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Work wear
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Inspired by socialist work culture, Comradettes is a range of clothing that encourages people to take pride in utility clothing.
5 Jul 11
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Mosaic migration
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Coming To The City is a large mosaic artwork by Clive van den Berg for Nando’s in London.
5 Jul 11
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Limitless living
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Product Design
Flexible and multifunctional, the Living Tools collection of versatile furniture pieces is ideal for small spaces.
4 Jul 11
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African sounds
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Post Office have released a series of stamps depicting rare, indigenous musical instruments at the National Arts Festival.
4 Jul 11
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Wide Open Walls
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Urban & Landscape Design
A living art project in the villages of The Gambia hopes to promote this West African country as a vibrant tourist destination.
4 Jul 11
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Folding fun
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Craft
Cut, paste, create and decorate. Paper projects come alive, DIY style, with the Paper Punk kit.
3 Jul 11
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Russian jewel
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Architecture & Interiors
The Pushkinsky Jewel is a design concept for connecting a landmark theatre to the historic and culturally vibrant Pushkin Square in Moscow.
3 Jul 11
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Mouse trail
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Product Design
Streamlined, safe and functional, Stefano Giovannoni’s Mouse range of luggage is the ideal travelling companion.
2 Jul 11
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Modern company
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Battiss & Company at the Goodman Gallery Johannesburg celebrates the work of one of SA's foremost modernists.
2 Jul 11
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Made by man
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Craft
The Stephen Burks: Man Made exhibition considered the global economy of artisanal craft.
1 Jul 11
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Colonised
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Formafantasma’s Colony range of textiles is inspired by topical issues like assimilation and migration.
1 Jul 11
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Adélia Borges and Paula Dib at WDCD 2011
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At What Design Can Do 2011 conference Paula Dib and Adélia Borges talk about a commitment to design that can improve lives.
30 Jun 11
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Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West
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African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré.
30 Jun 11
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Sign posted
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Matali Crasset’s way finding system for the Royal Fontevraud Abbey adds an element of exploration to a site visit.
30 Jun 11
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Rohan Shivkumar and M P Ranjan at WDCD 2011
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Architecture & Interiors
Rohan Shivkumar and Professor MP Ranjan look at ways of effecting real change in India.
29 Jun 11
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Linear park
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Urban & Landscape Design
A diagonal urban park in Barcelona connects the city to its natural surrounds.
29 Jun 11
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Polar plottings
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Interaction Design
Sandy Noble uses a primitive robot and a plotting system designed for Arctic maps to sketch out beautiful prints.
29 Jun 11
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Boxes of bamboo
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Product Design
Layered in 80 000 bamboo skewers, your belongings are sure to be safe in the Magistral Cabinet.
29 Jun 11
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2D/3D
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Architecture & Interiors
A half chair? Or just the illusion of a chair? Here’s the 2D/3D Chairs for Issey Miyake.
29 Jun 11
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Hats off
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Architecture & Interiors
Surrounded by 4 000 hats in an exhibition space, one might be forgiven for feeling mad as a hatter.
28 Jun 11
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Art of music
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The clever use of illustration tells an enticing story about the art of music.
27 Jun 11
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Character conversion
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Text and type everywhere! Ryo Shimizu’s CNJPUS TEXT installation adapts Chinese characters for a hybrid typography.
27 Jun 11
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Playing with food
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Interaction Design
Discover your inner gastronomist, with a little help from Designgoat’s Eating Objects.
26 Jun 11
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Dare to wear
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Interaction Design
What if wearing a cocktail dress really meant having cocktails on tap? The DareDroid does this, but only after you agree to play with it.
26 Jun 11
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