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Opinion
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1 Aug 09
Design Indaba asked creatives born on the continent which of their works was most influenced by their place of birth.
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But is it “African”?
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1 Aug 09
You’d think that, as a designer based in Africa, it would be easy to answer the question “What constitutes African design?”
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Green objectified
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11 Aug 09
Going multidisciplinary, Green Design by Marcus Fairs is one of the first books to give a thorough overview of the burgeoning movement.
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Graphic novel goes down the gut
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12 Aug 09
In Jesse Breytenbach’s graphic novel I Don’t Like Chocolate every story relates to food from a different slant.
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Get a handle on SA architecture
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18 Aug 09
Professor ‘Ora Joubert has judiciously curated the 10 Years + 100 Buildings compendium to contemporary South South African architecture.
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Photos full of marvel
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31 Aug 09
With barely a human subject in sight, Roger Ballen’s newest book, Boarding House, makes his oeuvre even more intangible.
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