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Urban & Landscape Design
The Broadcasts exhibition at the KZNSA Gallery in Durban is a "visual mouthpiece", illustrating people's thoughts on important issues.
19 Oct 11
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Story telling
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Story Time is a time piece that tells a sequence of events, rather than the time.
18 Oct 11
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Wining and dining
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Architecture & Interiors
The La Cave a Vin 9 wine bar in Paris is a modern, intimate space that rethinks the way wine bars are enjoyed.
18 Oct 11
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Floating orchestra
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Music & Sound Design
The gravity-defying Floating Orchestra is a different kind of musical experience with the user in the role of a supernatural conductor.
18 Oct 11
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Knitting with bacteria
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Interaction Design
The Textured Self by Sonja Bäumel uses bacteria to demonstrate how different forms of life work together to make the human body function.
17 Oct 11
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New rules of work
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Employees pay attention: The New Rules of Work are that decaf has been criminalised... and other workplace truths and absurdities.
17 Oct 11
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Moving craft
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BarberOsgerby's "Ascent" collection of work at the Frieze Art Fair in London is inspired by the duo's interest in moving craft.
16 Oct 11
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Save the post office
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Tucker Nichols has some clever ideas for tag lines that might endear people to snail mail and the post office again.
15 Oct 11
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Sensory dining
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Food Design
Secret Sensory Suppers take the dining experience to a new ritualistic level, exploring the relationship between food, sight, scent and sound.
14 Oct 11
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Bouroullec retrospective
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Bivouac is the first major retrospective of the work of the Bouroullec Brothers at the Centre Pompidou-Metz.
14 Oct 11
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Usuals collection
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Usuals is a range of domestic products by Van Eijk and Van der Lubbe that looks to simplicity and functionality.
14 Oct 11
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10 Years of Hat-trick
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Graphic Design & Illustration
In Brief is a small book, with lots of pages, celebrating Hat-trick's work of the past 10 years.
14 Oct 11
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Design and urbanisation exhibition
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Urban & Landscape Design
Design with the Other 90%: Cities looks at how design can help to manage the complex issues arising from rapid urbanisation in the global south.
13 Oct 11
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Isidro Ferrer at AGI Open 2011
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Artist and graphic designer Isidro Ferrer’s work is guided by improvisation and spontaneity.
13 Oct 11
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Paul Sahre at AGI Open 2011
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Paul Sahre, not to be confused with Paula Scher, talks about designing a life-size Monster Truck Hearse.
13 Oct 11
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Paula Scher at AGI Open 2011
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In the digital age graphic design is more important than ever because there is more communication, says Paula Scher.
13 Oct 11
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Climate change and performance art
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Interaction Design
GIPCA's Hot Water Festival considers the conversation on climate change that needs to happen between scientists and performing artists.
13 Oct 11
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Birds of a feather
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Architecture & Interiors
Diamond magnate Laurence Graff has marked the maturation of the Delaire Graff Estate with an art installation of birds.
13 Oct 11
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Cultivated couture
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
How about growing high-end fashion in your kitchen? Emily Crane's Micro-Nutrient Couture is exotic and edible.
13 Oct 11
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Green as glass
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Design Thinking
Glasshouse is the ideal urban greenhouse, and it doubles up as a functional pendant lamp.
13 Oct 11
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Educational integration
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Architecture & Interiors
The Inkwenkwezi Secondary School in Du Noon township serves as a beacon of aspiration, highlighting the importance of education.
12 Oct 11
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Safe bike
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Urban & Landscape Design
By locking the handlebars of a bicycle, the Senza bike lock system makes it virtually impossible to steal this friendly mode of transport.
12 Oct 11
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Infographic wine label
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Information Design
The labels for the wines of an Australian winery feature an infograph with unique information about the vineyards, vintage conditions and ferments.
12 Oct 11
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Month ten
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The October Show at Salon91 in Cape Town presents the work of an all-male creative cast.
11 Oct 11
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