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Man about town
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Music & Sound Design
During his visit to the 2007 Design Indaba, influential "non-musician" Brian Eno showed his 77 Million Paintings installation at Michaelis.
22 Mar 07
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The Ultimate Guide to Local Design out now
Design News
The Ultimate Guide to Local Design brings together South Africa's best designs and designers who exhibited at the Design Indaba Expo 2007.
20 Mar 07
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Design Indaba 2007 Commercial: Flowerball
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Product Design
An official commercial for Design Indaba 2007, based on Heath Nash's Flowerball light.
20 Feb 07
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Design Indaba 2007 Commercial: Kreepy Krauly
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Design Thinking
The official commercial for Design Indaba 2007. The commercial showcases the kreepy krauly, a South African invention by Ferdinand Chauvier.
19 Feb 07
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Design Indaba 2007 Commercial: Hippo Roller
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Design Thinking
The official commercial for the Design Indaba 2007, featuring the hippo roller - an invention designed by Johan Jonker and Pettie Petzer.
19 Feb 07
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Film noir
Opinion
The signing of the film co-production treaty between South Africa and the UK should open up new avenues of financial support.
1 Feb 07
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A Taste For Type
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Tobias Frere-Jones has designed over 500 typefaces for retail publication, custom clients and experimental research.
1 Feb 07
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X SÊ Factor
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Urban & Landscape Design
South African-born auto designer Keith Helfet has produced iconic designs for Jaguar Cars.
1 Feb 07
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Geografias ingenuas
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Interaction Design
Javier Mariscal has been dubbed the Peter Pan of Spanish design, but his work is often full of social commentary.
1 Feb 07
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Big bad Bitterkomix
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Over the last 10 years or so, Bitterkomix has been consistently challenging and outrageous, undeniably brilliant, and impossible to ignore.
1 Feb 07
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Afro Guchi
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Vlisco’s transformation into a leading fashion house is partly the result of competition from cheap Chinese imports.
1 Feb 07
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Creative nation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Parliament wants a fresh new image and has asked the nation to get its creative juices flowing by designing its new emblem.
1 Feb 07
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Put your best foot forward
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Hands up if you’ve ever cross-tied the laces of your takkies? Or coloured in your toecaps with a permanent marker?
1 Feb 07
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Mechanical magic
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A winner has been chosen for Big Blue’s 2006 Makhulu Polane design competition.
1 Feb 07
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Fresh talent
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Architecture & Interiors
Taswald Pillay, from the University of Johannesburg, has scooped the prestigious PG Bison Interior Design Student of the Year Award.
1 Feb 07
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Visions of nature
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The first comprehensive survey of the work of the 19th-century biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel has been published by Prestel Publishing.
1 Feb 07
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Make a big noise
Design News
Dream up a non-traditional campaign idea for Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign.
11 Dec 06
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Sovereign beauty
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Beverley Price’s unique jewellery is inspired by western as well as indigenous South African goldsmithing and ritual objects.
1 Nov 06
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Africa adorned
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Renowned jeweller Ida-elsje is in demand for her beautiful and highly personal engagement rings and other fine pieces.
1 Nov 06
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One small country
Opinion
Marc Shoul explores the small cycles of daily life against a larger backdrop of shadow, light, unspoken drama and uncertain peace in Israel.
1 Nov 06
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Jacket required
Opinion
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The South African book cover has come a long way, ponders Michelle Matthews of Oshun Books.
1 Nov 06
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Oodles of doodles
Lookbook
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Urban & Landscape Design
A personal journal produced over two years by Durban-based graphic designer Trevor Paul has reignited his creativity.
1 Nov 06
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Floral finesse
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Architecture & Interiors
The interior design for SRK Legal Assistance in the Hague is a tribute to the Dutch flower.
1 Nov 06
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Blooming marvellous
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Urban & Landscape Design
Nine large-scale metal tree sculptures with colourful, rotating mid-sections have given new life to Juta Street in Johannesburg.
1 Nov 06
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Champs-Élysées will be getting a green makeover to turn it from a paved paradise into a modern-day Eden.
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