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Visions of nature
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1 Feb 07
The first comprehensive survey of the work of the 19th-century biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel has been published by Prestel Publishing.
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Big bad Bitterkomix
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1 Feb 07
Over the last 10 years or so, Bitterkomix has been consistently challenging and outrageous, undeniably brilliant, and impossible to ignore.
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Film noir
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1 Feb 07
The signing of the film co-production treaty between South Africa and the UK should open up new avenues of financial support.
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Man about town
Inside View
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22 Mar 07
During his visit to the 2007 Design Indaba, influential "non-musician" Brian Eno showed his 77 Million Paintings installation at Michaelis.
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Fanfest proposal by Grid
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1 May 07
"If the world were to play a match on Mars what colours would we be wearing?" ask Grid in their vision for the 2010 Fanfests.
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How many designers does it take to change the light?
Opinion
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1 Aug 07
The visual icon of a bright idea, one of the most prevalent modern inventions, Thomas Edison’s lightbulb is long overdue for a makeover.
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Waste not want not
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1 Aug 07
Even superficial changes to the production, material, care methods and end-of-life scenario of fashion do have environmental benefit.
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Carpet bombing
Opinion
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1 Aug 07
Traditional carpets are the equivalent of a layer of crude oil covering the floor. Rather keep the floor bare and get a mat.
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Sustainable = humanist
Opinion
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1 Aug 07
Yves Béhar explains that usefulness and functionality are not the same thing.
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A Kyoto treaty for design
Opinion
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1 Aug 07
The case for designers to tackle the challenges of environmentalism, posed by Valerie Casey of frog design.
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From the stomach to the heart
Opinion
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1 Nov 07
“Designers cannot get closer to people than to make a design that becomes part of the body,” says Dutch food designer Marije Vogelzang.
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Kill the copy cat
Opinion
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1 Nov 07
Frederick Mostert and Don MacRobert, authors of From Edison to iPod, offer this simple guide to intellectual property rights.
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Arkitects r in ur internets, makin it eeze
Opinion
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1 Nov 07
In the so-called web 2.0 age, the most powerful design is invisible, writes Brad Whittington.
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Tall tale for kids
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2 Nov 07
Electric Book Works’s first children’s book, uTshepo Mde: Tall Enough, has raked in the awards.
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The plight of healing plants
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2 Nov 07
Now available as a collection in his newly published book, Clinton Friedman’s photographic archive is a celebration of life.
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Kentridge’s flute: Quite a journey
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2 Nov 07
William Kentridge’s production of The Magic Flute finally premiered in South Africa in September, after an extensive international tour.
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