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Urban art on auction
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Urban & Landscape Design
Cape Town graffiti artists raise money for underprivileged communities and new urban art space opens in Woodstock.
14 May 09
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A crystal full of sugar
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Product Design
Impish Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has created a limited edition set of crystal for Baccarat.
14 May 09
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Nampak winners announced
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Professional and student winners of the Nampak Packaging Design Challenge were announced at the 2009 Design Indaba Expo.
14 May 09
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Friends of Ruth Prowse
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Design Thinking
Help raise funds for disadvantaged students to attend Ruth Prowse School of Art by creating a small art work before 8 June.
14 May 09
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Animation meets theatre
Design News
Theatre multi-tasker, Neil Coppen's recent production of Tree Boy introduced design, animation and multimedia to the Durban Playhouse.
14 May 09
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Touchpad dining
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Architecture & Interiors
The new Inamo restaurant in London revolutionises the service and hospitality industry with a unique menu based on interactive design.
14 May 09
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Joule on South African roads by 2010
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Urban & Landscape Design
South Africa's first locally designed and manufactured electric car is ready for production.
14 May 09
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Prism awards to champion green design
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Architecture & Interiors
Architecture and design students are invited to enter the Plascon Prism awards before 29 May 2009.
14 May 09
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South Africans in Milan
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Craft
After debuting at the Design Indaba Expo, four South African designers exhibited at the Milan Furniture Fair under the Misael label.
14 May 09
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Nathan Reddy Pecha Kucha
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Creative Economy
Nathan Reddy, South Africa's most awarded brand specialist, explains his success in the manufacture of desirability.
8 May 09
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Zapiro Pecha Kucha (part one): The Mandela Files
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Mandela Files, by South Africa's best-loved and most widely known satirical cartoonist Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro), looks at Mandela as an icon and leader.
2 May 09
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No happy ending
Opinion
As technology races towards a constantly receding utopia, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby warn of its economic, cultural and ethical impacts.
2 May 09
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As deep as it gets
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Art & Photography
Designer Richard Hart has created recesses of kindness in his first art exhibition.
2 May 09
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Me, myself & Dai
Opinion
From the frontlines of Dai Fujiwara’s entourage of groupies, Sandhya Lalloo witnesses a creative master fuelled by minimalism and humility.
2 May 09
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The art of science
Profiling
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Product Design
Integrating engineering and art, Michaella Janse van Vuuren has stumbled upon infinite applications for rapid prototyping.
2 May 09
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Fishing for nonsense
Profiling
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Music & Sound Design
We persevered... and got some sense out of 'nonsense pioneer' Nobumichi Tosa.
2 May 09
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Foam for thought
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Food Design
Food is more than simply feeding oneself. Michelle Matthews uncovers the design secrets of culinary genius Ferran Adrià.
2 May 09
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Zapiro Pecha Kucha (part two): Polokwane Pirates
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Graphic Design & Illustration
This is the second part of Zapiro’s presentation at Design Indaba Expo 2009.
2 May 09
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What can your creativity do?
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Design Thinking
A lively series of quotable quotes from the speakers at the Design Indaba Conference 2009.
1 May 09
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You and Your Browser
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Interaction Design
Illustrator Christoph Niemann has created an animated ad for Google's new browser, Chrome.
30 Apr 09
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Geraldine Fenn Pecha Kucha
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Jeweller Geraldine Fenn weaves narratives through small sculptural pieces, fashioned out of found objects.
24 Apr 09
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Richard Hart interview
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Hart sees creating art as a wonderful indulgence, to be enjoyed as much as possible in as organic a process as possible.
23 Apr 09
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Braam Jordaan interview
Video Interviews
Braam Jordaan shares the origins of The Rubbish Monster, a vivid and effective animation that has fetched him a string of awards.
23 Apr 09
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We heart mags
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Creative Economy
Design Indaba magazine participated in the We Love Magazine Library exhibition in Japan in March.
14 Apr 09
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