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Gadget: Purpose wanted
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19 Aug 08
The Chumby, a real geek's toy, is an internet-connected touchscreen device. It's thoroughly open-source and runs widgets on Linux software.
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Crime unleashes a reptile
Design News
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19 Aug 08
Cape Town illustrator and graphic novelist Luis Tolosana has unleashed the first episode of his self-drawn, written and funded Iguana-Man.
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The origin of light
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18 Aug 08
Ingo Maurer unveiled his egg-shaped light for Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia, declaring the egg to be the perfect form.
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Durban design headed for Berlin
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12 Aug 08
Durban's artSPACE gallery hosted the second annual Bigwood exhibition during July, featuring more than 40 designers.
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But sausages grow on trees?
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12 Aug 08
Marije Vogelzang’s first solo exhibition, Fuel, at Mama in Rotterdam from May 21 to July 6 included cuddly sausages.
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Egg and green beans
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12 Aug 08
Durban's Bean Bag Bahia Beach Club, sibling to Bean Bag Bohemia and Deli, features an up-market restaurant café as well as a deli.
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Yves is for the children
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12 Aug 08
Los Angeles company, Y Water, is the first in a new category of super drinks engineered to ensure children's healthy growth.
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Garden furniture for good
Design News
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12 Aug 08
Environmental design studio Orange 22 in Los Angeles has launched the Botanist Blank Canvas Project, which raises money for charity.
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Brick-and-mortar design shop
Design News
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12 Aug 08
Continuing to expand and diversify, Whatiftheworld have now added a design showroom to their books.
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Business for fashion students
Design News
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12 Aug 08
The Old Mutual Vukani Fashion Awards, aimed at empowering young fashion designers with business mentoring, have announced the 2008 winners.
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Fashion unions take to the street
Design News
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12 Aug 08
Grabbing public attention in May, the SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) took the Cape Town Fashion Festival to the streets.
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Edelkoort leaves Eindhoven
Design News
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12 Aug 08
Li Edelkoort resigned as chairwoman of Design Academy Eindhoven in Holland after 10 years in this role, but will remain affiliated.
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Sinking into beauty
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12 Aug 08
Design Indaba alumnus Ilse Crawford, tasked with designing the Aesop shop pairs modern interventions with endearing revival.
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Cape Town librarians vote Kaplicky
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12 Aug 08
Jan Kaplicky's design for Prague's new national library won the state competition in October last year, causing a political maelstrom.
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Hands-on, minds-on, hearts-on student design
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12 Aug 08
The winners of the South African Bureau of Standards Design Achievers student awards were announced on Youth Day, June 16.
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Fashion week frenzy
Design News
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12 Aug 08
The fashion week season saw fashion shows galore delighting audiences at the Durban, Johannesburg and then Cape Town Fashion Weeks.
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Pecha Kucha in SA
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12 Aug 08
South Africa's first Pecha Kucha design open-mic event presented eight local creatives, hosted at the Whatiftheworld Gallery.
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The green design race
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12 Aug 08
Cape Town creative agency the Design Works goes green, encouraging their clients to become more environmentally aware.
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Green house for green skin
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12 Aug 08
Biodegradable body product range Jozi O have expanded into a brand new environmentally friendly building, named the Energy Works.
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Come on, let's twist again!
Design News
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12 Aug 08
Dubai will be home to the world's first rotating skyscraper, the so-called Dynamic Tower, designed by Italian architect Dr David Fisher.
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Princesses have backsides too
Design News
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12 Aug 08
Inspired by the princess and pea story, Doshi Levien's Principessa daybed consists of many thin mattress layers.
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Orchestrating chaos
Design News
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1 Aug 08
Since Burning Man 2006, wooden clouds have started creeping across the world's cityscapes like rising damp.
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Sunflower power
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1 Aug 08
Toshiyuki Kita's Sunplant features eight solar panel leaves that recharge 48 AA batteries and use LEDs to create a decorative garden piece.
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From Surface to Parsons
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1 Aug 08
Laetitia Wolff has announced that she has taken up the position of Director of Strategic Alliances at Parsons and The New School.
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