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Bringing the chic to soccer
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Creative Economy
A gorgeous new coffee table book captures some of the unique South African aspects of soccer.
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21 Jun 10
The future is entertaining
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Creative Economy
Futuretainment by Mike Walsh is a look at the world’s continuously changing technological landscape and the increased connectivity.
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2 Jun 10
The walls tell stories
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Architecture & Interiors
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Creative Economy
Johannesburg Transition, subtitled “Architecture and Society from 1950”, by Clive M Chipkin is a brilliant biography of Jozi.
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25 May 10
If you can't chuck it, store it… neatly
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Creative Economy
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Product Design
In his book "Storage: Get Organized", published by Conran Octopus, Terence Conran shows you how to systemically manage your things.
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19 May 10
To form and multiply
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg asks what traditional design can bring to synthetic biology.
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1 May 10
Ordinary peeps
Inside View
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Film & Animation
Filmmaker Oliver Hermanus likes to think that behind each face he passes daily, is a web of sexual deviation and anarchy.
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1 May 10
President love dress
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
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Music & Sound Design
Odidiva, star of House of Holy Afro and the new face of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, explains the power of wearing a dress.
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1 May 10
Money shot
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Creative Economy
Kathryn White explores the supposedly sexually aware advertising industry, exposing more than a few ironies.
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1 May 10
Vinyl still a design showcase
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Music & Sound Design
Showcasing a diverse mix of art and design, it was Muse's The Resistance album that took first place in the 2009 Best Art Vinyl Awards.
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12 Feb 10
Hot Afro
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Photographer Craig Fraser slips into the homes of some of South Africa's creative individuals to find distinctly South African interiors.
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12 Feb 10
Ai Weiwei
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Architecture & Interiors
An exploration of 21st-century multidisciplinary creative mastermind, Ai Weiwei, his outsize public persona and outspoken world views.
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12 Feb 10
The joke’s on you
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The fourth Laugh It Off Annual is out and proving that it's possible to find humour just about anywhere if you're looking hard enough.
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12 Feb 10
The Tale of How
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
An absolutely beautifully illustrated book celebrating the success of the award-winning Blackheart Gang's animation.
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12 Feb 10
The power of ideas is in everyone
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Creative Economy
Ideas are slippery things, but by personifying them with moods and reason, you control your ideas and how they can shape your life.
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12 Feb 10
Inevitable architectural change
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Architecture & Interiors
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Creative Economy
An up-to-the-minute commentary on contemporary architecture examining the changing innovations by the world's leading architects.
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12 Feb 10
Design: Intelligence Made Visible
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Industrial Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Creative Economy
Design heavyweights Terence Conran and Stephen Bayley come together to beautifully package and present this 300-page design encyclopaedia.
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12 Feb 10
English knows no bounds
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Creative Economy
The Wonder of Whiffling is a tour of the English language, a plunge into the world of words and a dip into a decidedly interesting lexis.
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12 Feb 10
TAXI-014 Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmankgato Helen Sebidi
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Design Thinking
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Creative Economy
Playing a key role in South African arts education, the 14th Taxi art book celebrates Helen Sebedi's contribution to art during apartheid.
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10 Feb 10
Wall wide open
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Craft
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Architecture & Interiors
In the north-west of SA, a wall is being built, an open-ended celebration of the skills and artistry of the people, writes Neil Stemmet.
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10 Feb 10
Str.smarts
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
Wooster Collective founders Marc and Sara Schiller discuss the coming-of-age of street art and its significance to the cities it populates.
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9 Feb 10
20:10 recall
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Interaction Design
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Creative Economy
As the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010 looms on the horizon, Comedian Louw Venter takes a look at how South Africa will remember "the world".
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9 Feb 10
Fever pitch
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
When it seems that one man's life has been divinely designed to create the logo for Africa's biggest even, can we call it only destiny?
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9 Feb 10
Hope 2.0
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Architecture & Interiors
The FIFA 20 Centres for 2010 exemplify how world sustainability can be underwritten by Africa’s bountiful endurance.
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9 Feb 10
1.05 4.40 3.30 2.05 3.40
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Architecture & Interiors
The World Cup is a golden opportunity for South Africa to show off so Marine Leblond goes beyond the budgets of our new stadiums.
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9 Feb 10
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