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Y Tsai at Design Indabar
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Design Thinking
Speaking at Design Indabar at COP17, Y Tsai looks at design solutions from a human side.
23 Dec 11
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Christmas countdown
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Interaction Design
Eyal Burstein used a variety of vintage teacups, bowls and trinkets to create an advent calendar of different a creative calibre.
23 Dec 11
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Like what?
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Product Design
Brightly coloured and made with knotted fabric. "I like it. What is it?" you may ask...
23 Dec 11
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Quick fix
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Product Design
The Repair It Yourself kit makes it easy to fix your own shoes, drawing attention to the way we relate to the material world and consumer products.
22 Dec 11
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Bag it
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Nendo's new ONB. collection of bags takes its name for the Japanese terms for "piggyback".
22 Dec 11
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Smile for the camera
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Interaction Design
"Follow Me" and you'll be in the picture! A new camera mount for use in adventure sport makes it easy for the photographer to be in the shot.
21 Dec 11
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Storing house
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Industrial Design
The "Under My Roof" storage system highlights the connection between iconic architectural pieces and industrial design.
21 Dec 11
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Lamp like
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Product Design
The MyLamp by Danish designers Madebywho involves the user in the process of constructing the lamp.
20 Dec 11
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10 for 1
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Industrial Design
This car-shaped bicycle rack highlights the fact that ten bicycles can be safely parked in a space that can only be used by one car.
20 Dec 11
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Nice for noodles
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Product Design
Nendo's "Cupnoodle Urushi" is a souvenir product that adds new creative value to the packaging of instant "cup" noodles.
19 Dec 11
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Brain food
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Food Design
Sara Asnaghi's brain sculptures, made from edible materials, encourages thinking about what we eat and explores notions of materiality.
19 Dec 11
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Unexpected transformations
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Architecture & Interiors
Interior designer Tracy Lynch tells of her passion for finding the unexpected, her love for junk shops and the importance of heartfelt spaces.
18 Dec 11
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Art to eat
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Food Design
Think gingerbread is only for gingerbread men? Think again. And think domes, skulls and Bauhaus replications.
18 Dec 11
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Illustrative interactions
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The wise old owl is given a quirky makeover by Melissa Maloney in her illustrations.
18 Dec 11
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Close ties
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Product Design
Keeping it simple: The Almohadilla Chair is consists of nothing more than six wooden planes and cable ties.
17 Dec 11
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Illuminated versions
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Industrial Design
Humans Since 1982's "Collection of Light" is an LED lamp that resembles an illuminated drawer for keeping insects.
17 Dec 11
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Tough as nails
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Product Design
Sharp sharp: The Nail Cloud is an interior lamp made with magnets and nails.
16 Dec 11
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Everybody smile
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Urban & Landscape Design
Smile! The "face" atop the lighthouse is watching you.
16 Dec 11
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Cultural pioneering
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Creative Economy
The Pan-African publication Chimurenga was awarded the Prince Claus Award for cultural pioneering earlier this week.
16 Dec 11
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Urban acupuncture
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Urban & Landscape Design
Alfredo Brillembourg of interdisciplinary design practice Urban-Think Tank will be speaking at Design Indaba 2012. Here he offers insight into his work.
15 Dec 11
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Displaced fragments
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Interaction Design
Olivia de Gouveia's "Apocalyptopia" project considers the consequences of present displacement in a fictional future.
15 Dec 11
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Festive flavours
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Craft
Music, food, design and craft retail, experience it all at Freeworld's Designer-Make Artisan Market. Great place to get your Christmas shopping done.
15 Dec 11
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Strijdom van der Merwe at Design Indabar
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Urban & Landscape Design
Land artist Strijdom van der Merwe shows how creativity can help to draw attention to and facilitate understanding of issues around climate change.
14 Dec 11
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Assaf Biderman at Design Indabar
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Urban & Landscape Design
Networked technology and connectivity is changing the way we move around cities, says Assaf Biderman.
14 Dec 11
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Pavilions on a pedestal
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The sound of silence
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17 Apr 22
Two Dutch designers create 'silent rooms' where care-home inhabitants can process the experience of loss
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A virtual leap for the lab
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17 Apr 22
Self-taught game developer Mbangiso Mabaso employs augmented and virtual reality to enliven the science lab for learners
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Art across time
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Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms
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