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Durban’s Bigwood heads for Berlin
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1 Feb 09
After a successful show in Durban in 2008, the group graphic design and illustration exhibition Bigwood is travelling to artSPACE Berlin.
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Craft debate: Professor Neil Gershenfeld
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1 Feb 09
Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms and Design Indaba 2007 speaker, Professor Neil Gershenfeld weighs in on the craft debate.
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Harsh geometry for plants
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1 Feb 09
Joe Paine’s continually diversifying range of outdoor products embody an oxymoronic notion of structuralist organics.
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Dreaming in kid-colour
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1 Feb 09
Michelle Matthews, curator at Curious, Whetstone and Frankley, writes about child-friendly graphic design.
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Craft debate: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
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1 Feb 09
Product designers and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participants, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec weigh in on the craft debate.
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Dead bull
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1 Feb 09
Designer and Google creative director, Ji Lee’s illustration for Portfolio magazine sums up the economic times.
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Refashion, remodel, rephotograph
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1 Feb 09
All about “reduce, reuse, recycle”, the Green-T Project by vida e caffé ticked all of the pop-culture boxes to boot.
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Craft debate: Elsie Nanji
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1 Feb 09
Creative director and Design Indaba 2004 speaker, Elsie Nanji weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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Loeries makes its new nest in Cape Town
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1 Feb 09
South African advertising awards, the Loeries have announced that the 2009 event will take place in Cape Town from 25 to 27 September.
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Craft debate: Geraldine Fenn
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1 Feb 09
Jeweller and Design Indaba Expo curator and exhibitor, Geraldine Fenn weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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Made in tjina
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1 Feb 09
Potter John Bauer is immortalising South Africa’s doily heritage through porcelain and has found happiness in craft.
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Red and blue reconcile online
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1 Feb 09
Ze Frank's From 52 to 48 with Love has a political edge, encouraging Americans to reach across the “Red-Blue divide”.
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Craft Debate: Stefan Sagmeister
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1 Feb 09
Graphic designer and Design Indaba 2003 speaker, Stefan Sagmeister weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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Design Indaba launches product range
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1 Feb 09
Spawned by a passion to create quality design at affordable costs, Design Indaba launches its Free Range at the 2009 Design Indaba Expo.
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Woven islands
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1 Feb 09
Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana presented the Diamantina installation at Design Miami 2008.
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Craft debate: Paul Priestman
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1 Feb 09
Industrial designer and Design Indaba 2006 speaker, Paul Priestman weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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The blue house
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1 Feb 09
Constantin and Laurene Boym’s newest miniature celebrates Barack Obama in lieu of the time-honoured tradition of inauguration souvenirs.
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Craft debate: Lauren Shantall
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1 Feb 09
Deputy editor of Elle Decoration SA, Design Indaba Expo curator and media partner, Lauren Shantall weighs in on the craft debate.
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Horse saddle redesigned after 200 years
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1 Feb 09
Leading design company Seymourpowell's Quantum AMS Saddle brings innovation to a product that has been unchanged for a couple of centuries.
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Frame the family tree
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1 Feb 09
Carrol Boyes has announced the winners of her METAL 2008 New Designer Search, which was themed “Frame”.
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Know more today tomorrow
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3 Feb 09
Photographer Brett Rubin, fashion stylist Carey Watson and decor stylist Kate Boswell take Design Indaba Expo produce beyond the present.
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Know more today tomorrow
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3 Feb 09
Photographer Brett Rubin, fashion stylist Carey Watson and decor stylist Kate Boswell take Design Indaba Expo produce beyond the present.
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Book for the simulcast
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18 Feb 09
The Design Indaba Young Designers Simulcast brings the wit and wisdom of the best of the best to young designers and students under 25.
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Stephen Burks answers all at DI2009
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16 Mar 09
Design Indaba 2009 was not Stephen Burks’s first visit to South Africa.
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