khan on creating experiences determined by those who experience them

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

At Design Indaba Conference 2013 Asif Khan questions the future of architecture and whether it can be "lightweight, simple and intuitive”.

6 Nov 13
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A living staircase

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Paul Cocksedge's "The Living Staircase" is more than a means to move from floor to floor.

6 Nov 13
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Live performance marathon

Design News > African Design

Next week Cape Town plays host to an event that is purportedly the largest gathering of live video performance artists in the world.

6 Nov 13
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Outdoor arts

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Studio Tjep.'s latest project creates a modern performance space uniting function with beauty.

5 Nov 13
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From Eames Elephant to Stratflex Rhino

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Presenting the Stratflex Rhino from the winner of the 2013 Design Indaba Expo’s Innovation Award.

4 Nov 13

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Q&A • 28 Mar 22

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Design News • 28 Mar 22

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Q&A • 28 Mar 22

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Design News • 28 Mar 22

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