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Formative fantasy
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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
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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?
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Interaction Design
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby have curated an exhibition of hypothetical future designs.
7 Nov 09
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Many hands make art work
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Design Thinking
Twenty artists have collaborated to create a life-size painting of a Percheron to benefit the Cart Horse Protection Association.
6 Nov 09
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Index: to improve life
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Boasting the largest purse of any design competition INDEX: 2009 shared 500 000 euros between five category winners.
6 Nov 09
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Reflect your creativity
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Illustrator Joshua Davis has applied his algorithms to his new Reflect iPhone application.
4 Nov 09
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Amusing ourselves to death
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Information Design
Stuart McMillen presents a cartoon visualisation of two of the best-known futurist doctrines.
3 Nov 09
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Stillife
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Photographer Ross Garrett and stylist Caroline Olavarrieta evoke an austere vision of the future pastoral.
3 Nov 09
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Family furniture
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Product Design
Ilse Crawford launches her newest range, Seating for Eating.
3 Nov 09
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Stillife
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Art & Photography
Photographer Ross Garrett and stylist Caroline Olavarrieta evoke an austere vision of the future pastoral.
2 Nov 09
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Tribal pride
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Photographer Romi Stern and stylist Kim Warrington create new age tribes on a progressive, urban vision of Africa.
2 Nov 09
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Hartmut Esslinger on the DNA of Design
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Through case studies and analysis of process and product, Hartmut Esslinger deconstructs the DNA of design and advises on design survival.
2 Nov 09
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Respect cheap design
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Product Design
Renowned Catalan designer Martí Guixé makes three new additions to his ongoing series of “statement chairs”.
2 Nov 09
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Extreme gardening
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Design Thinking
The Sahara Forest Project proposes to reverse desertification and turn arid regions into resources of food, fresh water and clean energy.
1 Nov 09
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Sky's the limit
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Design Thinking
Batandwa Alperstein evaluates the pros and cons of vertical farming.
1 Nov 09
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Cement garden
Design News
CMG Landscape Architecture’s Crack Gardens transform existing concrete slabs through hostile takeover.
1 Nov 09
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Farm with a view
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Design Thinking
Growing food inside apartments is a challenge, but within reach with Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray's Window Farms.
1 Nov 09
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Space explorer
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Product Design
Frank Tjepkema tells Design Indaba about the new frontiers of design.
1 Nov 09
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Crop share actionism
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Design Thinking
Designer Amy Franceschini tells Design Indaba how to turn a keyboard into a pitchfork.
1 Nov 09
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Transhuman metamorphosis
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Interaction Design
Design Indaba speaks to designer Revital Cohen about her design provocations.
1 Nov 09
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Gay architectural mockumentary
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Architecture & Interiors
Billed as a “gay architectural mockumentary”, The Satyr of Springbok Heights is Cape Town architect Robert Silke’s first foray into film.
1 Nov 09
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Channel O lucky packet
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Music & Sound Design
The new magazine Coco Joe has been conceived as a brand extension for Channel O by Peet Pienaar and design studio The President.
1 Nov 09
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The don of design
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Product Design
Designindaba.com caught up with Massimo Vignelli in Cape Town and discovered a man for whom design is a way of life.
1 Nov 09
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Soil soul
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Urban & Landscape Design
Multiple award-winning designer David Davidson believes gardening is as good for our minds as it is for the planet.
1 Nov 09
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The sound of silence
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