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Oodles of doodles
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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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Between Ownership & Belonging
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Architecture & Interiors
Michael MacGarry writes about the South African exhibition at the 10th Venice International Architecture Biennale.
1 Nov 06
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Home comforts
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Design Thinking
Providing the right solution between cool design and peace of mind, ZenKaya is a new local concept for prefab living and working space.
1 Nov 06
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Stairway to heaven
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Creative Economy
The first contemporary flagship store for Longchamp has been designed by Heatherwick Studio.
1 Nov 06
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Death star
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Product Design
Top graduates of Design Academy Eindhoven recently exhibited eco-friendly "death designs" that are, quite literally, to die for.
1 Aug 06
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Don't call me babe
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Design Thinking
It may look cute and cuddly, but it's one of the planet's worst poo-llutants.
1 Aug 06
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Prophet of the city
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Design Thinking
The poet of technology, Denis Santachiara, marries art and design.
1 Aug 06
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Oog on Droog
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Product Design
Focusing on Droog's eco explorations proves that the Dutch design collective's fountain of good ideas never runs dry.
1 Aug 06
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Botany bay
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Graphic Design & Illustration
If you thought botanical illustration was dying out as fast as the rare plants it depicts, you may need to adjust your magnifying glass.
1 Aug 06
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High five
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Design Thinking
Mike Edmonds, an associate director of Arup, identified five of the world's most significant sustainable architecture projects.
1 Aug 06
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My architecture manifesto
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Design Thinking
Foremost eco-architect Keith Struthers of Natural Architecture builds with sustainable materials like clay, wood, living plants and stone.
1 Aug 06
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Four-part green manifesto
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Product Design
Design Indaba invites Haldane Martin, Heath Nash, Keith Struthers and Kommetjie Environmental Awareness Group to share their manifestos.
1 Aug 06
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Our products manifesto
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Design Thinking
KEAG's Ilithalomsa project evolves the litter that gets washed up on our beaches into desirable sculptures and homeware products.
1 Aug 06
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My lights manifesto
Profiling
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Product Design
Named as the 2006 Elle Decoration South Africa Designer of the Year, Heath Nash excels at making treasures from trash.
1 Aug 06
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My furniture manifesto
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
Haldane Martin's pieces say a lot about their creator. Here, their creator says a lot about his pieces.
1 Aug 06
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Rural renewal
Opinion
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Urban & Landscape Design
One way of halting urban expansion and migration from rural to urban areas, argues Carl Harrison, is through sustainable rural design.
1 Aug 06
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Shades of green
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Graphic Design & Illustration
In this series, some of our most able designers, art directors and illustrators drop thought-provoking image bombs.
1 Aug 06
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Mission rescue
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Interaction Design
Photographer Clinton Friedman is raising awareness about the illegally harvested medicinal plants that he saves from "muti" markets.
1 Aug 06
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Walk on the wild side
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Design Thinking
A pro bono campaign by the award-winning Jupiter Drawing Room tells people to take a hike.
1 Aug 06
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Why brand a nation?
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Thebe Ikalafeng gets the inside track from the globe's leading nation branding specialists, Simon Anholt and Wally Olins.
1 May 06
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Selling SA: View to a thrill
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Creative Economy
HKLM uses a viewfinder to show brand South Africa at its best.
1 May 06
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Selling SA: Flying high
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Creative Economy
Two Tone flights the national bird as a symbol of our country's future.
1 May 06
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Highlighting the need to redesign hospitals for the future
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The pandemic has shed light on the inadequacies of hospital models.
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