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Dust to dust
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Sietch Nevada, by Matsys design studio, projects water-banking as the fundamental factor in future urban infrastructure.
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1 Nov 09
Growth and death
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Artist Philip Ross’s work explores humanity’s relationship with plants.
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1 Nov 09
Ornamental pastures
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Hafsteinn Júlíusson’s Growing Jewellery is a clash of jewellery and gardening, couture and organism.
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1 Nov 09
Rain harvesting
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The Cista is a rainwater harvesting system designed to be attractive and easy to use.
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1 Nov 09
Leapfrog rising sea levels
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Architecture & Interiors
Lilypad by architect Vincent Callebaut is a floating ecopolis for climate refugees in 2100.
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1 Nov 09
SMS with fish
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Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface that offers a looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem through SMSes.
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1 Nov 09
Readymade oasis
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Evan Gant’s RainDrops system allows people to adapt standard plastic bottles to an existing gutter system to collect rainwater.
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1 Nov 09
Lawn attack
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The Edible Estates project proposes the replacement of the domestic front lawn with a highly productive edible landscape.
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1 Nov 09
Protofarm 2050
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Design Indaba invited five designers to look beyond the possibilities and predictions currently in the public domain.
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30 Oct 09
Baring it all
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Graphic Design & Illustration
South African design studio Amicollective collaborated with emerging local designers and illustrators in Project Bare.
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30 Oct 09
Less can be better
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Product Design
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Lisbon-based design, architecture and creativity biennale, ExperimentaDesign, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009.
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29 Oct 09
Doodle for a difference
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Graphic Design & Illustration
In its third year now, the Night of 1000 Drawings has expanded to be hosted in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Amsterdam and Dubai.
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27 Oct 09
Garden variety
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Reconquestea by Flavia Lucantoni is a special package of green guerrilla tea.
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2 Oct 09
Countertop farming
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Domesticated farming options to try in your kitchen.
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2 Oct 09
Spy vs spy
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The growing worldwide guerilla gardening subculture comprises people secretly meeting at night to illegally garden.
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2 Oct 09
Speaker videos mashup
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Get a taste of what’s to offer on designindaba.com with this mash-up entrée of past Design Indaba speakers.
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1 Oct 09
SA "tjunes" the world about change
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Guest of ExperimentaDesign Lisbon, Design Indaba will be presenting a unique view of SA's creativity from 9 September to 8 November.
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9 Sep 09
State of Our Environment competition
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Someone messing with your environment and you don’t know who to tell? Tell ACT about it in the State of Our Environment competition.
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7 Sep 09
Design benefit
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Designed by DJ Stout, the 39th edition of the Pentagram Papers features signs from the homeless.
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2 Sep 09
Rubbish-made art
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Craft
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The annual Wasted exhibition at the Unity Gallery showed beautiful objects made from bottle tops, ring pulls, waste paper and more.
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2 Sep 09
“Protect yourself from stupid rules”
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Product Design
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Designed by Ingo Maurer, the Euro Condom is a reaction to the new EU guideline that bans frosted bulbs.
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30 Aug 09
Twin Towers live on in logos
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Ji Lee has launched an open project to photograph and preserve images of the Twin Towers in New York City logos.
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24 Aug 09
Puppets show up in Kenya
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A satirical puppet show developed and initiated by cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa has made it onto the airwaves in Kenya.
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22 Aug 09
An eye on power
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The Wattcher is a design object that displays the total electricity consumption of your home in a beautiful and meaningful way.
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13 Aug 09
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