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Scale scale on the floor
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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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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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The food will go on
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Nobody could stop the Titanic from going down but the Boatanic may offer an eco-friendly solution for inner-city food production issues.
29 Jun 10
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Documenting the beautiful game
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Urban & Landscape Design
Hosting the first World Cup on African soil is a big deal so its important to document the design process and results of this tournament.
29 Jun 10
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Show time
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Everybody has a story to tell about their town and its complexities. Now get your camera out and make that mini-documentary.
28 Jun 10
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Copacabana's stylish streets
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Urban & Landscape Design
Copacabana was probably made famous by the Barry Manilow song but this beach in Rio also has some pretty grand street art.
28 Jun 10
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Pixel power at Basil2010
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A reinterpretation of the pixel creates a new, modular and tangible lighting system.
28 Jun 10
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Going for green goals
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The World Cup may be about soccer but it's also the perfect opportunity to draw people's attention to the importance of setting green goals.
28 Jun 10
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Synthetic senses
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
A new exhibition in Israel explores the design possibilities and applications for Japanese synthetic fibres.
28 Jun 10
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Making headlines
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Creative Economy
Nike’s innovate “Write the future” campaign is making bold soccer headlines on the Southern Life Centre in Jo'burg.
27 Jun 10
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Balls, balls everywhere
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Architecture & Interiors
Thought Coca-Cola's Crateman was impressive? Check out Nike's massive sculpture of a soccer player in Jozi.
27 Jun 10
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Off the wall, onto the ceiling
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Architecture & Interiors
When something is really tiny it’s tempting to call it cute. Ji Lee’s Parallel World installation is cute, but it also just really cool.
25 Jun 10
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Creative stop along Cape Town's Fan Walk
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Music & Sound Design
A centrally located space is drawing local and foreign soccer fans to an exhibition showcasing design in all its elements.
25 Jun 10
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See it, it is art
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Urban & Landscape Design
One of the best things about hosting the World Cup is that we get to show off our beautiful stadiums, landscapes, cities, "gees" and art.
25 Jun 10
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Ode to kitsch
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Design Thinking
Emerging and established artists honour the "King of Kitsch", Vladimir Tretchikoff, with unique interpretations of his style and techniques.
24 Jun 10
00:40:46
Dunne and Raby talk design and science
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Interaction Design
Design is what helps make science accessible, giving it cultural value and aesthetic appeal.
24 Jun 10
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Design challenge for mass education solutions
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A global competition is calling on design and business students to develop solutions for the world's massive education crisis.
24 Jun 10
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Kick off to power
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Design Thinking
A soccer ball that harnesses kinetic energy and works as a mini generator could changes many lives in developing countries.
23 Jun 10
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Untamed in the garden
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Design Thinking
An exhibition at Kirstenbosch bringing together sculpture, poetry and architecture, delves into the wild side of the human psyche.
23 Jun 10
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Water works
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Urban & Landscape Design
A solution to the looming world water crisis requires an interdisciplinary design approach. Australia’s been giving it some thought.
23 Jun 10
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Origin of chair at Basel2010
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Product Design
Stefan Sagmeister's funky new Darwin Chair tells the story of the evolution of the universe.
22 Jun 10
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