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Solar soccer sight
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A soccer ball that integrates solar panels into its design could allow visually impaired people to also enjoy the beautiful game.
8 Jul 10
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Fighting for freedom
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Urban & Landscape Design
Inspired by the South African Freedom Charter, Faith47's latest body of socially conscious work explores forms of discrimination.
8 Jul 10
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Fashion schmashion
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Being fashionable is hard work, especially when the rules seem to change all the time. Here's a nifty guide to make it a tad easier.
8 Jul 10
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Vortex vase
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Add Japanese moderation to French flair and the result is lust-have vase that evokes a sense of natural serenity.
7 Jul 10
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Sweet Soweto
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Creative Economy
“Soweto is like Hollywood to me. Everything is here,” says Jozi FM’s Sibongile Mazibuko in the intro to Jodi Bieber’s new book.
7 Jul 10
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Prestigious award for Seed Cathedral
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Architecture & Interiors
The UK Pavilion's Seed Cathedral has been recognised for its outstanding architecture in the international playing field.
7 Jul 10
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Football fever for the home
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Product Design
Wishing football fever could last forever? Take a piece of it home in the form of Alex Garnett's football-inspired home collection.
6 Jul 10
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Clever design for keeping dry
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Product Design
We all know about the iPod but now there’s also the Dry Pod, a design solution that may greatly benefit homeless people.
6 Jul 10
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Food dating
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Food Design
Forget speed dating and internet dating and try a good old fashioned blind date… With a innovate food design twist.
6 Jul 10
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Lounging around
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Product Design
Jaime Hayon's new lounger is classic and comfortable, with a funky edge.
5 Jul 10
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Kitchen topology
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Architecture & Interiors
Matali Crasset's "Topologies Affectives" installation is a light graphic intervention that redefines space.
5 Jul 10
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Beat of the African drum
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Design Thinking
The Budweiser Man of the Match trophy was designed to reflect and celebrate African life, love and unity.
5 Jul 10
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On form
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Product Design
Do you think sex toys are sleazy, mass-produced objects best left hidden in a drawer? Take a look at the vibrator that's won a design award.
5 Jul 10
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Autonomous considerations
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Architecture & Interiors
An exhibition of eight designers and artists explores concepts of autonomy and other critical attitudes in design.
4 Jul 10
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Function meets fantasy
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Product Design
Nostalgic, eco-conscious, beautiful and desirable. And the good news is that Casamento have opened a showroom.
4 Jul 10
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Wonderful water
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Urban & Landscape Design
They say the best things in life are free and Host City Cape Town is making this adage work for football fans in the city.
2 Jul 10
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Super slick spider web
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Architecture & Interiors
What looks like Spiderman meets McGyver meets horror movie, is an art installation made entirely of clear adhesive packaging tape.
1 Jul 10
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Orchestral innovation
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Music & Sound Design
What do you get when you combine maths, physics, digital art, design, electronics and music? A symphony, of sorts.
1 Jul 10
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Meet the Truncheons
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Product Design
At a glance the Truncheon lamps by Commonwealth resemble a weapon, but these finely crafted lights are an interesting mix of old and new.
1 Jul 10
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Scale scale on the floor
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Design Thinking
Maintaining a healthy, balanced diet is often hard work. The innovative Diet Scale tries to make things easier by making meal suggestions.
30 Jun 10
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Wrapped in foil
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Design Thinking
Thomas Heatherwick’s striking futuristic design of an arts centre in Wales has earned his studio a coveted RIBA Award.
30 Jun 10
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Keith Rose on advertising's golden years
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Creative Economy
Keith Rose talks about the “golden years” of advertising in South Africa.
30 Jun 10
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Jazz up your iPhone
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Music & Sound Design
Granimator is a cool new iPhone app that allows you to make your own musical wallpaper.
30 Jun 10
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Like an illusion
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Architecture & Interiors
A series of wallpapers representing a metamorphosis reveals some unexpected and disorientating images.
29 Jun 10
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