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Wow Woo
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Craft
Woo-men Plush Toys will be making their debut at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, along with Zapiro and Anton Kannemeyer.
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15 Jun 11
Blood ties
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Craft
Kim Lieberman’s Tribe is a handmade sculpture made in bronze and lace.
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14 Jun 11
Paper fantasy
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Craft
Early Morning Life is an animation film project and installation about poverty, childhood, ambition, dreams and class divisions.
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13 Jun 11
Kids Programme at DI2011
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The Kids Programme at Design Indaba Expo 2011 introduced young visitors to the wonderful world of design.
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8 Jun 11
Craft evolution
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Jurgen Bey curates an exhibition that looks to the connection between production processes of past and present.
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28 May 11
Over the rainbow
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Creations this colourful can't not make one smile. And what makes it even better is that it removes plastic pollution from beaches.
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24 May 11
Natural cuttings
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Matali Crasset’s Cuttings range of objects is the result of a collaboration with Dutch glass blower Vincent Breed.
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24 May 11
Diederick Schneemann at Milan2011
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Diederick Schneemann talks about the significance of well designed and crafted objects, working with the Unique-Eco initiative in Kenya.
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19 May 11
Pattern people
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Renée Rossouw and Laduma Ngxokolo take abstract patterns from school-day simplicity to allusions about personal identity.
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16 May 11
Maarten Baas + Christien Meindertsma
Dialogues
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Maarten Baas and Christien Meindertsma have known each other since their Design Academy Eindhoven student days.
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15 May 11
Front at Milan2011
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Design collective Front talk about redefining the relationship between industrial production and craft.
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10 May 11
Africa-inspired
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African Design
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Diallo Design is using design to promote economic development in Mali. And the creations inspire a new perspective on African creativity.
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10 May 11
Cut and paste
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Bianca Chang’s beautiful works of paper art are inspired by the simplicity of tone-on-tone signage and the shadows of 3D letterforms.
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9 May 11
Sit In pretty
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Funky and multi-functional, the Sit In range of stools has a lovely "local is lekker" feel to them.
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8 May 11
Wood craft at Milan2011
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Elisa Strozyk's Accordion Cabinet and Wooden Textiles point to the possibilities of wood as a very flexible material.
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2 May 11
Growth spurt at Milan2011
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“Cocoon” was the abstract theme of a glass vase installation by Nendo at the Milan Furniture Fair recently.
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1 May 11
Chic sheets
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
South African fashion designer Gavin Rajah has launched a gorgeous home ware collection.
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30 Apr 11
Tord Boontje at the RCA Exhibition at Milan2011
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Tord Boontje talks about a renewed interest in handmade designs and craft and the gap between great design and commercial reality.
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28 Apr 11
Ceramic success at DI2011 Expo
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Buyers and visitors from all corners of the world were impressed by the ceramic designs of Zizamele Ceramics at Design Indaba Expo.
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27 Apr 11
Commercial creativity at DI2011 Expo
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For Umcebo Design the Design Indaba Expo floor was the perfect place to network and connect with the right people
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25 Apr 11
Craft gathering at DI2011 Expo
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Craft
Design Indaba Expo visitors couldn't get enough of the crafts sold at The Fringe Arts stand. It's so uniquely African-inspired.
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23 Apr 11
Blog: A tactile future at Milan2011
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Li Edelkoort presents the future of textiles in a student exhibition at Ventura Lambrate and a professional exhibition at Gianfranco Ferre.
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12 Apr 11
Market magic
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Food Design
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Enjoy a creative retail experience at the Designer Maker Artisan Market at Freeworld Design Centre on the Cape Town Fanwalk.
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12 Apr 11
Vases telling stories at Milan2011
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Story Vases serve as a form of individual documentation of the daily lives of women in a rural village in KwaZulu-Natal.
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12 Apr 11
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