August 2010 Archive

  • Yesterday
    Opinion • 1 Aug 10
    It’s gone. >
  • Zeenat Aman
    Zeenat
    Opinion • 1 Aug 10
    They don’t make them like they used to. Zeenat Aman was always going to get the attention she enjoyed. >
  • Scrigno - Chest of Drawers. Photo via dezeen.
    Finishing touches
    Design News • 1 Aug 10
    Unique finishing touches is what makes the Campana Brothers's workable furniture designs sought-after decorative items. >
  • Garth Walker.
    20Q: Garth Walker
    Q&A • 2 Aug 10
    Garth Walker's staying power is his most marked characteristic and it might have something to do with not wanting to work in a bank. >
  • Truss Me.
    Benefitting from bamboo
    Design News • 2 Aug 10
    A new range of furniture makes optimal use of bamboo as material while also employing local artisans from an Indian village. >
  • Ceiling lamp. Photo via designboom.
    Lekker local
    Design News • 2 Aug 10
    Swedish design students have teamed up with local craftspeople and artisans... The results are rather desirable furniture pieces. >
  • Cover of Afro Magazine by The President
    20Q: Peet Pienaar
    Design News • 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. >
  • Palindrome by Troika.
    From either side
    Design News • 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! >
  • Dog's Balls by David Batchelow. Photo via designweek.
    Second time around
    Design News • 3 Aug 10
    The Waste Not Want It campaign might be the most effective way of (really) greening your office. >
  • Cameron Platter.
    20Q: Cameron Platter
    Q&A • 4 Aug 10
    Fast cars, beautiful women, 100 push-ups in the morning and 19 others things that make Cameron Platter tick. >
  • Professor Eugene Cloete with tea bag water filter.
    Clean water in the bag
    Design News • 4 Aug 10
    An innovative, tea bag-like water filter could provide millions of people with clean and safe drinking water. >
  • The Wallpaper* City Guide to Cape Town. Photo: Courtesy of Phaidon publishers.
    The Republic of Cape Town
    Reviews • 4 Aug 10
    It’s a local joke that Cape Town is a republic of its own. The Wallpaper* City Guide gives some hints as to why. >
  • 20Q: Paul Priestman
    Q&A • 5 Aug 10
    Paul Priestman believes that with enough optimism and a continuous improvement mindset, design can probably save the world. >
  • Serenade your Walls exhibition.
    Music posters
    Design News • 5 Aug 10
    SA's got an awesome music scene and lots of talented artists and designers so why not bring the two together? >
  • Earthship Haiti.
    Helping Haiti
    Design News • 5 Aug 10
    “Earthship” sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but it’s an environmentally friendly housing solution for earthquake-stricken Haiti. >
  • Dome house with sandbags. Photo via designboom.
    Homes for Haiti
    Design News • 5 Aug 10
    Cal Earth stepped in after the disaster in Haiti to provide sustainable, low-cost housing, empowering unskilled workers in the process. >
  • Richard Hart.
    20Q: Richard Hart
    Q&A • 6 Aug 10
    Graphic designer Richard Hart is passionate about women’s shoes. He’s also looking for a creative muse, if anybody is up to the task… >
  • Anti-Design Festival. Image via Creative Review.
    Design vs Anti-Design
    Design News • 9 Aug 10
    What is the opposite of design? Anti-Design. But what is that? The Anti-Design Festival explores some of the possibilities. >
  • Urbanized by Gary Hustwit.
    Below the city surface
    Design News • 9 Aug 10
    The third installment in Gary Hustwit's design documentary film trilogy, Urbanized, takes a look at cities as dynamic urban spaces. >
  • Andrea Kleinloog.
    20Q: Andrea Kleinloog
    Q&A • 10 Aug 10
    Functions and experiments, belief and passion, bread and wine, deprivation and excessiveness. Andrea Kleinloog believes in starting big. >
  • Sation entrance. Photo: Russell Cleaver.
    Station transformation
    Design News • 10 Aug 10
    Durban's recently completed Moses Mabhida Station a design-friendly example of the possibilities for local transport infrastructure. >
  • Fool's Gold by Stephen Hobbs.
    City treasures
    Design News • 10 Aug 10
    Fool's Gold is a new exhibition by Stephen Hobbs that comments on the spatial qualities of cities. >
  • Ed Suter.
    20Q: Ed Suter
    Q&A • 11 Aug 10
    If not photography, Ed Suter would have been a homicide detective for the NYPD. It's a happy coincidence that photography came out tops. >
  • Canvas Concept by Pamela Meyers.
    Canvassing for African style
    Design News • 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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