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Arad still on form
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Tribute to internationally celebrated fashion photographer Crispian Plunkett, who passed away recently.
17 Aug 09
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Moroso does Africa
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Architecture & Interiors
Italian furniture brand Moroso celebrates the influence of Africa in the M’Afrique C’est Chic exhibition.
16 Aug 09
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Siblings bring music to T-shirts
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Music & Sound Design
Combining two youth culture essentials, music and T-shirts, the new Hruki T-shirt range has become an immediate hit.
15 Aug 09
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Twiice goes local
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Leading South African distributor of global design products, Twiice International, has launched a local production arm, Designfaktori.
14 Aug 09
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An eye on power
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Design Thinking
The Wattcher is a design object that displays the total electricity consumption of your home in a beautiful and meaningful way.
13 Aug 09
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Graphic novel goes down the gut
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In Jesse Breytenbach’s graphic novel I Don’t Like Chocolate every story relates to food from a different slant.
12 Aug 09
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Green objectified
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Going multidisciplinary, Green Design by Marcus Fairs is one of the first books to give a thorough overview of the burgeoning movement.
11 Aug 09
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No dust in this library
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Creative Economy
Creative agency YCN have opened their new workspace in London to the public by incorporating a magazine library
10 Aug 09
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Tribal iconography
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Parisian designer Damien Poulain shows Totem 49 at the Kemistry Gallery in London.
9 Aug 09
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One chair is enough
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Design Thinking
Shigeru Ban’s ingenious new 10-Unit System for Artek can be used to make a chair, table or bench using just one simple L-shaped unit.
8 Aug 09
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Would you like that with chips?
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Architecture & Interiors
Quirky, bold and robust, Chips forms the first major development for Alsop Architects’ masterplan for New Islington in Manchester, UK.
7 Aug 09
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Drawing on the walls
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Spanish designer Javier Mariscal’s retrospective is currently on show at the Design Museum in London, until November 2009.
6 Aug 09
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