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Dwayne Spradlin on innovation and solution
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Humanity is going through unprecedented change, breaking traditional boundaries and designing innovative solutions.
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9 Jul 10
Autonomous considerations
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Craft
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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
Pixel power at Basil2010
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Information Design
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A reinterpretation of the pixel creates a new, modular and tangible lighting system.
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28 Jun 10
Making headlines
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Creative Economy
Nike’s innovate “Write the future” campaign is making bold soccer headlines on the Southern Life Centre in Jo'burg.
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27 Jun 10
Dunne and Raby talk design and science
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Design is what helps make science accessible, giving it cultural value and aesthetic appeal.
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24 Jun 10
Design, question mark
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From global warming to overpopulation and food shortages, Why Design Now looks at creative solutions for the contemporary world’s problems.
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20 Jun 10
Green moon power
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The proposed Aluna tidal-powered moon clock plans to illuminate the green power of the moon and tides.
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16 Jun 10
Legends of Echo
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Information Design
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The Grid, Vodacom’s Social Mobile Network, recently launched South Africa’s first location-based, multi-player online mobile game.
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12 Jun 10
Green city installations for Seed Cathedral
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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
Dr J Craig Venter breaks through
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Interaction Design
On the verge of a scientific breakthrough, Dr J Craig Venter presented his work at the 2010 Design Indaba Conference via satellite link.
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27 May 10
The Synthetic Kingdom
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Interaction Design
The Synthetic Kingdom by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg considers how natural or unnatural life will be classified when life is built by humans.
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24 May 10
Bedroom Biology for Teenagers
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Interaction Design
Dearbhaile Heaney’s Bedroom Biology for Teenagers is a guide to biological experimentation within the home using engineered bacteria.
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24 May 10
Cellularity
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Interaction Design
Cellularity by James King explores the development of cell-like structures, or “chells” that mimic the features of biological cells.
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24 May 10
Softest words
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Interaction Design
Softest Words by Kevin Grennan proposes a private love letter written in unique ink made of the saliva of two lovers.
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24 May 10
The Gaia Corporation
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The Gaia Corporation by J Paul Neeley explores the implications of synthetic biology by imagining the world in 2023.
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24 May 10
(In)visible membrane
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Sonja Bäumel’s (In)visible Membrane is about life on the human body and its design applications.
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24 May 10
Venter creates synthetic life
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Interaction Design
We finally know why Dr J Craig Venter could not attend the 2010 Design Indaba Conference in person. Yesterday he announced his breakthrough.
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21 May 10
Design Indaba magazine gets lusty
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“It’s an ad joke. If you want to sell something without trying too hard just add sex, puppies or children.” Get the new Design Indaba mag.
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19 May 10
A little less conversation
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Interaction Design
The Blackheart Gang’s latest installation, The Dinner Party, is a Dadaist installation about nothing whatsoever.
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3 May 10
Biologically creative
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Biotypography, invented by type designer and experimentalist Oded Ezer, is a term that refers to typography that uses biological systems.
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2 May 10
A little koekie time
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Inspired by an old-school good homemaker book, Hostess Koekies is a spunky alternative to the over-subscribed Rules Book.
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2 May 10
To form and multiply
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Design Thinking
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Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg asks what traditional design can bring to synthetic biology.
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1 May 10
President love dress
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Music & Sound Design
Odidiva, star of House of Holy Afro and the new face of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, explains the power of wearing a dress.
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1 May 10
Welcome to Hotel Yeoville
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Interaction Design
Hotel Yeoville utilises the internet to make people feel at home, wherever they are in the world.
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29 Apr 10
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