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Walk on the wild side
Design News
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1 Aug 06
A pro bono campaign by the award-winning Jupiter Drawing Room tells people to take a hike.
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Mission rescue
Design News
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1 Aug 06
Photographer Clinton Friedman is raising awareness about the illegally harvested medicinal plants that he saves from "muti" markets.
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Rural renewal
Opinion
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1 Aug 06
One way of halting urban expansion and migration from rural to urban areas, argues Carl Harrison, is through sustainable rural design.
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Shades of green
Hot Topic
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1 Aug 06
In this series, some of our most able designers, art directors and illustrators drop thought-provoking image bombs.
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My furniture manifesto
Design Frontiers
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1 Aug 06
Haldane Martin's pieces say a lot about their creator. Here, their creator says a lot about his pieces.
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My lights manifesto
Profiling
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1 Aug 06
Named as the 2006 Elle Decoration South Africa Designer of the Year, Heath Nash excels at making treasures from trash.
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Our products manifesto
Design News
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1 Aug 06
KEAG's Ilithalomsa project evolves the litter that gets washed up on our beaches into desirable sculptures and homeware products.
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Four-part green manifesto
Opinion
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1 Aug 06
Design Indaba invites Haldane Martin, Heath Nash, Keith Struthers and Kommetjie Environmental Awareness Group to share their manifestos.
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My architecture manifesto
Design News
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1 Aug 06
Foremost eco-architect Keith Struthers of Natural Architecture builds with sustainable materials like clay, wood, living plants and stone.
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High five
Design News
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1 Aug 06
Mike Edmonds, an associate director of Arup, identified five of the world's most significant sustainable architecture projects.
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Botany bay
Opinion
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1 Aug 06
If you thought botanical illustration was dying out as fast as the rare plants it depicts, you may need to adjust your magnifying glass.
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Oog on Droog
Design News
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1 Aug 06
Focusing on Droog's eco explorations proves that the Dutch design collective's fountain of good ideas never runs dry.
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Prophet of the city
Design News
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1 Aug 06
The poet of technology, Denis Santachiara, marries art and design.
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Don't call me babe
Design News
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1 Aug 06
It may look cute and cuddly, but it's one of the planet's worst poo-llutants.
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Death star
Design News
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1 Aug 06
Top graduates of Design Academy Eindhoven recently exhibited eco-friendly "death designs" that are, quite literally, to die for.
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