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Big Idea
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Creative Economy
Big Idea, by Sandu Cultural Media, is a compilation of winning works from seven international design competitions.
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15 May 09
As We Like It
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
As We Like It, published by Arnoldsche, covers the past 20 years of teacher and student work at the Goldschmiedeschule mit Uhrmacherschule.
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15 May 09
Eye of the beholder
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Creative Economy
Miss Beautiful is a photographic investigation into South Africa’s pageants by Stan Engelbrecht, with supporting stories by Tamsen de Beer.
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15 May 09
Get green, already!
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
Going Green by Simon Gear obliterates all silly excuses for not making simple changes that will benefit you, the planet and your fellows.
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15 May 09
Inside today’s pantry
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Food Design
crEATe is a timely overview of the state of our world’s pantry, researched and written by the Future Laboratory, published by Gestalaten.
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15 May 09
Can you taste when food is made with love?
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Food Design
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Creative Economy
Marije Vogelzang's debut monograph, Eat Love, poses some intriguing questions regarding food an the act of eating.
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15 May 09
No happy ending
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As technology races towards a constantly receding utopia, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby warn of its economic, cultural and ethical impacts.
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2 May 09
Me, myself & Dai
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From the frontlines of Dai Fujiwara’s entourage of groupies, Sandhya Lalloo witnesses a creative master fuelled by minimalism and humility.
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2 May 09
What can your creativity do?
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Design Thinking
A lively series of quotable quotes from the speakers at the Design Indaba Conference 2009.
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1 May 09
Crafts: A matter of scale and pace
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Craft
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort writes about the craft of smaller scale, slower pace and sustainable style.
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2 Feb 09
SA in graphic prime
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Graphic Design: A Primer in South African Graphic Design is by artist, designer, writer and independent publisher, Michael MacGarry.
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1 Feb 09
Citizen of the World
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Music & Sound Design
Internationally celebrated jazz saxophonist Moreira Chonguiça has released his second Moreira Project album, Citizen of the World.
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1 Feb 09
Building bible
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Architecture & Interiors
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Creative Economy
It was with much anticipation that the updated Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture was received.
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1 Feb 09
Futures to believe in
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Design Thinking
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Creative Economy
Dion Chang has put together a series of essays on the way the world will be very soon in The 2009 Flux Trend Review.
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1 Feb 09
Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts
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Creative Economy
Fonts are pretty dresses for letters used to communicate on paper with ink, right? Wrong, says Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts.
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1 Feb 09
The Interior World of Tom Dixon
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Product Design
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Creative Economy
The Interior World of Tom Dixon is an explosion of inspiring colours, textures and patterns, from Italian flooring to dried Korean fish.
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1 Feb 09
Bellville Rock City
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Music & Sound Design
The CD/DVD box set Bellville Rock City offers a veritable resource of profiles, music videos, tracks and documentary coverage.
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1 Feb 09
Pure not poor
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Industrial Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
“Pure design proposes a cocktail of sensations,” reads the introduction to Pure Design: Objects of Desire, published by Monsa.
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1 Feb 09
Not just an album design pioneer
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Reasons to be Cheerful by Paul Gorman makes a case for the canonisation of Barney Bubbles in the history of 20th century design.
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1 Feb 09
Doodle for a Difference
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Design Thinking
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Doodle for a Difference pays tribute to the participants, profiles the benefactors and offers a visual history of Night of 1 000 Drawings.
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1 Feb 09
The Art of Romance
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Art of Romance takes you on a journey through the cheesy history of Mills & Boons and Harlequin book covers.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Christine Moosmann
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Craft
Editor of Novum magazine, a Design Indaba media partner, Christine Moosmann weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Design stuffs its face
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Food Design
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Creative Economy
Fabrico Próprio: The Design of Portuguese Semi-Industrial Confectionery makes a strong case for the design fame of 90 single-serving cakes.
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1 Nov 08
But how does nature make you feel?
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Product Design
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
An exploration of design inspired by the natural world, the release of Fabiola Reyes’s Nature, by Spanish publishing house Monso is timely.
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1 Nov 08
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