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CD: Shaka Won

Reviews > Music & Sound Design

After their first album release in 2006, the cool kids of Mtkidu have (finally) released their second limited-edition album, Shaka Won.

28 Nov 09
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CD: Mooi Besoedeling

Reviews > Music & Sound Design

For Zinkplaat's fourth album, designers Fanakalo.co.za created a scratch-off album cover.

27 Nov 09
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Creative activism takes to the road

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A group of five artists participated in the recent Write on Africa roadtrip through the Transkei.

24 Nov 09
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Chris Blackwell goes with his gut and brings us reggae

Talks > Music & Sound Design

Described by some as, "the definitive creative entrepreneur", Chris Blackwell pioneered the emergence of reggae into popular culture.

23 Nov 09
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Living matter for a living world

Design News > Design Thinking

The Design for a Living World project and exhibition sees 10 leading designers focus on a natural material from a specific place.

23 Nov 09
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A stool for every occasion

Design News > Product Design

Along with his new shop, Tom Dixon launched two new stools at the London Design Festival.

22 Nov 09
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Kenneth Cobonpue visits South Africa

Design News > Product Design

Washington-based designer Kenneth Cobonpue presented a series of design lectures in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

21 Nov 09
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Koop showroom opens in Durban

Design News > Product Design

Sustainable furniture and design brand Koop have opened a showroom on Windermere Road in Durban.

20 Nov 09
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Misael opens in Cape Town

Design News > Craft

Misael SA Art and Design has opened in an historic building at 103b Bree Street in Cape Town.

19 Nov 09
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Mingo Lamberti winners exhibition

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Mingo Lamberti will be launching their seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts on 3 December at 6pm at Happy Feet in Cape Town.

19 Nov 09
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New adventures in retail

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Two independent Cape Town design stalwarts, whatiftheworld and Stiaan Louw have responded to the retail call of Johannesburg.

18 Nov 09
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Soundscape tabletop

Design News > Product Design

Architect Daniel Dendra created a table in which the surface modulation translates the soundscape of Cairo into a 3D landscape.

17 Nov 09
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Administer design daily

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design duo Dokter and Misses are set up shop in Brixton with their cardboard handbags and heavy metal bling.

16 Nov 09
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Pictures speak louder than prisoners

Design News > Design Thinking

Creative life-skills programme Young in Prison displays its outcomes at Word of Art studios in Cape Town.

15 Nov 09
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Unnatural landscape

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Johannesburg fashion designer Suzaan Heyns collaborated with photographer Brett Rubin to shoot her Spring/Summer 2009 collection.

14 Nov 09
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Zapiro’s puppets find airtime online

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The satirical ZA NEWS puppet show created by Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto has finally found a way to broadcast – by going online.

13 Nov 09
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Massimo Vignelli interview: Part 2 of 2

Video Interviews > Product Design

Part 2 of 2: Interview in which Massimo Vignelli elaborates on how recessions awake dull minds and spur innovation.

12 Nov 09
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Massimo Vignelli interview: Part 1 of 2

Video Interviews > Product Design

Part 1 of 2: Interview with preeminent multi-disciplinary designer Massimo Vignelli, who has been working in the field for over 55 years.

12 Nov 09
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Super normal shop

Design News > Product Design

The Jasper Morrison Shop is housed in an unused part of his new studio.

12 Nov 09
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Bronzed disposables

Design News > Product Design

The Boym Partners’s new collection, Timeless Objects, attempts to make everyday objects as timeless as ancient bronze monuments.

11 Nov 09
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Candy and hotdog rocks

Design News > Product Design

American Chateau features grandiose tongue-in-cheek works by Jaime Hayon and Nienke Klunder.

10 Nov 09
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Formative fantasy

Design News

Diptych showed scraperboard visuals by Charlotte Janse van Vuuren and sculptures by Michaella Janse van Vuuren.

9 Nov 09
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Pandamonium for a living planet

Design News > Design Thinking

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have used the power of art and design to communicate the importance of climate change.

8 Nov 09
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What if designers were scientists?

Design News > Interaction Design

Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby have curated an exhibition of hypothetical future designs.

7 Nov 09

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