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Splashing out
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Architecture & Interiors
The Jason Bruges Studio has created the world's first digital water feature.
3 Feb 11
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Lighting the way
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Product Design
Karim Rashid’s Cross Lamp consists of countless small figures joined together to create an iconic symbol.
3 Feb 11
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Henning Rasmuss
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Architecture & Interiors
Henning Rasmuss talks about the SharpCity project that celebrates and promotes South African architecture.
2 Feb 11
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Take a seat
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Inga Sempé’s new chair and table designs are both practical and charming.
2 Feb 11
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Tubing
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Design Thinking
A pavilion made of cardboard tubes highlights the uses of discarded materials.
2 Feb 11
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Massimo Morozzi + Fernando Campana
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Product Design
Massimo Morozzi first saw the Vermelha chair by the Campana Brothers in 1997 in a magazine. Thirteen years later…
1 Feb 11
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Heath Nash + Hella Jongerius
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Product Design
From the icy global hub of Berlin in Germany and the sunny backwaters of Coffee Bay in South Africa, Hella Jongerius and Heath Nash met on Skype.
1 Feb 11
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KarlssonWilker + Stefan Sagmeister
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karlsson of KarlssonWilker met while working for Stefan Sagmeister and now reunite as equals.
1 Feb 11
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Milton Glaser + Massimo Vignelli
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Two fathers of contemporary design, Milton Glaser and Massimo Vignelli draw on decades of experience in their dialogue.
1 Feb 11
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The reality of fictions
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Art & Photography
Roger Ballen’s photographs defy socio-political explanation and other verbalisations of meaning. It’s an existential journey.
1 Feb 11
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Jurgen Bey + Richard Hart
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Product Design
Over a video call between Durban and Amsterdam, graphic designer Richard Hart meets product designer Jurgen Bey.
1 Feb 11
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Harry Pearce + Simon Sankarayya
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Life experience is more important than design theory for friends Simon “Sanky” Sankarayya and Harry Pearce’s work.
1 Feb 11
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Paula Scher + Dana Arnett
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Dana Arnett of VSA Partners and Paula Scher of Pentagram have been eyeing each other’s work since the 1990s.
1 Feb 11
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Yves Béhar + Jens Martin Skibsted
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Product Design
Yves Béhar attended one of Jens Martin Skibsted’s Biomega presentations over ten years ago, the beginning of a cross-continental friendship.
1 Feb 11
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Fernando Gutierrez + Ross Lovegrove
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Product Design
Long-time friends Ross Lovegrove and Fernando Gutiérrez look past the obvious difference in dimension of each other’s work.
1 Feb 11
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Bracelets instead of bombs
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The peaceBOMB bracelet uses grenade remains from the Vietnam War to make jewellery and create sustainable employment.
1 Feb 11
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Hang here, toss there
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Product Design
Hang Around and Toss Around brings fine Scandinavian craftsmanship to kitchen utensils.
1 Feb 11
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Best friends
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Naoto Fukasawa’s new cookware range for Alessi is inspired by man’s best friend.
1 Feb 11
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Contained movement
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Product Design
The Bidum container is like a living product, that is defined by how it feels when used.
31 Jan 11
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Wall project
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Architecture & Interiors
The Verse One exhibition at Field Office in Cape Town works to turn the café into an interactive art space.
31 Jan 11
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Chop chop
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Product Design
What do you get when you put 8 000 chopsticks, 4 000 joints and 2 000 rings together? Two seats for the prices of one!
30 Jan 11
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After creation
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Design Thinking
An exhibition in Israel, curated by Li Edelkoort, considers the past to look to the future.
30 Jan 11
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Seat yourself
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Product Design
Karim Rashid’s furniture designs for Punkalive combines elements of the natural world with mathematical constructs.
29 Jan 11
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And again
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Things Revisited takes classic design icons and updates them for modern use.
29 Jan 11
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The sound of silence
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Two Dutch designers create 'silent rooms' where care-home inhabitants can process the experience of loss
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A virtual leap for the lab
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17 Apr 22
Self-taught game developer Mbangiso Mabaso employs augmented and virtual reality to enliven the science lab for learners
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Art across time
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Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms
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