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Mouse trail
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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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Product Design
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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Shapes of eight
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Architecture & Interiors
The 8 House allows people to bike all the way from the street to the 10th level penthouses.
25 Jun 11
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Good enough to eat
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
If it's good enough to parade on your body, it should be good enough to eat. de culinaire werkplaats has some edible garments.
25 Jun 11
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Fast future
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Urban & Landscape Design
Moving Platforms is Paul Priestman’s concept for the future of rail travel.
24 Jun 11
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Sew simple
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Interaction Design
What does a bicycle and a sewing machine have in common? When they work together the result is rather unique.
24 Jun 11
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Crazy for cardboard
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Product Design
Vicky Knysh's Cardboard City encourages kids and adults to think out of the box.
24 Jun 11
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Huda Smitshuijzen Abifarès at WDCD 2011
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design thinking is important for innovation in traditional scripts, says Huda Smitshuijzen Abifarès.
23 Jun 11
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Urban connections
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Design Thinking
Designing an eco-neighbourhood on the banks of the Maas River could help support new development in Liège, Belgium.
23 Jun 11
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