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Ed Suter launches wallpaper
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Product Design
The Cape Town-based photographer brings the vibrant style of Africa's street life and tropical climate indoors.
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14 Oct 14
Tile style
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Product Design
We round up the top five tiles trends that emerged at the recent Cersaie international exhibition of ceramic tiles in Bologna, Italy.
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13 Oct 14
Mushroom mania
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Product Design
Ineke Hans gets playful with her latest glassware collection for Czech brand Křehký.
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13 Oct 14
Africa through the lens
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African Design
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Art & Photography
The winning work from the third annual POPCAP photography competition celebrates new visions of Africa.
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11 Oct 14
Paragon takes top sustainability honours
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
The Johannesburg-based firm won the 2014 AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture for its design of the Alexander Forbes Headquarters.
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10 Oct 14
A haunted, handmade world
Next Generation
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Film & Animation
Artist Ali Aschman makes emotionally layered animations using handmade puppets and paper cut-outs.
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10 Oct 14
'Function/Void' by The Bug and Factory Fifteen
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Film & Animation
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Music & Sound Design
This creative collaboration of music and film offers up a dystopian vision of a possible near-future.
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10 Oct 14
"Kinshasa" by Alec Lomami (CHLLNGR Remix)
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
Our Track of the Week is an Afro-electro ode to the idea of home by Congolese rapper-producer Alec Lomami.
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9 Oct 14
Brass Top dressing table by James Mudge
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African Design
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Product Design
Cape Town-based designer-carpenter James Mudge crafts a delicate, contemporary dressing table.
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9 Oct 14
Bad Boys by Matali Crasset
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Product Design
French designer Matali Crasset has designed a quirky collection of wall clocks for DesignerBox.
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7 Oct 14
A step up
Design Frontiers
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest pieces take her technical proficiencies to new heights – and onto the fashion runway.
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7 Oct 14
Eye on digital art from Africa
Design News
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Curator Christine Eyene tells us about her selection of experimental artists from Africa whose work was part of London's recent "Africa Utopia" festival.
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6 Oct 14
Bronze Age by Studio Tjep.
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Product Design
Frank Tjepkema's latest body of work conveys solidity even as it seems to be melting away.
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6 Oct 14
Industrial dreams
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Art & Photography
The director David Lynch's black and white photographs of factories affirm his penchant for dark, surreal imagery.
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4 Oct 14
There’s no place like here: Brazenhead Books
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Creative Economy
A short movie about a secret second-hand bookshop and its determined owner.
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3 Oct 14
Crawly couture
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
It might make us twitchy, but Hendrik Vermeulen's latest fashion collection is inspired by the intricate patterns of insects.
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3 Oct 14
Tyneside lounger by David Irwin
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Industrial Design
The Irish designer's timber chair for Deadgood began life as cinema seating.
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2 Oct 14
"Get High" by Mr Moeh 24
Track of the Week
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
This track by multitalented designer, photographer and DJ Mpumelelo Macu is a staple for anyone who values seamless production.
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2 Oct 14
Vitra Design Museum looks to Africa
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African Design
The institution plans a major exhibition on contemporary African design in spring 2015.
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1 Oct 14
Eve bench by Frank Böhm Studios
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African Design
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Craft
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Product Design
The Cape Town-based architect begins a series of slender, clean-lined benches.
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30 Sep 14
Light and shadow
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
The subtle play of light through the spaces of this children's facility in the Japanese town of Yamadi-machi is designed to encourage healing.
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29 Sep 14
Well-heeled
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"Killer Heels" at the Brooklyn Museum explores the cultural history of the high heel.
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29 Sep 14
Walls that talk
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Product Design
Robin Sprong Wallpaper wants to plaster your walls in pattern. Here are three recent collaborations with locally based designers.
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29 Sep 14
Aeon Rocket pendant light by Morten Voss
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Danish designer's new light harmoniously marries rigid material and malleable plastic.
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28 Sep 14
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