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Jakob Trollbäck

Talks > Music & Sound Design

Creativity is largely responsible for the type of lives we live today, which is a good thing, says Jakob Trollbäck. >

22 Sep 10
Rockstars & reformers

Design News > Design Thinking / Creative Economy / Music & Sound Design / Urban & Landscape Design

PASS Radio effectively uses the internet to facilitate a progressive cause. >

15 Sep 10
Challenging chickens

Design News > Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design

Chicken to Change is a brilliant collaboration between Freshlyground and ZA News, commenting on the leadership of Robert Mugabe. >

7 Sep 10
Unlock the music

Reviews > Product Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Boym Partners have created a miniature totem as a new label release format for record label Ghostly International. >

23 Aug 10
On the edge

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

With it's bright colours and edgy lines, Peter Saville's design for OMD's first album since 1996 is a happy addition to visual culture. >

19 Aug 10
Music posters

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

SA's got an awesome music scene and lots of talented artists and designers so why not bring the two together? >

5 Aug 10
Dhrupad

Opinion > Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design

Trance music, invented in India, 400 BC. >

1 Aug 10
Bangalore: The way it was

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design

Bangalore of yore was referred to as “the pensioner’s paradise.” >

1 Aug 10
Violent contrasts

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Van Coke Kartel's latest album, Skop, Skiet en Donner, bears testament to their versatility as local artists of an international calibre. >

11 Jul 10
Orchestral innovation

Design News > Information Design / Music & Sound Design

What do you get when you combine maths, physics, digital art, design, electronics and music? A symphony, of sorts. >

1 Jul 10
Jazz up your iPhone

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Granimator is a cool new iPhone app that allows you to make your own musical wallpaper. >

30 Jun 10
Creative stop along Cape Town's Fan Walk

Design News > Craft / Creative Economy / Music & Sound Design

A centrally located space is drawing local and foreign soccer fans to an exhibition showcasing design in all its elements. >

25 Jun 10
Design Indaba magazine gets lusty

Do Tank News > Creative Economy / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

“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. >

19 May 10
“Come on. I’m talking to you. Come on.”

Design News > Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design

Musicians Danny K and Kabelo Mabalane have revived the lyrics of "Shout" to call on South Africans to join the fight against crime. >

17 May 10
Sound or sci-fi?

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Music & Sound Design / Design Thinking

Speakers that look like washing machines with solar panels attached to them in the middle of the desert? >

13 May 10
The zefff-sters

Profiling > Music & Sound Design

Not just another article about Die Antwoord, Henry Cloete also asks Leon Botha and Jack Parow: “The answer to what?” >

1 May 10
President love dress

Opinion > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / 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. >

1 May 10
Play DJ with Spooky iPhone app

Design News > Information Design / Music & Sound Design

In conjunction with the launch of his latest album, The Secret Song, DJ Spooky has launched a DJ-mixing iPhone app of the same name. >

29 Mar 10
TOFFIE celebrates popular culture

Design News > Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Music & Sound Design

The TOFFIE Popular Culture Festival is a celebration of all that is pop cult right at your doorstep. >

17 Mar 10
Vinyl still a design showcase

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Showcasing a diverse mix of art and design, it was Muse's The Resistance album that took first place in the 2009 Best Art Vinyl Awards. >

12 Feb 10
Look Mom, No Hands

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

True South African multi-culturalism, Mix n Blend display a genre-busting sound and colourful illustrations on their debut album. >

1 Feb 10
50c business bible

Reviews > Creative Economy / Music & Sound Design

The 50th Law (Profile Books) tells the life of 50 Cent, aka Curt Jackson, who topped Forbes magazine’s Hip-Hop Cash King list in 2008. >

30 Nov 09
CD: Shaka Won

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

After their first album release in 2006, the cool kids of Mtkidu have (finally) released their second limited-edition album, Shaka Won. >

28 Nov 09
CD: Mooi Besoedeling

Reviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

For Zinkplaat's fourth album, designers Fanakalo.co.za created a scratch-off album cover. >

27 Nov 09

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