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Vigilante Vigilante Trailer

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

Vigilantes take to the street to rid the world of graffiti.

6 Feb 12
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The right facts

Design News > Craft

With FACT’s range of gorgeous bags, you can take a piece of Cape Town and wear it around your shoulder.

6 Feb 12
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Place to grow

Design News > Product Design

Dear Mr Carpenter: How does your garden grow? With reclaimed wood, succulents and inspiration from nature.

4 Feb 12
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Little less ordinary

Design News > Craft

Made in metal, Tintown's gorgeous range of clocks, mirrors, candleholders and more, are great for adding a touch of whimsy to any interior.

3 Feb 12
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Feet first

Design News > Product Design

Put your best foot forward with Coast & Koi's gorgeous range of shoes.

2 Feb 12
00:32:45

Michael Wolff on keeping ideas disposable

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

Exercise your idea-creating capacity by throwing away good ideas. Michael Wolff explains how this works.

2 Feb 12
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Scent expert Sissel Tolaas visits Cape Town

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

Scent expert Sissel Tolaas captures the smell of Cape Town and shows how the nose can be used to dig into the micro-level of a city.

1 Feb 12
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Gold stand

Design News > Product Design

Approach the future with optimism. Jaime Hayón's Hope Bird will lead the way.

1 Feb 12
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Trinket treasures

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Inspired by nature, Trinket Design's range of unique jewellery pieces are trinkets worth treasuring.

1 Feb 12
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Alternate structure

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Temple to Perspective, commissioned by Alain de Botton, is envisioned to be the world's first temple for atheists.

31 Jan 12
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Fixing holes

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A pretty little garden scene in a pothole on the streets of London is a great way to make people smile and alert them to potholes.

31 Jan 12
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Land of promise

Design News

Promise Land is an exhibition at Goodman Gallery in Cape Town that considers the position of the artist and individual in contemporary South Africa.

30 Jan 12
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Nap time

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

When too much shopping wears you down, you can always enter Martí Guixé's Figurative Office Siesta Cubicle for a little break.

30 Jan 12
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Interior outlines

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Lorenzo Nassimbeni recently designed a set of four murals for a Swiss company, all depicting prolific building in their portfolio.

28 Jan 12
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Carla Fernandez: how heritage translates into fashion

Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design

With her Taller Flora label, Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernandez incorporates elements of her country’s heritage into the garments she designs.

27 Jan 12
00:20:35

Lowery Stokes Sims on the Global Africa Project

Talks > Design Thinking

Lowery Stokes Sims tells of the Global Africa Project, which unpacks the notion of a "global Africa" and its meaning in terms of art, design and craft.

27 Jan 12
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Commercial sides

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Billboard House by Thai designers Apostrophy's offers an interesting and feasible alternative to outdoor advertising media.

27 Jan 12
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Net comfort

Design News > Product Design

Get the strawberries and cream, it's time to get comfy in the Tie-break chair, made with tennis netting.

26 Jan 12
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Digital library

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Digital Library in Sao Paulo, Brazil, combines high-tech with analogue to create a comfortable look and feel for a family home.

25 Jan 12
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Forces of gravity

Design News > Product Design

The Gravity Stool uses the natural forces of gravity and magnetism in the production process.

25 Jan 12
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Easy does it

Design News > Product Design

Vitality Line is a new range of products, designed by Yves Béhar, aimed at making medication management products look less sterile and cheap.

24 Jan 12
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Final feasts

Lookbook > Food Design

Photographer Melanie Dunea was curious about the last meal the world's top chefs would want to have. She documented it in a collection of visual delight.

23 Jan 12
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Profiles in plastic

Design News > Product Design

The Trade Union project uses a starch-based plastic to create biodegradable vessels that explore the correlation between industrial processes and craft.

23 Jan 12
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Questioning the question

Inside View > Interaction Design

As the director of Design-Led Innovation at Philips Design, Clive van Heerden is working to bring designers into the process of technological development.

23 Jan 12

From the Archives

Pavilions on a pedestal

Design News • 17 Apr 22

Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great? >
The sound of silence

Design News • 17 Apr 22

Two Dutch designers create 'silent rooms' where care-home inhabitants can process the experience of loss >
A virtual leap for the lab

Q&A • 17 Apr 22

Self-taught game developer Mbangiso Mabaso employs augmented and virtual reality to enliven the science lab for learners >
Art across time

Design News • 17 Apr 22

Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms >

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