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Strung together
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Stringbike, using strings instead of cables, makes for a surprisingly smooth ride.
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19 Nov 10
Bus beautiful
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Urban & Landscape Design
The new design for the famous red London buses was recently unveiled. And Thomas Heatherwick is the creative behind it.
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19 Nov 10
Call for revolution at DI2011
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Philosopher, entrepreneur, brand expert, poet and revolutionary. Jens Martin Skibsted is also a cutting-edge bicycle designer.
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17 Nov 10
Carbon cool
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Urban & Landscape Design
A bicycle made of wood? An interesting concept, and it's not bad looking.
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14 Nov 10
Super skinny
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Urban & Landscape Design
Bicycles are the ultimate eco-friendly mode of urban transport but always a hassle to "park" indoors. Here's a great solution...
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6 Nov 10
Basket case
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Urban & Landscape Design
Cycling is the ideal alternative in car-crowded cities. And with a new design, you can carry cargo on the bike too.
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2 Nov 10
Penny wise
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Urban & Landscape Design
They're called classics for a reason, because they're elegant, timeless and oh-so desirable, like the Penny Farthing bicycle.
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1 Nov 10
The bespoke comeback
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Urban & Landscape Design
A splurge of second generation bicycles have recently flooded the design wires.
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1 Nov 10
Shopping in style
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Urban & Landscape Design
Stylish, silent, sexy, Italian and great for shopping. The Shoppy Bike sounds like many a stylista's dream...
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24 Oct 10
Everybody's backyard
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Urban & Landscape Design
Faith47’s latest project, a mural in the Cape Town CBD, is a tribute to those people pushed to the fringes, sometimes in our own backyard.
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22 Oct 10
From the left side to the right side
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Urban & Landscape Design
We were interested to learn that the Sideways Bike is not just for clowns, magicians and the double-jointed.
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19 Oct 10
Creative makeover
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
The healing power of art and creativity is helping to uplift and empower teen boys living on the streets of Cape Town.
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24 Sep 10
Journey through Jo'Burg
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Creative Economy
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Urban & Landscape Design
Jo'burg is a place of harsh contrasts and with fast pace. But it's also full of hidden treasures, as the Wallpaper* guide points out.
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24 Sep 10
Rockstars & reformers
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Music & Sound Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
PASS Radio effectively uses the internet to facilitate a progressive cause.
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15 Sep 10
Places and spaces
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
From Architizer to African old-age homes. Matthias Hollwich talks about architecture, art and life.
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7 Sep 10
Why we travel
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Creative Economy
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Airports, Alain de Botton argues, are the imaginative centres of our civilisation. He spends a week at one and writes a fascinating account.
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26 Aug 10
Slow it down
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Urban & Landscape Design
It’s interesting to wonder about the future of (air) travel but its not often that we think of slowing it down. The Aircruise might do that.
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24 Aug 10
All for one
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Urban & Landscape Design
"One world one voice" is the message that a giant New York mural is hoping to convey.
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20 Aug 10
From practical to playful
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Urban & Landscape Design
Think again if you thought your car should only take you from A to B. The new Mini Countryman may feature a fireplace or karaoke equipment.
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19 Aug 10
Mosaic memory lane
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Craft
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Urban & Landscape Design
The mosaics along a public transport walkway in Cape Town tell stories of the area's rich heritage.
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19 Aug 10
Joy to the wall
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Urban & Landscape Design
There’s nothing like a little paint to jazz things up. Amateur Indian creatives are taking matters, or paintbrushes, into their own hands.
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15 Aug 10
Station transformation
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Urban & Landscape Design
Durban's recently completed Moses Mabhida Station a design-friendly example of the possibilities for local transport infrastructure.
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10 Aug 10
Below the city surface
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Urban & Landscape Design
The third installment in Gary Hustwit's design documentary film trilogy, Urbanized, takes a look at cities as dynamic urban spaces.
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9 Aug 10
Forget peace, here's to Goodwill and Fernandes!
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
One is almost tempted to use the old cliché “dynamite comes in small packages” when describing this teeny tiny magazine.
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21 Jul 10
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