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Typewriter recreations
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Industrial Design
Looking at Jeremy Mayer's industrial-like sculptures it's hard to believe that it is made entirely from the parts of an old typewriter.
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10 Sep 11
Seats of poetry
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Industrial Design
The "Manuscripts" (Seats of Poetry) by Paul Cocksedge is an installation that highlights an exchange of words, poetry and knowledge between two cultures.
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8 Sep 11
Modular fabrication
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Architecture & Interiors
UNStudio’s Modular Fabrication looks to possibilities for composite materials in architecture.
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7 Sep 11
Thrive hive
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Industrial Design
Thrive Hive is a natural, well-insulated home for bees.
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25 Aug 11
Dror Benshetrit on collaboration, reinvention and transformation in cross-disciplinary design
Talks
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Industrial Design
Dror Benshetrit launched his QuaDror structural support system at Design Indaba 2011.
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23 Aug 11
Light by plastic
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Industrial Design
Plastic bottles, water and bleach are working to bring light into the lives of people living in a Manila slum.
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5 Aug 11
Sun-powered bikini
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Industrial Design
Power up with a bikini that doubles as a USB connector, charged by the sun.
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1 Aug 11
Tomas Kral
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
ECAL graduate Tomas Kral talks about designing a luxury tea set for his graduation project and integrating craft and industrial design.
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27 Jul 11
Branch extension
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Industrial Design
Street lights with adjustable components are ideal for illuminating public spaces.
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26 Jul 11
Thomas Thwaites on making a toaster from scratch
Talks
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Industrial Design
Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites investigates how one would go about making a toaster from scratch.
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22 Jul 11
Instant fix
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Industrial Design
The Bike Fixtation is like a vending machine for cyclists, where they can both fix their bikes and grab a snack for themselves.
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11 Jul 11
Net sustainability
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Industrial Design
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Design Thinking
The SafetyNet could go a long way to ensuring that plenty of valuable fish remain in the sea.
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20 Jun 11
Benjamin Hubert at Milan2011
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Benjamin Hubert believes that product design should evoke a tactile and emotional response.
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25 May 11
Design as dance
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Industrial Design
Calling on the power of artistry to move a viewer, Dror Benshetrit proposes modern dance as a fitting analogy for luxury design.
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15 May 11
Dror Benshetrit at DI2011
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Industrial Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Dror Benshetrit’s style of design is characterised by innovation and transformation.
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11 Mar 11
Design geometry
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Industrial Design
Dror Benshetrit unveiled the QuaDror at the Design Indaba Conference recently, an innovation that is set to redefine construction.
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11 Mar 11
Design and social change at DI2011
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Industrial Design
Mexican designers Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez talk about how design can have a real impact on the world.
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10 Mar 11
Plant a wall
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Industrial Design
The Wallflower Vertical Garden is a modular planter system by Haldane Martin, created to enable city dwellers to grow their own plants.
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21 Feb 11
Everyday design
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Industrial Design
For over 12 years Ideso has helped clients create over 300 products that people use and and interact with everyday.
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19 Feb 11
Egg Designs
Egg Designs is a Durban-based studio by Greg and Roché Dry, both of whom are also curators for Design Indaba Expo.
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17 Feb 11
Light carrier
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Nacho Carbonell's Luciferase collection of lights highlight the hybrid possibilities in lighting design.
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14 Feb 11
Designing a healthy future at DI2011
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Industrial Design
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Design Thinking
David Kester, Deborah Szebeko and Luke Pearson apply design thinking in the public realm for the wellbeing of society.
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11 Feb 11
Christine Goudie
Graphic designer turned industrial designer, Christine Goudie believes in involving the end user in the early stages of the design process.
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6 Feb 11
Yves Béhar + Jens Martin Skibsted
Dialogues
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Yves Béhar attended one of Jens Martin Skibsted’s Biomega presentations over ten years ago, the beginning of a cross-continental friendship.
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1 Feb 11
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