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State of Our Environment competition
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Design Thinking
Someone messing with your environment and you don’t know who to tell? Tell ACT about it in the State of Our Environment competition.
7 Sep 09
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Afro hipster
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Alexander Derrick’s American and Mauritanian roots shape the thinking behind his Zulu Rose fashion brand.
7 Sep 09
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Batswana flavoured hotel
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Architecture & Interiors
Rising out of Mafikeng, the capital of the North West Province, is the recently refurbished Peermont resort – the Mmabatho Palms Hotel.
6 Sep 09
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Jaunted Haunts Press
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Music & Sound Design
Righard Kapp recently released four albums on his garage label Jaunted Haunts Press.
5 Sep 09
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Yes, Pet Shop Boys by Mark Farrow
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Music & Sound Design
For the limited-edition of the Pet Shop Boys’s latest offering, Yes, Mark Farrow certainly responds in the affirmative.
3 Sep 09
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Mingo Lamberti extends deadline
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Graphic Design & Illustration
7 September 2009 is the new deadline to submit entries for Mingo Lamberti's seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts.
2 Sep 09
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Rubbish-made art
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Design Thinking
The annual Wasted exhibition at the Unity Gallery showed beautiful objects made from bottle tops, ring pulls, waste paper and more.
2 Sep 09
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Design benefit
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Designed by DJ Stout, the 39th edition of the Pentagram Papers features signs from the homeless.
2 Sep 09
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Picturing taste
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Creative Economy
Photographer Stan Engelbrecht’s German language follow-up to the successful African Salad, Das is(s)t Deutschland was recently launched.
1 Sep 09
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Photos full of marvel
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Creative Economy
With barely a human subject in sight, Roger Ballen’s newest book, Boarding House, makes his oeuvre even more intangible.
31 Aug 09
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Independent culture
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Winner of the Best Womenswear Designer title at Spring/Summer 2009 New York Fashion Week, Samantha Cole is on an upwards trajectory.
31 Aug 09
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“Protect yourself from stupid rules”
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Design Thinking
Designed by Ingo Maurer, the Euro Condom is a reaction to the new EU guideline that bans frosted bulbs.
30 Aug 09
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Arad still on form
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Product Design
Although Ron Arad has resigned from the Royal College of Arts, he’s nowhere near done.
29 Aug 09
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Musical posters
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Music & Sound Design
The hot new +27 Design Cafe in Pretoria recently showcased Andre Pereira’s most renowned works of Gig Art.
28 Aug 09
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Natural design stories
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Craft
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius’s "Artificial Flowers" and "Animal Tables" celebrated the sculptural qualities of design.
27 Aug 09
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Design celebrates independent cinema
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Graphic Design & Illustration
This year is a double anniversary for The Labia – 60 years since the doors opened and 20 years as a cinema.
26 Aug 09
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Gregor Jenkin comes out tops
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Product Design
Gregor Jenkin was chosen winner in the design category of the South Africa's Celebrating Strides awards.
25 Aug 09
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Twin Towers live on in logos
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Ji Lee has launched an open project to photograph and preserve images of the Twin Towers in New York City logos.
24 Aug 09
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Superella opens signature store
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fashion designer Ella Buter’s first store opened in Melville recently
23 Aug 09
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Puppets show up in Kenya
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A satirical puppet show developed and initiated by cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa has made it onto the airwaves in Kenya.
22 Aug 09
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SA young design entrepreneur
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Craft
Given Nkuna will represent South Africa at the British Council 2009 International Young Design Entrepreneur (IYDE) of the Year Award Finals.
21 Aug 09
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SA snaps up two Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions
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Creative Economy
Both Net#work BBDO Johannesburg and TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg walked away from the 2009 Cannes Lions with a sought after Grand Prix.
20 Aug 09
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Fablab bears fruit
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Product Design
Using Soshanguve FABlab, the design team at Readymade are prototyping The Nest fruit bowl for an income-generation venture.
19 Aug 09
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Get a handle on SA architecture
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Creative Economy
Professor ‘Ora Joubert has judiciously curated the 10 Years + 100 Buildings compendium to contemporary South South African architecture.
18 Aug 09
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