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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
Design News
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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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Take Design Advantage
Design News
Would you bet money on South Africa getting ahead in the global design game? What is it that really holds the Third World back?
2 Oct 05
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Wine Wins
Design News
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?
2 Oct 05
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4th Quarter 2005 Editorial
Opinion
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Design Thinking
Cheering loudly
2 Oct 05
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Design News
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We do hate to boast, but it would silly of us not to shout about the fact that Design Indaba Magazine is the only South African publication
2 Aug 05
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Stop the press
Design News
We do hate to boast, but it would silly of us not to shout about the fact that Design Indaba Magazine is the only South African publication
2 Aug 05
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Cover story
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology were assigned with the task of creating a book sleeve or poster.
1 Aug 05
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Image conscience
Design News
South African Dave Southwood is a veritable camera flash of brightness in the local photographic scene.
1 Aug 05
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Gee, Lee!
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Product Design
When he isn't altering other people's advertising in the Bubble Project, Ji Lee also spends his time developing thought-provoking designs.
1 Aug 05
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The Bubble Project
Profiling
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Urban & Landscape Design
Ji Lee has printed over 50 000 stickers shaped like speech-bubbles since 2002.
1 Aug 05
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Sempre Sempé
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Product Design
Always a bastion of witty innovation, the celebrated French product designer Inga Sempé gets it right every time.
1 Aug 05
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Tom Dixon design maverick
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Product Design
Celebrated UK designer Tom Dixon was born in Africa - in Sfax, Tunisia, to be exact. So we proudly claim him as one of our own.
1 Aug 05
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A brand new Africa
Opinion
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Creative Economy
Stereotypical associations of Africa are not exactly the kind of images that stimulate foreign investment and tourism.
1 Aug 05
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Stop the press
Opinion
1 Aug 05
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