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No more songs for girls

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Jo’burg indie electro outfit Model C have been described as “a dirty and beautiful eight-bit soundtrack that crawls under your skin”. >

1 Nov 08
Bhangra

Reviews > Creative Economy / Music & Sound Design

Bhangra is a musical genre that grew out of the diasporic Indian community in Britain and was popularised through dancehalls. >

1 Nov 08
Tangible brand marks

Reviews > Creative Economy

Logos are possibly the most ubiquitous intervention that the birth of the advertising industry in the 20th century has brought to market. >

1 Nov 08
Green goes orange

Reviews > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Architecture of Change is a book about sustainable buildings, and the cover has not a single shade of green. >

1 Nov 08
Hot or cold?

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Visiting the London Design Festival, Nadine Botha finds herself torn between sustainable and pop. >

1 Nov 08
Sharing is caring

Opinion > Interaction Design

Based on a currency of sharing, cyberspace is resurrecting community and equality writes digital scholar Philipp Schmidt. >

1 Nov 08
Waaksaam en Wakker

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Although originally the offspring of Fokofpolisiekar, Van Coke Kartell have grown into themselves with a second album, Waaksaam en Wakker. >

1 Nov 08
Sound/culture smash

Reviews > Creative Economy / Music & Sound Design

Paul D Miller – aka DJ Spooky – addresses “the remix” in his new book Sound Unbound. >

1 Nov 08
Sneaker dreams

Reviews > Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Chinese graphic design student Shumeng Ye went in search of the secret history of Warrior basketball sneakers. >

19 Aug 08
Elaborately cheeky work

Reviews > Product Design / Creative Economy

Jaime Hayon Works offers a thorough exposition of the prolific designer's interdisciplinary approach and extraordinary talent. >

1 Aug 08
Look ma, no skool

Opinion > Graphic Design & Illustration

Ontwerp.TV have struck a balance between commercial output and their ideals by generating influential underground marketing. >

1 Aug 08
"Having guts always works out for me"

Reviews > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

Design Indaba reads Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far by Stefan Sagmeister. >

1 Aug 08
All that glitters

Hot Topic > Product Design

Design Indaba asks four resident jewellery designers of Egoli, city of gold, to explain what's worth its weight in bling. >

1 Aug 08
Gardening on pavements

Opinion > Music & Sound Design

Lloyd Gedye and Michael MacGarry explain the value of a physical publication to an independent music scene. >

1 Aug 08
Fashion tips for superheroes

Reviews > Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design

The Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibition explored comic book characters and fashion, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. >

19 Jun 08
Optical delusions

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Cape Town's emo-electro outfit Unit.r have launched their debut album decked out in a full-house design campaign from illustrator Kronk. >

2 May 08
A bigger personal history

Reviews > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

Graphic designer Jan Erasmus has documented his 25-year career in Intrigue. >

2 May 08
Beads go ape

Reviews > Craft / Creative Economy

Bead by Bead presents the uplifting story of Monkeybiz, from original lightbulb moment to the beacon of social upliftment it is today. >

2 May 08
Processed space

Opinion > Design Thinking

Cascoland producer and evangelist, Vincent Truter explains what it means to be one among many. >

1 May 08
Phantom limbs

Opinion > Fashion & Jewellery Design

With science fiction turning into reality on a daily basis, what will our bodies look like in the future, asks Christoph Zellweger. >

1 May 08
Digital is not the answer

Inside View > Design Thinking

During Design Indaba 2008, Nat Hunter from Airside told us about her side project, Three Trees Don't Make A Forest. >

1 May 08
Ooona Scheepers' timeless automobile design

Inside View > Urban & Landscape Design

Oona Scheepers tells Design Indaba how nature inspires timeless automobile design. >

1 May 08
Imagination @ 2.0 gbps

Opinion > Design Thinking

Professor Shin-ichi Takemura announces the dawn of a new era of mass media. >

1 May 08
Digital dandies

Opinion >

Every year since 2001, the Construction New Media Awards has celebrated digital design innovators. The 2008 winners are... >

1 May 08

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