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Bicycle Library
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Urban & Landscape Design
Here's a different type of library, one where you can borrow bicyles rather than books.
12 Aug 11
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Leaving footprints
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Craft
Umcebo Design is planning an exhibition for Durban that looks to ways in which art and craft can address climate change.
12 Aug 11
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Solid
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Product Design
Concrete was the preferred material choice for Magnus Pettersen's desk accessories.
11 Aug 11
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Un-design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Could ugly, badly designed packaging discourage people from smoking?
11 Aug 11
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New Things
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Senyol, Southey and Mackay Studio present New Things, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints.
11 Aug 11
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Tap stand
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Product Design
Nendo's new stand for smartphones and tablets resembles water dripping from a tap.
10 Aug 11
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Jak
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Product Design
Karim Rashid has designed the Jak watch for Alessi.
10 Aug 11
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Very nice
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Product Design
Baja is a multi-purpose DIY solution for the desk shortages experienced in lower-income schools.
9 Aug 11
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Name your Hood
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Urban & Landscape Design
Hey Capetonians, show your hood some love by suggesting a cool name for it with the Name Your Hood competition.
8 Aug 11
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The Informal City
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Informal City of the 21st Century exhibition considers the challenges of informal settlements and looks at possible solutions.
8 Aug 11
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Sweet and simple
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Product Design
What could be more romantic than a plywood dinner table made for two?
7 Aug 11
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Shaded
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Design Thinking
Heath Nash worked with Zimbabwean artisans to create shading for public spaces in Harare, using recycled plastic bottles.
6 Aug 11
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Cultural Emergency
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Irma Boom did the design for a new book about the role of culture in managing the effects of conflict and disaster.
6 Aug 11
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Light by plastic
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Industrial Design
Plastic bottles, water and bleach are working to bring light into the lives of people living in a Manila slum.
5 Aug 11
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Name dropping
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Figures & Fictions is a compelling look at contemporary South African photography.
5 Aug 11
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Hyper Reality
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Interaction Design
An experimental augmented-reality system could separate your visual point of view from your body.
4 Aug 11
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Spaces in-between
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Architecture & Interiors
The materials Kate MccGwire uses in her installations play at evoking a dichotomous way of thinking, seeing and feeling.
4 Aug 11
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Riding to the next level
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Urban & Landscape Design
With the new Prius bicycle, changing gears can be as easy as thinking about it.
3 Aug 11
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Cultural magnetism
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Director of the Museum of Architecture, Design and Urbanism in Mexico, Regina Pozo Ruiz gives a whistle-stop-tour of contemporary design.
3 Aug 11
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Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto on satire and ZA News
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Film & Animation
ZA News is the result of a long-term collaboration between political cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (aka Zapiro), and producer Thierry Cassuto.
2 Aug 11
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Spring break
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Architecture & Interiors
In a joint celebration of spring and Women's Day, Freeworld Design Centre presents a creativity-filled programme.
2 Aug 11
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Clear sight
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Design Thinking
On a list of "unlikely materials for glasses and cups" fish scales might rank pretty high. But wait until you see this.
1 Aug 11
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Easily programmable
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Interaction Design
An interactive building toy, Plick, turns just about anything into a modular, programmable gadget.
1 Aug 11
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Oliver Hermanus on his film "Shirley Adams"
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Film & Animation
Filmmaker Oliver Hermanus talks about the construction of characters for his film "Shirley Adams".
1 Aug 11
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Japan’s Kamakura Village pop-up eatery serves traditional fare in icy igloos for one month a year
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