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One of a kind
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12 Oct 10
A showcase of gorgeous interior design by day, a customised hotel room by night. The One Room Hotel is a unique design experience.
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Freaks of design
Design News
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11 Oct 10
Freak Show is an exhibition of selected designers that challenge the system and consider strategies for design (dis)engagement.
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Watch with a twist
Design News
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11 Oct 10
The Off-Axis Watch removes the need to bend one's elbow when looking at the time.
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For eternity
Design News
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10 Oct 10
The new Diamant series of coffins and urns: For a more dignified farewell...
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Whispering walls
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9 Oct 10
Anne Kyyrö Quinn’s unique designs may qualify as the world’s most beautiful sound-proof wall panels.
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Homeward bound
Design News
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9 Oct 10
With coin rubbings as the medium for large drawings, Maria van Rooyen explores issues of homesickness in her exhibition.
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Camping out
Design News
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8 Oct 10
Camper and Jasper. It evens sounds comfortable. Now see the shoe that resulted from the collaboration.
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Be the difference
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8 Oct 10
The Making a Difference Through Design competition teaches high school learners about the value of design in our everyday lives.
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Cardboard shelter
Design News
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8 Oct 10
An origami-inspired corrugated cardboard shelter is a great temporary solution for the urban homeless and victims of disaster.
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Ponds for ecosystems
Design News
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7 Oct 10
Domestic Ponds explores the benefits of ecosystems and looks at creative ways of bringing them into the home.
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Gun free, tree rich
Design News
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7 Oct 10
A design campaign in Mexico called for the voluntary donation of weapons, and turned them into useful shovels with which to plant trees.
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Containing hope
Design News
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7 Oct 10
Tsai Design Studio's repurposed freight containers are bringing joy to poor communities in the Western Cape.
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Built from beer (crates)
Design News
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6 Oct 10
Architects SHSH used beer crates for a temporary pavilion celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1958 Universal World Exhibition.
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Friends with business benefits
Design News
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5 Oct 10
A new non-profit initiative is empowering local craft and design businesses for commercial success by teaching them valuable skills.
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Free sneakers!
Design News
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5 Oct 10
Get a free pair of really funky sneakers when you purchase your cassette tape copy of Animal Collective's unreleased songs. Now!
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Haldane Martin now in Jozi
Design News
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5 Oct 10
Brace yourselves Joburg design lovers. Haldane Martin has opened a showroom in Parktown North.
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Swimming success
Design News
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4 Oct 10
A whale design out of Cape Town’s FabLab has wooed the crowds and impressed the judges at an international FabLab conference in Amsterdam.
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Pick up the phone!
Design News
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3 Oct 10
The Punkt DP 01 is a funky new phone design by Jasper Morrison for a Swiss consumer electronics band.
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Hail to Heatherwick
Design News
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3 Oct 10
Thomas Heatherwick is the latest recipient of the coveted London Design Medal.
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Now and forever
Design News
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2 Oct 10
Victorian lady or South African house maid? Mary Sibande's mixing of the two results is powerful social commentary.
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Needle & thread
Design News
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2 Oct 10
Simple yet effective. Pentagram designed the identity for the new Fashion Law Institute.
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Music makeover
Design News
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1 Oct 10
The Frits Philips Concert Hall in Eindhoven has undergone a transformation: Introducing the music centre of the future!
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Welcome to Residence 2.0
Design News
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1 Oct 10
Residence 2.0 might be the most energy-efficient home ever. It's setting the pace for green homes, and its rather beautiful.
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Well balanced
Design News
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1 Oct 10
The "Balancing Barn" sounds like a playroom for children, and is colourful too, but its allowing Joe Soap to enjoy top-notch architecture.
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