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The World Cup is a golden opportunity for South Africa to show off so Marine Leblond goes beyond the budgets of our new stadiums.
9 Feb 10
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Past-life digital dreams
Profiling
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Interaction Design
Nadine Botha speaks to Troika whose experiments and installations raise questions about the real function of technology.
9 Feb 10
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The craft factory
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Creative Economy
Leonard Shapiro explains South Africa’s craft enterprises are reaching self-sufficiency and hankering for the next level: Industrialisation.
9 Feb 10
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Here there
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Richard Hart writes about his curation of Them-and-Us, a poster project that brings together African and European graphic artists.
9 Feb 10
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Winning ceramics
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Craft
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Louise Gelderblom will be exhibiting her one-off hand-built ceramic vessels and other work.
9 Feb 10
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Eco treasures
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Craft
Design Indaba Expo 2010: The African Queen Studio are launching a new range of truly inspirational lighting.
8 Feb 10
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Hot pop culture
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Creative Economy
Design Indaba Expo 2010: One Small Seed will be launching its March issue, exclusively available to visitors before hitting the shelves.
7 Feb 10
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Necklaces of every type
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Jeweller Frieda Lühl will be showing the wide range of necklaces she has made over the past year.
6 Feb 10
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Photo mats
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Craft
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Photographer Ed Suter will be launching his new range of cork-backed, matt-finished coasters and placemats.
5 Feb 10
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Green with jewellery
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: freeRange jewels have enjoyed phenomenal success since first exhibiting two years ago.
4 Feb 10
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The education tablet
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Interaction Design
The third-generation One Laptop Per Child has launched providing education and easier access to information to children around the world.
3 Feb 10
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This craft
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Craft
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Born and Bred Design is a product development agency with a primary focus on rural and urban craft development.
3 Feb 10
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Functional art with pride
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Product Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: African Queen by Nicola Leitch harnesses the African spirit to produce functional art.
3 Feb 10
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Rite-specific art
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Interaction Design
Infecting the City – the third Spier Public Arts Festival – is taking to the streets, squares and public spaces of Cape Town.
2 Feb 10
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Inspirational interiors
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Product Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Koa specialises in designing and producing interior furniture, lighting and accessories.
2 Feb 10
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Look Mom, No Hands
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Graphic Design & Illustration
True South African multi-culturalism, Mix n Blend display a genre-busting sound and colourful illustrations on their debut album.
1 Feb 10
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New made rubbish
Design News
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Product Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Over the past year Heath Nash has been focusing on using plastic waste in new ways.
1 Feb 10
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Reused lights
Design News
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Product Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Philippe Bousquet will also be showing his new collection of recycled lights, After Dark.
30 Jan 10
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Second Spier Contemporary exhibition opens
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Architecture & Interiors
The Spier Contemporary 2010 Exhibition will open its doors to show contemporary South African art for diverse audiences.
29 Jan 10
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A(cute)ly artistic
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Many of us use the word "cute" to describe the small, the adorable or the funny. But what does cute mean? The Cute Show takes a deeper look.
29 Jan 10
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Soccer art
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Creative Economy
Design Indaba Expo 2010: David Krut Publishing are the South Africa distributors of the FIFA 2010 Official Art Posters Edition series.
29 Jan 10
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Original origami
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: New to the jewellery world, Emma Stricker’s handmade jewellery label, emma anne, uses metals in original ways.
28 Jan 10
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Tat's in town
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Craft
Southern Ink Xposure, the biggest tattoo event in the southern hemisphere returns to Cape Town from 22 to 24 January 2010.
20 Jan 10
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Peter Saville to open major Alan Fletcher retrospective
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Alan Fletcher: 50 Years of Graphic Work (and Play) shows at CUBE in Manchester from 21 January to 3 April 2010.
19 Jan 10
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