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Bad Boys by Matali Crasset
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Product Design
French designer Matali Crasset has designed a quirky collection of wall clocks for DesignerBox.
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7 Oct 14
A step up
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest pieces take her technical proficiencies to new heights – and onto the fashion runway.
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7 Oct 14
Eye on digital art from Africa
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Curator Christine Eyene tells us about her selection of experimental artists from Africa whose work was part of London's recent "Africa Utopia" festival.
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6 Oct 14
Bronze Age by Studio Tjep.
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
Frank Tjepkema's latest body of work conveys solidity even as it seems to be melting away.
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6 Oct 14
Industrial dreams
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Art & Photography
The director David Lynch's black and white photographs of factories affirm his penchant for dark, surreal imagery.
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4 Oct 14
There’s no place like here: Brazenhead Books
FilmFestFriday
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Creative Economy
A short movie about a secret second-hand bookshop and its determined owner.
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3 Oct 14
Crawly couture
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
It might make us twitchy, but Hendrik Vermeulen's latest fashion collection is inspired by the intricate patterns of insects.
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3 Oct 14
Tyneside lounger by David Irwin
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Industrial Design
The Irish designer's timber chair for Deadgood began life as cinema seating.
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2 Oct 14
"Get High" by Mr Moeh 24
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
This track by multitalented designer, photographer and DJ Mpumelelo Macu is a staple for anyone who values seamless production.
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2 Oct 14
Vitra Design Museum looks to Africa
Design News
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African Design
The institution plans a major exhibition on contemporary African design in spring 2015.
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1 Oct 14
Eve bench by Frank Böhm Studios
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African Design
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Craft
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Product Design
The Cape Town-based architect begins a series of slender, clean-lined benches.
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30 Sep 14
Light and shadow
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
The subtle play of light through the spaces of this children's facility in the Japanese town of Yamadi-machi is designed to encourage healing.
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29 Sep 14
Well-heeled
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"Killer Heels" at the Brooklyn Museum explores the cultural history of the high heel.
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29 Sep 14
Walls that talk
Lookbook
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Product Design
Robin Sprong Wallpaper wants to plaster your walls in pattern. Here are three recent collaborations with locally based designers.
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29 Sep 14
Aeon Rocket pendant light by Morten Voss
Product Spotlight
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Danish designer's new light harmoniously marries rigid material and malleable plastic.
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28 Sep 14
Lullaby pendant lamp by Monica Förster
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Product Design
The Swedish designer's harmonious angular light was inspired by the work of Isamu Noguchi.
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27 Sep 14
Inspiring Creativity
FilmFestFriday
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Art & Photography
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Creative Economy
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Film & Animation
Poverty, humour, music, delusion – 21 artists tell us what drives their creative impulse.
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26 Sep 14
"This Time" by TheCITY
Track of the Week
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Music & Sound Design
Romantic and uplifting, this track by a unique-sounding band puts a futuristic, jazzy twist on an old-timey melody.
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25 Sep 14
Lattice work
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African Design
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Cape Town-based Leg Studios launches a range of decor products inspired by nomadic African patterns.
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25 Sep 14
Emotional ceramics
Next Generation
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Craft
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Product Design
Students explore the future of this ancient material in "Ceramic Futures" at the CERSAIE expo of ceramic tiles and sanitaryware in Bologna, Italy.
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25 Sep 14
Cork & Felt rugs by Hella Jongerius
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
The Dutch designer's collection for Danskina breaks away from traditional materials and manufacturing techniques.
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23 Sep 14
Bag it
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
The cheap "China bag" has become a symbol of migration in Africa – and a popular material for artists and designers to reimagine.
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23 Sep 14
Grandest of them all
Design News
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
The four winners of Grand Prix awards at this weekend's Loeries celebrated real-life, digital, print and radio.
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22 Sep 14
Topiary Lamps by Vera & Kyte
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Product Design
This high-impact light by the Norwegian duo rethinks the traditional lampshade.
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21 Sep 14
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![Nairobi 2081 A.D. (Escape to New Lagos series), illustration for the lookbook of the Ikiré Jones Fashion Collection, Vigilism, 2013 Copyright: Olalekan Jeyifous [vigilism.com] and Walé Oyéjidé [ikirejones.com]](https://www.designindaba.com/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/node/news/19053/lekan-and-wale-new-nairobi-2081small.jpeg?itok=Dz2KfxpO "Nairobi 2081 A.D. (Escape to New Lagos series), illustration for the lookbook of the Ikiré Jones Fashion Collection, Vigilism, 2013 Copyright: Olalekan Jeyifous [vigilism.com] and Walé Oyéjidé [ikirejones.com].")
