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Tangible brand marks
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Creative Economy
Logos are possibly the most ubiquitous intervention that the birth of the advertising industry in the 20th century has brought to market.
1 Nov 08
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Sound/culture smash
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Music & Sound Design
Paul D Miller – aka DJ Spooky – addresses “the remix” in his new book Sound Unbound.
1 Nov 08
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Bhangra
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Music & Sound Design
Bhangra is a musical genre that grew out of the diasporic Indian community in Britain and was popularised through dancehalls.
1 Nov 08
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Waaksaam en Wakker
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Music & Sound Design
Although originally the offspring of Fokofpolisiekar, Van Coke Kartell have grown into themselves with a second album, Waaksaam en Wakker.
1 Nov 08
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No more songs for girls
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Music & Sound Design
Jo’burg indie electro outfit Model C have been described as “a dirty and beautiful eight-bit soundtrack that crawls under your skin”.
1 Nov 08
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Bird on a wire
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Addressing the ongoing question of preciousness in contemporary jewellery, Kelly Mccallum is looking to natural history for inspiration.
1 Nov 08
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Springleap vs Threadless
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fundamentally showing that everyman can design, Springleap is more than just South Africa’s answer to Threadless.
1 Nov 08
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Four legs good, two legs bad
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Urban & Landscape Design
Creative consultancy Animal Farm is born of a world where some are more equal than others.
1 Nov 08
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Head honcho
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
South African-born milliner Albertus Quartus Swanepoel is poised for success.
1 Nov 08
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Worldly stuff
Profiling
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Music & Sound Design
Creator of worlds and purveyor of jumble, set designer Angela Nemov speaks to Nadine Botha.
1 Nov 08
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DIY electronic eco-design?
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Design Thinking
Taking eco-design online will enable the creative collaboration on ideas necessary to shape the solutions to climate change.
1 Nov 08
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Hot or cold?
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Product Design
Visiting the London Design Festival, Nadine Botha finds herself torn between sustainable and pop.
1 Nov 08
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Gadget: Purpose wanted
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Information Design
The Chumby, a real geek's toy, is an internet-connected touchscreen device. It's thoroughly open-source and runs widgets on Linux software.
19 Aug 08
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Crime unleashes a reptile
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Cape Town illustrator and graphic novelist Luis Tolosana has unleashed the first episode of his self-drawn, written and funded Iguana-Man.
19 Aug 08
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Sneaker dreams
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Chinese graphic design student Shumeng Ye went in search of the secret history of Warrior basketball sneakers.
19 Aug 08
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The origin of light
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Product Design
Ingo Maurer unveiled his egg-shaped light for Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia, declaring the egg to be the perfect form.
18 Aug 08
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Durban design headed for Berlin
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Durban's artSPACE gallery hosted the second annual Bigwood exhibition during July, featuring more than 40 designers.
12 Aug 08
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But sausages grow on trees?
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Architecture & Interiors
Marije Vogelzang’s first solo exhibition, Fuel, at Mama in Rotterdam from May 21 to July 6 included cuddly sausages.
12 Aug 08
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Egg and green beans
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Architecture & Interiors
Durban's Bean Bag Bahia Beach Club, sibling to Bean Bag Bohemia and Deli, features an up-market restaurant café as well as a deli.
12 Aug 08
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Sinking into beauty
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Architecture & Interiors
Design Indaba alumnus Ilse Crawford, tasked with designing the Aesop shop pairs modern interventions with endearing revival.
12 Aug 08
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Green house for green skin
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Design Thinking
Biodegradable body product range Jozi O have expanded into a brand new environmentally friendly building, named the Energy Works.
12 Aug 08
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Fashion unions take to the street
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Grabbing public attention in May, the SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) took the Cape Town Fashion Festival to the streets.
12 Aug 08
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Fashion week frenzy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The fashion week season saw fashion shows galore delighting audiences at the Durban, Johannesburg and then Cape Town Fashion Weeks.
12 Aug 08
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Garden furniture for good
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Design Thinking
Environmental design studio Orange 22 in Los Angeles has launched the Botanist Blank Canvas Project, which raises money for charity.
12 Aug 08
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