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Moving on up
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Urban & Landscape Design
Going high-tech isn't always the answer to rural transport problems. Sometimes the way forward lies with simple yet sustainable solutions.
1 Feb 06
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Design Philistines?
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Industrial Design
Does South Africa have a design culture? Not really, opines award-winning industrial designer Bernard Smith.
1 Feb 06
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A new visual taal
Next Generation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The next generation of "alternatiewe" Afrikaners is creating a glorious, guilt-free visual language for the South Africa of their tomorrow.
1 Feb 06
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From the archives: Head for humour
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Christoph Niemann's pictures paint a thousand witty words. In this interview, we profile the illustrator's more serious side.
1 Feb 06
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Contact lens
Opinion
Making contact, even if only momentarily, with the subject in front of her lens gives upcoming portrait snapper Sarah Nankin her focus.
1 Feb 06
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Matali on herself
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Product Design
Both valuable and useful, the collectable creations of French product designer Matali Crasset are climbing their way into design history.
1 Feb 06
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Wordplay
Opinion
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Product Design
Well-known anthropologist and author, Marc Augé writes about why Matali Crasset's work is hard to define in words.
1 Feb 06
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Next, please!
Next Generation
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Product Design
After longstanding complaints about a dearth of fresh talent in the industry, a new wave of product designers has at last emerged.
1 Feb 06
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Red hot
Opinion
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Industrial Design
The first African company to win a coveted Red Dot Design Award proves that South Africa has the potential.
1 Feb 06
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Story teller
Opinion
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Creative Economy
Design brings stories to life. Or so says Yves Béhar, whose own tale is made up of one brand success story after another.
1 Feb 06
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Wine wins
Opinion
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Graphic Design & Illustration
What happens when you grab a bunch of juicy Gauteng students and team them up with renowned graphics guru and self-confessed wino Ken Cato?
1 Nov 05
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The bigger apple
Opinion
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Product Design
What happens when you take an African-American designer from New York to Africa for the first time and expect him to work with crafters?
1 Nov 05
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De-colonising design
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Design Thinking
What would the design landscape of Africa look like if colonialism had never happened? Carl Harrison asks the tricky, pertinent question…
1 Nov 05
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Boss Hugo
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Art & Photography
Photographer Pieter Hugo is rapidly climbing to the top of his game.
1 Nov 05
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He said, she said
Design News
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Urban & Landscape Design
Award-winning duo Birsel+Seck also happen to design their lives together.
1 Nov 05
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Cultural nomad
Q&A
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Urban & Landscape Design
The talents of the Indian-born, Amsterdam-based product designer Satyendra Pakhalé migrate happily from one design oasis to the next.
1 Nov 05
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Take design advantage
Opinion
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Design Thinking
Would you bet money on South Africa getting ahead in the global design game? What is it that really holds the Third World back?
1 Nov 05
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David the Goliath
Design News
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Design Thinking
A "starchitect" with an artistic vision, David Adjaye's London-based studio is winning some of the world's most prestigious commissions.
1 Nov 05
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Hi-Fidelity
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We're proud to present the work of Joey Hi-Fi, a design delinquent who's turning up the volume…
2 Oct 05
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Spot on pots
Design News
Leading South African ceramicists have been performing feats of clay abroad
2 Oct 05
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Coked up
Design News
Coca-Cola gives itself - and us - a lift with designer bottles that ooze optimism
2 Oct 05
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Do you care?
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Design Activism
Well, Monkeybiz does! The local women's empowerment group recently won the United Kingdom's DoUKCare award alongside Nelson Mandela.
2 Oct 05
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David the Goliath
Design News
David Adjaye is a force to be reckoned with…
2 Oct 05
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De-colonising design
Design News
What would the design landscape of Africa look like if colonialism had never happened? Designer and Nottingham Trent University...
2 Oct 05
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