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Akiko Shinzato’s art of identity theft
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Using bits of brass, laser engraved leather, reflective plastic and design acumen; Akiko Shinzato’s jewellery can give you someone else’s identity.
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17 Jul 15
Quazi Design – How it all began
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African Design
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
A charming stop-motion film that recounts the journey of Swaziland-based studio Quazi Design.
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27 Mar 15
Polishing tomorrow's gems
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Ekurhuleni Jewellery Project in Gauteng trains aspiring designers and gives graduates an incubated space to start their own businesses.
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25 Mar 15
The Italian job
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
A new range called "Due" ("two" in Italian) from Cape Town-based SMITH Jewellery will be on display at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
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21 Feb 15
Every surface a canvas
Next Generation
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Emerging Creative Maria Uys explains the appeal of felt, the freedom of being a surface designer and why she's mad about the colour orange.
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27 Jan 15
The Makery
The Makery designs and manufactures contemporary beaded necklaces and bracelets.
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26 Jan 15
Celeste Theron
Celeste Theron is an artist, co-founder of design collective She and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
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12 Jan 15
Alawie Darries and Mouroodah (Ruda) Darries
Cape Town-based brother and sister team Alawie and Ruda Darries are part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
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12 Jan 15
From the African earth
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Bright and bold pieces from two new Klomp Ceramic ranges.
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9 Jan 15
Reverie Design
Reverie Designs is a collaborative jewellery range created by jeweller Claire Sandham and artist Sharon Boonzaier.
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12 Dec 14
Shelley Taylor Designs
Shelley Taylor designs an upmarket jewellery range inspired by her travels.
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19 Nov 14
The Diamond Condition by Kirsten Goss
Product Spotlight
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Kirsten Goss's latest collection proves that sometimes a girl's best friend is a bit of irreverence.
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17 Nov 14
Love, Africa Studio
Love, Africa Studio creates a contemporary product range including fine art, jewellery and botanicals.
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7 Nov 14
Geraldine Fenn: The bare bones of business and creativity
Q&A
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
We chat to one of South Africa's most imaginative jewellery designers on balancing creative innovation with the demands of running a business.
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2 Oct 14
Alchemy Loop
Alchemy Loop is a Johannesburg-based jewellery brand focussing on geometric shapes and abstract patterns.
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4 Sep 14
Take Five
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Architecture & Interiors
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Art & Photography
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Our five most popular stories this week went off the beaten track, featuring creatives who operate outside of the mainstream.
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15 Aug 14
Sister act
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Product Design
We chat to Cape Town-based sisters Astrid and Karen Schwarz about living, working and designing together.
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7 Aug 14
Nanette Veldsman
Nanette Veldsman is a jewellery designer and lecturer at Stellenbosch University. She is the jewellery curator for Design Indaba Expo 2015
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17 Jul 14
Focus on: Marble's comeback
Focus On
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
More and more designers are being inspired by the ancient stone's striated smoothness. Here are five recent examples from our archives.
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6 Jul 14
Next Generation: Henriette Botha
Next Generation
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Henriette Botha is an emerging South African design brand of handcrafted, locally manufactured, statement jewellery pieces.
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26 May 14
Boldly bejewelled
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
South African jewellery brand Pichulik has unveiled their Autumn/Winter 2014 collection inspired by 70s glamour and powerful women.
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17 May 14
Life in technicolour
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Schwarzie sisters have launched a new stationery and jewellery collection, both highlighting their love for colour and pattern.
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27 Apr 14
Kick it
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
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African Design
Cape Town-based design studio SKOP gave reject soccer balls a second life with their unconventional design.
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7 Apr 14
Desirable jewels
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
"See it. Touch it. Need it" is the catch phrase for Shelley & Harry's "Luxury" jewellery collection.
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23 Mar 14
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