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Architectural Indaba
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Architecture & Interiors
Between 4,5 and 5 million South Africans have received "secure tenure" homes since 1994. Sean O'Toole looks beyond the statistics.
1 Aug 02
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First things first
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Sean O'Toole spoke to Kalle Lasn, asking him about his decision to revive a dusty design manifesto from 1964.
1 Aug 02
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The design virus
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Sean O'Toole interviews Jonathan Barnbrook.
1 Aug 02
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United colours
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Fernando Gutierrez is widely regarded as a designer at the fore of contemporary magazine design. Sean O'Toole recently spoke with him.
1 Aug 02
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The bleeding edge
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Amy Westervelt interviews Stefan Sagmeister.
1 Aug 02
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Representing illusions
Opinion
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Graphic Design & Illustration
At the heart of recent discussions on sustainable development lie illusions. These illusions are founded on images, writes Lewis Blackwell.
1 Aug 02
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Trusting the truth
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Art & Photography
Trust is not a word one often associates with documentary photography, writes Sean O'Toole.
1 Aug 02
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Digital Indaba
Opinion
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Interaction Design
Futurefarmers vs Razorfish on conscientious design.
1 Aug 02
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Each one teach one
Opinion
A group of 'street photographers', all from the Cape Town area, have banded together to form the Umlilo Photographers Association.
1 Aug 02
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The great brown world
Opinion
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Graphic Design & Illustration
All that is good is brown, according to Richard Rodriguez.
1 Aug 02
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Cardboard city
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Shigeru Ban's experiments with paper architecture over the past 10 years have encompassed diverse constructions.
1 May 02
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Shooting from the lip
Q&A
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Graphic Design & Illustration
James Victore is an independent graphic designer whose posters hang in many permanent collections around the world.
1 May 02
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The face of type
Lookbook
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Erik Spiekermann is a tireless and outspoken talking head for the functional and aesthetic design of absolutely everything.
1 May 02
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The spirit of photography
Opinion
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Art & Photography
Back to the Khumb Mela, the Hindu festival that takes place every 12 years outside Allahabad.
1 May 02
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Thought for food
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Food Design
Nicky Apostolis interviewed Marti Guixé after his lecture at Design Indaba. But after one question, they drew pictures instead.
1 May 02
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Divas by design
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Luba Lukova from New York, Teresa Roviras from London, Lucille Tenazas from San Francisco.
1 May 02
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Summer folly
Opinion
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Architecture & Interiors
CT's topography forms a dramatic and vertiginous backdrop to a delightful glass tree house that's perfect for lofty summer city living.
1 May 02
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Drawing blanks
Opinion
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Go to any city in South Africa and take a look at what's hanging on the lampposts. Not much, really.
1 May 02
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Drawing the online
Design News
Joshua Davis is a visual, virtual artist – the mouse is a brush, the pixels are paint. By his own admission, his work is not always useful.
1 May 02
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What goes around comes around
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fast-forwarding into the future, fashion increasingly rewinds to the past.
1 Feb 02
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Netactivist
Design News
Hans A Bernhard is the civil name of hans_extrem, etoy.HANS, etoy.BRAINHARD, net_CALLBOY.
1 Feb 02
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The best of Mark Farrow
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Manchester born Mark Farrow has been called one of the heroes of the creative industries by Creative Review Magazine and deservedly so.
1 Feb 02
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Ancestral design
Opinion
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Design Thinking
Beads have become a tourist delight, but what about beads as a symbol of another reality, writes Moshidi Motshegwa.
1 Feb 02
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Three tales of Jozi
Opinion
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Design Thinking
Rodney Place, Johan van Wyk and Muzi Kuzwayo offer three different takes on the city of gold.
1 Feb 02
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Arron Nathan Moos’s moving, contemplative portraits bring the lives of others sharply into focus.
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Alex Cecchetti’s Sentiero – a land-art intervention and performance – is set to premiere at the Biennale Gherdëina
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27 Feb 22
One architectural drawing a day for 365 days has culminated in the exhibition RSA 365
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A golden milestone
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27 Feb 22
Cape Town’s beloved Irma Stern Museum celebrates its semicentennial with a line-up of exhibitions, events and talks.
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