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Next Generation: Megan King
Next Generation
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1 Aug 14
Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa.
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SA's top buildings
Lookbook
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2 Aug 14
Presenting this year's winners of the South Africa Institute of Architecture's awards celebrating architectural excellence in the country.
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Eclectic interiors
Design News
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3 Aug 14
Studio Makkink & Bey combines antiques and contemporary design to transform a 17th-century French hotel into a university research centre.
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Lookbook: What's Your Type?
Lookbook
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4 Aug 14
An exhibition of alphabet prints by David Kindersley harks back to the pre-digital days of typographic design.
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The rebels of architecture
Design News
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6 Aug 14
A new six-part documentary series tracks architects operating at the fringes of the profession – and even the law.
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"Someway Bi" by M.anifest
Track of the Week
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7 Aug 14
Succumb to the slick verbal gymnastics and hip-turning melody of this track by Ghanaian artist M.anifest.
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Next Generation: Jess Gouws
Next Generation
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8 Aug 14
This young local jewellery designer tells us about finding beauty in old and discarded objects.
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Lookbook: Open Field
Lookbook
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10 Aug 14
The wild natural gardens of Piet Oudolf belie the masterful hand that conceived them. A new exhibition of his sketches reveals his creative process.
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Soldier Screens by Dokter and Misses and Gone Rural.
Product Spotlight
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11 Aug 14
Dokter and Misses collaborates with Gone Rural to create a new partition screen system.
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Veld couch and Pebble Stool by Dokter and Misses
Product Spotlight
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11 Aug 14
Dokter and Misses are on a collab kick – this time with renowned felt artist Ronel Jordaan.
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Offis System by Raw Studio
Product Spotlight
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13 Aug 14
Raw Studio unveils a sleek system of furniture to suit the changing needs of modern work habits.
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"Bone_Us" by Simiato
Track of the Week
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14 Aug 14
Turn it down a notch with this downtempo track by South African beatmaker Simiato.
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Lookbook: AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS
Lookbook
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14 Aug 14
Kristen Malan’s “Halo” headpiece wins the AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS gold jewellery design competition.
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Lookbook: Common Methods First Edition
Lookbook
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15 Aug 14
South African and Dutch designers collaborated to create a range of products that experiments with bronze and leather.
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A hand-drawn music video
Design News
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18 Aug 14
Stefan Bucher's perfectly flowing animation of this music video belies the painstaking work behind it. He tells us about the ups and downs of making it.
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Lookbook: Inside Cape Town's modernist textile factories
Lookbook
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18 Aug 14
An Open House Architecture tour offers a rare glimpse inside the iconic buildings that were at the centre of the city's rag trade.
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A water pump for remote farmers
Design Frontiers
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19 Aug 14
A new foot-operated irrigation device is capable of tripling the revenue of smallholder farmers, says its manufacturer.
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Handmade Home Collection by Quazi Design
Product Spotlight
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20 Aug 14
Quazi Design’s new range of homeware is an ambitious departure from its previous focus on jewellery.
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"Gift of Three" by Tumi Mogorosi
Track of the Week
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21 Aug 14
This track from Tumi Mogorosi's first solo album is thrillingly discordant – an impressive composition to say the least.
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Maria Lebedeva
Next Generation
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25 Aug 14
This local illustrator is set to launch her first children's book, "Mu's Wolf Problem", later this month. We catch up with her here.
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Picturing the brain
Design News
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25 Aug 14
Pentagram's Eddie Opara captures the complexity of creative thinking in his cover design for "The Atlantic" magazine.
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New work by Daniel Ting Chong
Lookbook
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25 Aug 14
Cheeky, bouncy and bold – here's a sampling of this prolific Cape Town-based designer's recent work.
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Vime centrepiece by the Campana Brothers
Product Spotlight
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26 Aug 14
The Campana Brothers' versatile design for Alessi celebrates handwoven rattan in a single undulating form.
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The Biopanel
Design Frontiers
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26 Aug 14
Product designer Alejandra Olivera turns seaweed into a new eco-friendly insulation material for informal housing.
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