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At home on a Paper Plane
Design News
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1 Aug 10
Doshi Levien’s new range of furniture for Moroso, Paper Planes, incorporates Swarovski crystal elements into functional design.
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Finishing touches
Design News
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1 Aug 10
Unique finishing touches is what makes the Campana Brothers's workable furniture designs sought-after decorative items.
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Benefitting from bamboo
Design News
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2 Aug 10
A new range of furniture makes optimal use of bamboo as material while also employing local artisans from an Indian village.
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Lekker local
Design News
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2 Aug 10
Swedish design students have teamed up with local craftspeople and artisans... The results are rather desirable furniture pieces.
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20Q: Peet Pienaar
Design News
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3 Aug 10
“Maak mooi” (make pretty) is what graphic designer Peet Pienaar does. Find out what else he does – out and in his studio.
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From either side
Design News
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3 Aug 10
Troika's innovative kinetic sign for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London reads the same from all sides, thus the Palindrome!
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Second time around
Design News
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3 Aug 10
The Waste Not Want It campaign might be the most effective way of (really) greening your office.
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Clean water in the bag
Design News
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4 Aug 10
An innovative, tea bag-like water filter could provide millions of people with clean and safe drinking water.
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Music posters
Design News
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5 Aug 10
SA's got an awesome music scene and lots of talented artists and designers so why not bring the two together?
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Helping Haiti
Design News
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5 Aug 10
“Earthship” sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but it’s an environmentally friendly housing solution for earthquake-stricken Haiti.
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Homes for Haiti
Design News
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5 Aug 10
Cal Earth stepped in after the disaster in Haiti to provide sustainable, low-cost housing, empowering unskilled workers in the process.
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Design vs Anti-Design
Design News
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9 Aug 10
What is the opposite of design? Anti-Design. But what is that? The Anti-Design Festival explores some of the possibilities.
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Below the city surface
Design News
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9 Aug 10
The third installment in Gary Hustwit's design documentary film trilogy, Urbanized, takes a look at cities as dynamic urban spaces.
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Station transformation
Design News
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10 Aug 10
Durban's recently completed Moses Mabhida Station a design-friendly example of the possibilities for local transport infrastructure.
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City treasures
Design News
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10 Aug 10
Fool's Gold is a new exhibition by Stephen Hobbs that comments on the spatial qualities of cities.
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Canvassing for African style
Design News
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11 Aug 10
Canvas Concept is a new range of shoes, jewellery, hats and accessories that is bound to be at the top of any fashionista’s wishlist.
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Hand-free drawing
Design News
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11 Aug 10
Now anyone can make interesting drawings and illustrations - all you need is Ze Frank's new Flash web app.
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Green screen
Design News
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12 Aug 10
Green Movies at the Encounters Documentary Festival raises concerns over your most pressing ecological and social issues.
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Indian-inspired luxury
Design News
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13 Aug 10
What do you do with a heritage rich, prime location in the heart of the Mother City? Turn it into a Taj hotel, of course.
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Interactive comic craze
Design News
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13 Aug 10
Hypercomics is taking the comic narrative from the printed page into an exhibition space where visitors create their own comic experience.
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For the greater good
Design News
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14 Aug 10
South Africa's first non-profit creative agency is aligning smart business practices with a heightened awareness of social responsibility.
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Happy anniversary to modernism
Design News
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14 Aug 10
A new 10-year collectible edition by the Boym Partners celebrates the 100th anniversary of modernism.
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Joy to the wall
Design News
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15 Aug 10
There’s nothing like a little paint to jazz things up. Amateur Indian creatives are taking matters, or paintbrushes, into their own hands.
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Design it yourself (new pics)
Design News
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18 Aug 10
With his curatorial debut, Yves Béhar examines the blurring of the creative line between professional and amateur designer.
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