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20Q: Richard Hart
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Graphic designer Richard Hart is passionate about women’s shoes. He’s also looking for a creative muse, if anybody is up to the task…
6 Aug 10
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Homes for Haiti
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Design Thinking
Cal Earth stepped in after the disaster in Haiti to provide sustainable, low-cost housing, empowering unskilled workers in the process.
5 Aug 10
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Helping Haiti
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Design Thinking
“Earthship” sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but it’s an environmentally friendly housing solution for earthquake-stricken Haiti.
5 Aug 10
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Music posters
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Music & Sound Design
SA's got an awesome music scene and lots of talented artists and designers so why not bring the two together?
5 Aug 10
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20Q: Paul Priestman
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Product Design
Paul Priestman believes that with enough optimism and a continuous improvement mindset, design can probably save the world.
5 Aug 10
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The Republic of Cape Town
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Graphic Design & Illustration
It’s a local joke that Cape Town is a republic of its own. The Wallpaper* City Guide gives some hints as to why.
4 Aug 10
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Clean water in the bag
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Design Thinking
An innovative, tea bag-like water filter could provide millions of people with clean and safe drinking water.
4 Aug 10
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20Q: Cameron Platter
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Fast cars, beautiful women, 100 push-ups in the morning and 19 others things that make Cameron Platter tick.
4 Aug 10
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Second time around
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The Waste Not Want It campaign might be the most effective way of (really) greening your office.
3 Aug 10
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From either side
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Architecture & Interiors
Troika's innovative kinetic sign for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London reads the same from all sides, thus the Palindrome!
3 Aug 10
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20Q: Peet Pienaar
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“Maak mooi” (make pretty) is what graphic designer Peet Pienaar does. Find out what else he does – out and in his studio.
3 Aug 10
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Lekker local
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Craft
Swedish design students have teamed up with local craftspeople and artisans... The results are rather desirable furniture pieces.
2 Aug 10
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Benefitting from bamboo
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A new range of furniture makes optimal use of bamboo as material while also employing local artisans from an Indian village.
2 Aug 10
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20Q: Garth Walker
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Garth Walker's staying power is his most marked characteristic and it might have something to do with not wanting to work in a bank.
2 Aug 10
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Finishing touches
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Product Design
Unique finishing touches is what makes the Campana Brothers's workable furniture designs sought-after decorative items.
1 Aug 10
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Zeenat
Opinion
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Design Thinking
They don’t make them like they used to. Zeenat Aman was always going to get the attention she enjoyed.
1 Aug 10
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Yesterday
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Design Thinking
It’s gone.
1 Aug 10
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Water: On the front
Opinion
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Design Thinking
What caused a water riot and water-logged Delhi at the same time, asks Pradip Saha.
1 Aug 10
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Villains of Bollywood: Hail Mogambo!
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Design Thinking
They were iconic and unforgettable. They had unique styles and distinctive personalities. They left an indelible mark on Bollywood.
1 Aug 10
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Uniform
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Design Thinking
Uniforms express ideals, or the lack of them.
1 Aug 10
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Typography
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The typography in India has always reflected its dynamism.
1 Aug 10
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Sari: A mighty fine tradition
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Design Thinking
If someone tells you the sari is back, don’t believe them. It never went away in the first place.
1 Aug 10
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Rajini Sir
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Design Thinking
Style Mannan (King of Style), Periya Thaliavar (Big Boss), Supernova and Superstar – Rajinikanth’s nicknames say it all.
1 Aug 10
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Queens
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Design Thinking
An outlaw, a style icon, an artist, a politician, a freedom fighter and a sultan – meet the women who ruled.
1 Aug 10
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Daniel Ting Chong’s partnership with Local Brewery & Co. brings inclusivity and fashionable fun to craft beer
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13 Jun 22
Nkululeko Mthembu’s design thinking helps to solve uniquely African challenges
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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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