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Jak

Design News > Product Design

Karim Rashid has designed the Jak watch for Alessi.

10 Aug 11
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Very nice

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > Product Design

What could be more romantic than a plywood dinner table made for two?

7 Aug 11
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Shaded

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Reviews

Figures & Fictions is a compelling look at contemporary South African photography.

5 Aug 11
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Hyper Reality

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > 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
00:42:14

Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto on satire and ZA News

Talks > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > Interaction Design

An interactive building toy, Plick, turns just about anything into a modular, programmable gadget.

1 Aug 11
00:07:31

Oliver Hermanus on his film "Shirley Adams"

Talks > Film & Animation

Filmmaker Oliver Hermanus talks about the construction of characters for his film "Shirley Adams".

1 Aug 11
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Sun-powered bikini

Design News > Industrial Design

Power up with a bikini that doubles as a USB connector, charged by the sun.

1 Aug 11
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South African beauty wins again

Design News > Film & Animation

Oliver Hermanus’s Skoonheid has won at Cannes and now also at the Durban International Film Festival.

1 Aug 11
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James Victore video inspiration

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Take a peek at James Victore speaking at AIGA. Then experience his expertise live in Cape Town.

1 Aug 11
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Blog: TedX Stellenbosch 2011

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The city was the canvas for design interventions at the 2011 Stellenbosch TedX event.

30 Jul 11
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Easy reading

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Dyslexie is a new typeface that may help dyslexics read.

30 Jul 11
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Live reaction

Design News > Interaction Design

Light sensors in the folds of a dress transforms it into something that becomes a mediator between the wearer and the environment.

30 Jul 11

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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