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Two wheeling
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A gorgeous coffee table book about local cycling culture will help to improve the lives of struggling bicycle commuters.
15 Sep 10
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Rockstars & reformers
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Urban & Landscape Design
PASS Radio effectively uses the internet to facilitate a progressive cause.
15 Sep 10
00:39:55
Frank Tjepkema on designing negatives into positives
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Product Design
Frank Tjepkema jokes that every designer’s portfolio includes a vase, but he believes design should also facilitate positive social change.
14 Sep 10
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Sand scribblings
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Sea, sand, sunshine and a dash of beautiful lettering and you've got a unique work of art on a totally natural canvas.
13 Sep 10
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Alternative weather forecast
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Scientific data is often up in the air. But when translated by artist Natalie Miebach it becomes a lot more tactile.
13 Sep 10
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Brief benefits
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Design Thinking
Proceeds from PACT's funky new underwear collection will help artist's with development disabilities.
13 Sep 10
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Innovative excellence
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Product Design
Super Design 2010 highlights the synergy between visual arts and design, and features the best in recent innovation.
13 Sep 10
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Journey through a city
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Brasilia, a group exhibition of vintage photographs, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the capital of Brazil.
13 Sep 10
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Simply elegant
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Product Design
A beautiful new collection of tableware by the Bouroullec Brothers emphasises a desire for simplicity in our daily lives.
13 Sep 10
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Filling in the blanks
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Architecture & Interiors
A group exhibition, Whitespace, at Salon 91 explores the possibilities of a blank white space.
13 Sep 10
00:32:46
Hella Jongerius handles design with care
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Product Design
Hella Jongerius has discovered one doesn’t always need to be too precious about handmade products.
9 Sep 10
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Perfect harmony
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Craft
A 100% silk covered chair sounds like the ultimate luxury. That, and it’s promoting traditional Taiwanese craft.
9 Sep 10
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Creeping out
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Product Design
Joe Paine's solo exhibition Inside Out showcases a variety of interesting products, suitable for indoors and outdoors.
9 Sep 10
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International influence
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Design Thinking
The Tramshed Event is hoping to add some international flair to the London Design Festival through a collaborative show.
9 Sep 10
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Engaging the city
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Architecture & Interiors
Architecture must work to make our society more robust, Mokena Makeka believes. He shares his thoughts on public spaces and longevity.
8 Sep 10
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Challenging chickens
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Music & Sound Design
Chicken to Change is a brilliant collaboration between Freshlyground and ZA News, commenting on the leadership of Robert Mugabe.
7 Sep 10
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Places and spaces
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Urban & Landscape Design
From Architizer to African old-age homes. Matthias Hollwich talks about architecture, art and life.
7 Sep 10
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Pleasurable plaything
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Product Design
Touch and play. It’s that simple to maximise pleasure with Yves Béhar’s new Form 3 vibrator.
7 Sep 10
00:51:18
Bruce Mau on change and crises
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Design Thinking
What we need in a time of crisis is love, ambition and a redesign of the entire human environment as a work of art.
6 Sep 10
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20Q: Jodi Bieber
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Pictures really do speak a thousand words, and Jodi Bieber's recently proved it. She also believes in love and the comfort of home.
6 Sep 10
00:46:20
Gert Dumbar on the designer as author
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Gert Dumbar talks about the designer in the role of author.
6 Sep 10
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20Q: Heidi Liebenberg of Urbanative
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Her designs are contemporary, cutting-edge and oh-so-desirable, probably because Heidi Liebenberg of Urbanative is rather adventurous.
6 Sep 10
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Of one mind
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Mind-Sets, a solo exhibition by Ineke Hans, is a look at what happens when a designer sets her mind to it.
6 Sep 10
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Dis-engaged
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Architecture & Interiors
“Detached” is an examination of the architectural tension between context and object.
6 Sep 10
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Highlighting the need to redesign hospitals for the future
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The pandemic has shed light on the inadequacies of hospital models.
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