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Look ma, no skool
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Ontwerp.TV have struck a balance between commercial output and their ideals by generating influential underground marketing.
1 Aug 08
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The house that Pancho built
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Architecture & Interiors
Iziko National Gallery shows legendary Mozambican architect Pancho Guedes' first retrospective on the African continent.
1 Aug 08
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Conversations on a Toronto afternoon
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Architecture & Interiors
Architect Len Abelman sets off to meet expats Jack Diamond and Shirley Blumberg, two South Africans shaping the Toronto cityscape.
1 Aug 08
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Twee tees
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Graphic Design & Illustration
While T-shirt makers the world over are plying their wares virtually, Brad Hodgskiss is keeping Mingo Lamberti real.
1 Aug 08
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All that glitters
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Product Design
Design Indaba asks four resident jewellery designers of Egoli, city of gold, to explain what's worth its weight in bling.
1 Aug 08
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Fashion tips for superheroes
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibition explored comic book characters and fashion, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
19 Jun 08
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On the virtual edge
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Creative Economy
The digital revolution is about intelligent tradeoffs, according to Rory Sutherland, vice chairman of Ogilvy UK.
2 May 08
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Public art award announced
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Kevin Brand, artist and educator from Cape Town, scooped the Mercedes-Benz South Africa 2008 Art Award for an Art Project in Public Spaces.
2 May 08
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Saffers hit Milan
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Product Design
Five Cape Town designers exhibited under the Italian Misael label during the Milan Furniture Fair.
2 May 08
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One thing that leads to another thing
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Things is a new cartoon strip by Spike Kunene and Khaya Dlanga, copywriters at Metropolitan Republic.
2 May 08
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Robot gets fieldtrip
Design News
Chris Saunders and Murray Turpin have collaborated to create a virtual robot.
2 May 08
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Optical delusions
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Music & Sound Design
Cape Town's emo-electro outfit Unit.r have launched their debut album decked out in a full-house design campaign from illustrator Kronk.
2 May 08
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Blossoming furniture
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Product Design
Klein Dytham Architecture designed, developed and produced this outdoor cherry blossom party furniture.
2 May 08
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Coley Porter Bell launches in SA
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Creative Economy
International branding and design company Coley Porter Bell has partnered with Ogilvy SA to launch locally.
2 May 08
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Nothing is lost
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Architecture & Interiors
Jason Bruges's new Memory Project is an interactive installation piece.
2 May 08
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Sea change
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Product Design
Heath Nash's Anemone light for Artecnica was launched at this year's Milan Furniture Fair.
2 May 08
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Ziggy prop
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Product Design
Ryan Frank's ZiG is a modular display/storage system made from solid bamboo.
2 May 08
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Animation challenges the imagination ceiling
Design News
Roger Smythe, managing director of multiple-award-winning animation studio Masters & Savant, talks about the possibilities of animation.
2 May 08
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Stay the night
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Architecture & Interiors
Architect Andrew Makin and entrepreneur Nicky Rofail have collaborated on a new boutique hotel, Motel Mi Pi Chi.
2 May 08
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MoMa acquires local design zines
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A selection of BitterKomix and BitterJusi issues have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York for their permanent collection.
2 May 08
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The faces that find me
Design News
Dylan Culhane's Photoklecksography exhibition was inspired by Justinus Kerner and Hermann Rorschach's exploration of mirrored images.
2 May 08
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Watching glass grow
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Product Design
Ilse Doyer of Glamosa Glass and glass artist Martli Jansen van Rensburg have joined forces to explore and innovate on glass work.
2 May 08
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Design, art or soup kitchen?
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Architecture & Interiors
Exploring the legroom between art and design is Cape Town's newest gallery - Curious, Whetstone & Frankley.
2 May 08
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Designer hideaway at art fair
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Architecture & Interiors
Billed as the world's first contemporary African art fair, the Jo'burg Art Fair 2008 welcomed 6 500 visitors through its doors.
2 May 08
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