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International influence
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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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Touch and play. It’s that simple to maximise pleasure with Yves Béhar’s new Form 3 vibrator.
7 Sep 10
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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
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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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20Q: Brad Hodgskiss from Mingo Lamberti
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Brad Hodgskiss from Mingo Lamberti is passionate about the Republic and likes that he can take surfing holidays whenever he wants to.
6 Sep 10
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Bob's your uncle
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Wine in a beer bottle? We'll say cheers to that!
6 Sep 10
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Private preview
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Product Design
Inga Sempé’s new mirror system allows for a bit of voyeurism, if you will.
6 Sep 10
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By hand and with heart
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Craft
Designers, artists, crafters: It's time to start thinking of the handmade designs you want to submit to the Cape Craft and Design Institute.
5 Sep 10
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Feelings in plastic
Design News
Mbongeni Buthelezi's latest exhibition of melted plastic "paintings" explore the feelings that have characterised his life.
5 Sep 10
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All lined up
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Architecture & Interiors
The Hungary Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale illustrated how straight lines can be translated into architecture.
2 Sep 10
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Small pin, big heart
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Marcel Wanders’s latest project explores the values that matter most in life, like love.
2 Sep 10
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For the sake of inspiration
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Inspiration and the creative process are thought to be bedfellows. A new book, Inspired, explores to what extent the two rely on each other.
2 Sep 10
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Females making films
Design News
The Women of the Sun Film Festival recognises the contribution African women are making to the continent's emerging film industry.
1 Sep 10
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Fit for royalty
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
It's time to put your creative and edgy jewellery designs onto paper and submit it for Pravda Vodka's royal collection.
1 Sep 10
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Natural agreement
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Architecture & Interiors
Ensuring harmony between the existing architecture and the natural landscape is Shigeru Ban’s key objective with a new design in Aspen.
31 Aug 10
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Lofty aims
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Architecture & Interiors
The design of a new loft in downtown Manhattan explores the interaction between gallery and living space.
31 Aug 10
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Time and evolution
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Product Design
A collection of furniture by a Korean designer considers aspects of time, evolution and surrealism.
31 Aug 10
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