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Next Generation
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Product Design
After longstanding complaints about a dearth of fresh talent in the industry, a new wave of product designers has at last emerged.
1 Feb 06
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Red hot
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Industrial Design
The first African company to win a coveted Red Dot Design Award proves that South Africa has the potential.
1 Feb 06
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Story teller
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Creative Economy
Design brings stories to life. Or so says Yves Béhar, whose own tale is made up of one brand success story after another.
1 Feb 06
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Wine wins
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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?
1 Nov 05
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The bigger apple
Opinion
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Product Design
What happens when you take an African-American designer from New York to Africa for the first time and expect him to work with crafters?
1 Nov 05
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De-colonising design
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Design Thinking
What would the design landscape of Africa look like if colonialism had never happened? Carl Harrison asks the tricky, pertinent question…
1 Nov 05
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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?
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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
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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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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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The sound of silence
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Self-taught game developer Mbangiso Mabaso employs augmented and virtual reality to enliven the science lab for learners
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