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For the love of Camille
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Architecture & Interiors
Arne Quinze's installation on the Boieldieu bridge in France is part tribute and celebration while also aiming to reconnect people.
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20 Jul 10
Luyanda Mpahlwa's housing solution
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Architecture & Interiors
Finding solutions for the housing problem in South Africa is a pressing issue and one that architects have a lot to contribute to, says Luyanda Mpahlwa.
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19 Jul 10
A bug's life
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Design Thinking
Insects are an important part of our biodiversity. Arup provides them five-star treatment with the Insect Hotel.
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15 Jul 10
Super solar house
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Architecture & Interiors
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A house that balances the user's comfort with top-notch energy efficiency sounds like any oxymoron. Until you experience the Lumenhaus...
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14 Jul 10
Possibilities of a page
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A new exhibition at FADA Gallery look at creating spaces for artists to pursue their creativity while doing research.
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14 Jul 10
Commonwealth on bridging the divide
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Commonwealth talk about the process of bridging the divide between designing and making objects.
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12 Jul 10
Prestigious award for Seed Cathedral
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Architecture & Interiors
The UK Pavilion's Seed Cathedral has been recognised for its outstanding architecture in the international playing field.
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7 Jul 10
Kitchen topology
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Product Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Matali Crasset's "Topologies Affectives" installation is a light graphic intervention that redefines space.
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5 Jul 10
Autonomous considerations
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Craft
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Interaction Design
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Architecture & Interiors
An exhibition of eight designers and artists explores concepts of autonomy and other critical attitudes in design.
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4 Jul 10
Super slick spider web
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Architecture & Interiors
What looks like Spiderman meets McGyver meets horror movie, is an art installation made entirely of clear adhesive packaging tape.
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1 Jul 10
Wrapped in foil
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Thomas Heatherwick’s striking futuristic design of an arts centre in Wales has earned his studio a coveted RIBA Award.
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30 Jun 10
Like an illusion
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Product Design
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Architecture & Interiors
A series of wallpapers representing a metamorphosis reveals some unexpected and disorientating images.
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29 Jun 10
Documenting the beautiful game
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
Hosting the first World Cup on African soil is a big deal so its important to document the design process and results of this tournament.
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29 Jun 10
Design Indaba Superstars installed at CTICC
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design Indaba is proud to announce that the winning entries of the Superstars team have been immortalised as public artworks.
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28 Jun 10
Balls, balls everywhere
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Architecture & Interiors
Thought Coca-Cola's Crateman was impressive? Check out Nike's massive sculpture of a soccer player in Jozi.
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27 Jun 10
Off the wall, onto the ceiling
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Product Design
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Architecture & Interiors
When something is really tiny it’s tempting to call it cute. Ji Lee’s Parallel World installation is cute, but it also just really cool.
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25 Jun 10
Untamed in the garden
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
An exhibition at Kirstenbosch bringing together sculpture, poetry and architecture, delves into the wild side of the human psyche.
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23 Jun 10
Anatomy and Tiaan Nagel set up shop
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The designer of Design Indaba’s Most Beautiful Object in SA 2010 recently opened a gorgeous shop in Jo'burg.
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15 Jun 10
Can-do creativity with the Cratefan
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Urban & Landscape Design
It bears a slight resemblance to the Incredible Hulk but the Cratefan in Jozi and Cape Town is no ordinary superhero.
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14 Jun 10
Fine and furnished
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Product Design
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Architecture & Interiors
The Bouroullec Brothers have created an interesting apartment interior for one of the units in the famous Radiant City in France.
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14 Jun 10
Magnetic trailer park attraction
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Creative Economy
There aint nothing trashy about Grolsch’s magnetic Airstream in the Old Mac Daddy rural trailer park in the beautiful Elgin Valley.
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4 Jun 10
Li Edelkoort presents a future past
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
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Architecture & Interiors
A new generation of designers have emerged who are designing with greater freedom and are looking to the past to create for the future.
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2 Jun 10
Exhibitor success story: Ayesha Kamalie
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Architecture & Interiors
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
Ayesha Kamalie isn’t just a painter, or a fashion designer, or a product designer. She’s all of these, as well as a qualified architect.
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30 May 10
Green city installations for Seed Cathedral
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Design Thinking
Some interesting additions have been made to the UK Pavilion's already spectacular Seed Cathedral at the Shanghai Expo.
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28 May 10
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