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Built on tension

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

"Primitive Future House" at the Venice Architecture Biennale recently explored various spaces, created by instinct.

31 Aug 10
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20Q: Nkhensani Nkosi

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

She's one of South Africa's favourite design success stories. Nkhensani Nkosi is also dynamic and very passionate about this country.

30 Aug 10
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Shaped for solar success

Design News > Design Thinking

Custom-shaped solar panels are helping to popularise the use of solar panels because of their flexibility and versatility.

30 Aug 10
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20Q: Nontsikelelo Veleko

Q&A > Art & Photography

She's still looking for a creative muse but she's fared exceptionally well without one. Photographer Lolo Veleko is just starting.

30 Aug 10
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Enlightening Cambodia

Design News > Product Design

A solar-powered streetlight project in Cambodia is helping to improve the country's image.

29 Aug 10
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The story of innovation

Reviews > Creative Economy

From garage enterprise to multinational. In A Fine Line Hartmut Esslinger takes the reader on frog design's life journey.

29 Aug 10
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The Conran mind

Reviews > Creative Economy

Home is where the heart is the old adage goes. And this is certainly true for Sir Terence Conran.

28 Aug 10
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W+K Delhi on recreating India

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

For India to prosper notions of prosperity, social justice and democracy need to be redefined. W+K Delhi look at creative solutions.

27 Aug 10
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Brand the nation

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

Part textbook, part industry manual, Nation Branding examines what it means to be a nation.

27 Aug 10
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Why we travel

Reviews > Urban & Landscape Design

Airports, Alain de Botton argues, are the imaginative centres of our civilisation. He spends a week at one and writes a fascinating account.

26 Aug 10
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20Q: Ze Frank

Q&A > Interaction Design

Design can't save the world so instead he chooses to obsess about cooking potatoes correctly. And other little-known things about Ze Frank.

26 Aug 10
00:30:30

Oona Scheepers teaches us how to see

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

Learning to see is one of the most important things designers need to learn, says Oona Scheepers.

25 Aug 10
00:20:47

Paul Davis on drawing, editing, drinking and music

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

Paul Davis talks about the things he likes, namely drawing, editing, drinking and music.

25 Aug 10
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Food or fine art?

Design News > Design Thinking

Art of Farming is a new kind of auction that celebrates edible heirlooms and the art involved in their creation.

25 Aug 10
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Shop till you drop

Design News > Product Design

The launch of the Tom Dixon Shop during the London Design Festival is definitely a highlight on the 2010 design calendar.

25 Aug 10
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20Q: Tiffany Marx

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Tiffany Marx believes that designers need to be true to themselves and work with passion and energy. It has certainly worked for her.

25 Aug 10
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Through the years

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A new hotel in downtown Jo'burg traces the history of the city with its edgy and original locally-inspired designs.

24 Aug 10
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Slow it down

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

It’s interesting to wonder about the future of (air) travel but its not often that we think of slowing it down. The Aircruise might do that.

24 Aug 10
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20Q: Eve Collett

Q&A > Product Design

Inspired by a variety of daily events, spiritual experiences and nature, Eve Collett's creativity manifests in gorgeous furniture designs.

24 Aug 10
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Unlock the music

Reviews > Music & Sound Design

Boym Partners have created a miniature totem as a new label release format for record label Ghostly International.

23 Aug 10
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Mirage-like solar power

Design News > Design Thinking

It looks like a maze but it could simply be a mirage. Or is it both, and a solar power station?

23 Aug 10
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20Q: Porky Hefer

Q&A > Interaction Design

At Animal Farm creativity is about making the world a better place and not about the bottom line. Find out what else Porky Hefer believes.

23 Aug 10
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Gumtree makes TV debut

Design News > Creative Economy

Everybody's favourite classified ads website, Gumtree has made its debut on the small screen.

22 Aug 10
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All for one

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

"One world one voice" is the message that a giant New York mural is hoping to convey.

20 Aug 10

From the Archives

Future compostable

Design News • 13 Jun 22

Furniture designer Jonsara Ruth restores disabled pieces of furniture so they are both ecologically and ergonomically healthier >
Hold my beer

Design News • 13 Jun 22

Daniel Ting Chong’s partnership with Local Brewery & Co. brings inclusivity and fashionable fun to craft beer >
A continental visionary

Q&A • 13 Jun 22

Nkululeko Mthembu’s design thinking helps to solve uniquely African challenges >
Fast track to a modern Senegal

Design News • 13 Jun 22

Renowned Senegalese architect Fatiya Diene Mazza, who is founder of the firm ID+EA, has been instrumental in refreshing the infrastructure of her nation >

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